In Asia, Cazenove Capital would like to become the go-to house for bespoke discretionary offering in all of the markets the asset manager is serving, says Simon Lints, the new CEO in Singapore in an interview.
Fintech Innovators, a collaboration between fintech investment firm, H2 Ventures and KPMG Fintech, has announced its list of the world’s leading fintech innovators.
Northern Trust has announced the appointment of a new head of its Global Fund Services business in Asia. The APAC region is the fastest growing business area for the firm.
After ten years at the top Singapore has been pushed out of top place as the easiest place to do business by upstart New Zealand, according to a new World Bank study
UBS Asset Management believes that with increasing demand for stable income and earnings growth investors are increasingly interested in infrastructure.
Family Office Exchange, the global membership organisation for family enterprises and their key advisors, has appointed a Market Leader for Australia and New Zealand.
In Asia retail investors of all wealth levels and age groups have become more conservative in 2016 compared to 2015, a survey for the next Cerulli Report «Asian Wealth Management 2016» shows.
A subsidiary of Sony Corporation, Sony Life Insurance, has agreed to acquire a substantial stake in diversified Australian financial services company ClearView Wealth.
Companies selling passive investment products already have the momentum on their side. The active fund managers by contrast have been dealt another blow by a study that leaves no question unanswered.
Zurich-based Julius Baer is one of three banks eager to expand its private-banking business in Asia through a takeover.
The corporate, fund services and trust firm acquired from Barclays, Zedra, has appointed a Managing Director for Singapore. The hire is integral to its growth plans for the Asian market.
South Korea is the latest country to sign a financial technology agreement with Singapore to further innovation and cooperate on regulatory impacts.
China focused wealth and asset manager Noah Holdings has received an injection of capital into its rapidly expanding asset management business.
A $57 million Monet seized as 1MDB loot may not belong to the disgraced Malaysian state fund after all. A prominent art dealer plans to intervene in court. At the center of the affair: a Swiss bank.
Geneva-based private bank Bordier, with expanding Singaporean operations, has had strong growth of assets under management in the first half of the year – in particular at its European branches in London and Paris.
Employee-owned, international financial services firm Baird has announced the appointment of a new Managing Director and Head of China Investment Banking.
HSBC Private Bank has announced two senior appointments in its Global Private Banking unit. The new regional head of the Private Bank will transition from the Commercial Banking business.
Nomura Holdings and Philippine bank BDO Unibank, the country’s largest bank, have announced that their joint venture, BDO Nomura Securities, has officially commenced operations.
Singapore financial technology company Smartkarma aims to challenge the high-cost of investment research services of traditional financial institutions in the region. The firm has opened a Hong Kong Office.
Commonwealth Bank of Australia Wells Fargo and Brighann Cotton claim to have undertaken the first global trade transaction between two banks using the blockchain.
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