Julius Baer has grown by leaps and bounds in Singapore and Hong Kong in recent years. The Swiss private bank is now pushing deeper into the region to seek growth. Where?
Financial services consulting firm Synpulse has snapped up a former Leonteq Managing Director in Singapore.
UBS isn't about to cave in a French offshore tax investigation: the Swiss bank is rejecting a billion-euro settlement with French authorities.
A major European player in investor services is acquiring an Asian based peer strengthening its presence in the region while adding to its existing Hong Kong operations.
For over one million of Citi’s Consumer Banking customers in Asia Pacific remembering multiple PINs and responding to a series of questions to verify their identities is now redundant.
BNY Mellon Investment Management is hoping to tap into the growing wealth across Asia with a new partnership in the region.
Following reports of job cuts in both Hong Kong and Japan, Credit Suisse in Australia has also seen job loses in its equities research unit.
The Indonesian unit of Singapore's Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp, is said to be about to establish a private-banking business.
In ten years or less, the super-rich will rely on artificial intelligence for optimized financial returns, says IMD Professor Denise Kenyon-Rouvinez in an essay for finews.first. What are the consequences for private banks?
High-profile veteran investor Howard Marks tells finews.asia why investors should approach finance – and their bankers – with caution, what he thinks of Donald Trump, and what risk-shy investors can do to seek returns with interest rates at record lows.
After five years of self-imposed exile, former Barclays head Bob Diamond is returning to London with plans to launch an investment banking boutique. It is a blueprint being pursued by his erstwhile rival, former Credit Suisse CEO Brady Dougan.
Credit Suisse is poaching J.P. Morgan's long-standing compliance head in Asia, finews.asia has learned. The previous executive plans to leave the Swiss bank and return to Europe.
As the Zurich-based bank scales back its investment banking activities to focus more on wealth management, Credit Suisse is cutting senior bankers in equities in North Asia.
Law firm Pinsent Masons has plans to launch its legal resourcing hub, Vario, in Australia later this year. Will its Asian offices follow?
Australia’s big banks still need to improve supervision of their financial advisers, according to the country's financial regulator.
The freedom of movement is a crucial commodity in a globalized economy. A new study shows, which passport takes you the furthest.
She is authoritative, speaks with a posh accent, and is above all very firm: the headmistress of one of London's most prestigious girls schools is about take UBS' investment bankers to task.
The Securities and Futures Commission in Hong Kong has reprimanded and fined a securities firm $2 million for regulatory breaches and internal control failures.
Yarra Capital Management has confirmed the appointment of a new distribution manager along with two other distribution hires.
EFG International, the Swiss private bank, says the price it agreed to pay for BSI last year was too high. One day later the seller, BTG Pactual from Brazil, has responded.
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