Contineo, the network serving the wealth management industry, has launched I/O, a suite of data products meant to illuminate the market for equity-linked structured products. How will it work?
One of China's richest men with connections into the top echelon of politics has been nabbed by Chinese agents. The move will stoke fears among China's wealthy class over the government cracking down on graft.
Independent global asset manager, Henderson Global Investors, has expanded their distribution team in Australia and opened a new office in Brisbane.
Standard Chartered has appointed a former Chief Executive of the U.K.'s Financial Conduct Authority as its new Group Head, Corporate, Public and Regulatory Affairs. The bank faces several regulatory investigations.
Australia’s largest insurer QBE has denied it is in formal merger talks, after a report emerged saying it could be the target of a $20 billion acquisition by German Allianz.
Under Guy de Picciotto, Union Bancaire Privee has been one of the most prolific consolidators in Swiss private banking. He thinks the M&A music may soon stop playing, in an finews.asia interview.
The travel ban imposed by Donald Trump on citizens of seven countries will have very negative consequences for financial markets in the long term, Swiss economist and market guru Marc Faber said in a television interview. The U.S. risked losing its status as a...
China is in a strong position, despite the proclaimed intention by U.S. President Donald Trump to impose trade barriers, Wolfgang Fickus, investment specialist at Comgest told finews.asia in an interview. The People's Republic is much more than a mere gigantic...
The largest private bank in the world says we may be at the beginning of a Trump rebound. What's holding it back? Well, Donald Trump actually.
As the two companies bring the curtain down on a cooperation agreement, Japan’s Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group is said to be hiring in the region of 20 private bankers from Barclays in Japan.
In the final installment of a three-part interview, the real-life «Wolf of Wall Street» tells finews.com what he can teach Swiss bankers and why he voted for Donald Trump.
European equity markets made progress in the second half of 2016. As with US equities, such progress came despite lacklustre earnings and persistent political noise.
UBS is working hard to stop the decline in earnings, but cost cuts alone won't bring back growth. Nine aspects of UBS' performance – problems and rare glimmers of hope.
UBS posted a 22 percent drop in its quarterly profit, hit by spending for restructuring and the need to set aside funds for past scandals. Growth at its flagship private bank was hard to spot.
Standard Chartered further strengthened its Private Banking and Wealth Management teams across Greater China and North Asia, with the announcement of several new appointments.
Hong Kong's financial regulator has banned a trader from re-entering the industry for eight years for breach of the Code of Conduct.
Wells Fargo has announced the new Regional President for the Asia Pacific region, succeeding Jim Johnston who has served as interim regional president.
In the second installment, the real-life «Wolf of Wall Street» tells finews.com about how his own brokerage tipped into illegal dealings and his close brush with another scam – the 1MDB corruption scandal.
Alibaba Group's affiliate company Ant Financial has agreed to buy a U.S. money transfer service provider. When Jack Ma recently met with Donald Trump were they discussing this deal?
A former senior ANZ private banker has been named as the new Team Head for the bank's Southeast Asia business, the bank said in a statement today.
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