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FINANCE Wednesday, 14 June 2017 16:15

NAB Selling Trust Business

National Australia Bank announced it has entered into an agreement to sell its National Australia Trustees business.

FINANCE Wednesday, 14 June 2017 14:07

BNY Mellon Makes Senior Hire

BNY Mellon announced the appointment of a new Asia Pacific Head of Asset Servicing.

FINANCE Wednesday, 14 June 2017 12:20

AIA Adds to Australian Exec Team

AIA announced a number of new appointments to the top of its Australia and New Zealand Executive team.

FINANCE Wednesday, 14 June 2017 11:32

UBS in Hong Kong Tech Move

UBS played host to an economic forum in Hong Kong recently, it also announced a new technology tie-up.

FINANCE Wednesday, 14 June 2017 09:37

Switzerland in Asia's Shadow

Boston Consulting Group says Singapore and Hong Kong will attract wealth at more than twice the rate of Switzerland. 

FINANCE Wednesday, 14 June 2017 08:18

Eight Signs of Better Times in European Banking

Without being much noticed, events of recent weeks show that big European banks have turned the corner and left the legacies of the financial crisis behind them.

FINANCE Wednesday, 14 June 2017 08:17

Jho Low's Energy Deal Scrutinized

Jho Low is at the center of a billion-dollar U.S. energy deal in 2012, which netted Goldman Sachs $300 million. Meanwhile, U.S. officials are moving to seize Low’s record-priced London penthouse.

FINANCE Wednesday, 14 June 2017 08:15

Senior Asian Hire at BNP Paribas

BNP Paribas Asset Management appointed a new Head of Institutional Sales for the Asia-Pacific region.

FINANCE Wednesday, 14 June 2017 07:53

New Wealth Head at Intertrust

Following the recent appointment of Cliff Pearce as global head of Capital Markets, Intertrust named a new global head of their wealth unit. 

FINANCE Tuesday, 13 June 2017 16:34

Hong Kong And Australia Sign Fintech Agreement

In an effort to expand its financial technology influence, Australia's regulator has been reaching out to its Asian neighbours. The latest move brings Hong Kong closer.

FINANCE Tuesday, 13 June 2017 15:23

Insurtech Firm Breaks New Ground

Singapore Life, the first new local life Insurer to be licensed since 1970, aims to focus on high net worth clients.

FINANCE Tuesday, 13 June 2017 14:38

UBS Gets More Social in Asia

UBS and a local technology partner are teaming up to provide secured social chat communication to clients and advisors in Asia Pacific.

FINANCE Tuesday, 13 June 2017 13:15

Cerulli: «Investor Conservatism Impacting Asian Managers Strategies»

Faced with challenges in fundraising in their home markets in 2016, Asian managers are striving to tap opportunities in new markets.

FINANCE Tuesday, 13 June 2017 11:22

Regulator Acts on Money Laundering Fears

Hong Kong's SFC issued a restriction notice on a forex broker over serious money laundering concerns. 

FINANCE Tuesday, 13 June 2017 10:20

Natixis Hires From UBS

Natixis announced a number of senior hires and appointments to its asset management unit, including Asia related moves.

FINANCE Tuesday, 13 June 2017 08:20

China's Private Banking Boom

The exponential growth of personal wealth across China has led to an unprecedented surge for private banking services.  

FINANCE Tuesday, 13 June 2017 08:15

Rare Stamp Dealer in Takeover Bid

Rare stamp dealer Stanley Gibbons has seen its shares soar after a shock takeover bid from a private equity firm.

FINANCE Tuesday, 13 June 2017 08:10

Ex-Singapore Banker Expands Family Office

Bedrock is adding a Zurich office to those in Geneva, London and Monaco. The newest Swiss office will be run by a well-known Swiss private banker who began his career at Pictet in Singapore.

FINANCE Tuesday, 13 June 2017 07:24

UBSization Despite Bond-Trading Boom

UBS focus of private banking is the benchmark for universal banks looking to balance riskier activities against more reliable profits. The comeback of investment banking puts chairman Axel Weber on the back foot.

FINANCE Tuesday, 13 June 2017 06:57

New Force Among Fintech Hubs

In almost no time, a former hedge-fund manager has built the world’s biggest fintech hub – Lattice80. He is convinced that his strategy will work in other financial markets too, including in Switzerland.

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