Today, Martin Blessing is taking over at the helm of UBS Switzerland. The former McKinsey adviser and head of Commerzbank is met with a considerable degree of disquiet – here are the answers to the most urgent questions for the German manager.
The former CEO of Pictet in Asia has been named as the new head of Private Banking Southeast at ABN Amro's Singapore unit. He will take on the role with immediate effect.
Julius Baer has continued its impressive hiring record for 2016 with the appointment of a new chief investment officer, Asia, with simultaneous responsibility as head investment management Asia.
As it seeks to enlarge its footprint in the region, the Geneva headquartered global boutique asset manager Unigestion has announced the appointment of a new non-executive Chairman of the board of Unigestion Asia.
New York headquartered crowdfunding site Kickstarter is the latest to tap into the rising wealth across Asia. Capital from the region has been pumped into more than forty thousand projects. So will the firm see a new wave of money into the arts?
For the second time within weeks a global bank has been disciplined in Hong Kong. French banking giant BNP Paribas Wealth Management has been fined $4 million for overcharging its clients.
Payments companies are the most concerned of all financial industry players about losing parts of their business to the ubiquitous Fintech competition. So how are they fighting back?
MBAs Are Plugging Into The Fintech Revolution How to Manage Managers? Deutsche Bank Is A Hedge Fund Wells Fargo CEO Gets $123.6 Million If He Walks Private Wealth Management No Longer the Preserve of the Rich Billionaire Family Business Factories The Secret to Yi...
On the back of its success in Hong Kong, Inflection Point Intelligence, in collaboration with Henley Business School, ia launching a Hedge Fund Programme in Singapore in October 2016. What is it about?
The Geneva-based private bank of the Rothschild dynasty has grown strongly in the first half of the year and hired new personnel. The difficult economic environment still left its marks in the books.
Germany’s banks have fallen behind European competitors like UBS. Deutsche Bank CEO John Cryan launched a five-point plan to urge competitors in Europe to grab back market share.
The departing chairman of the Swiss Bankers Association, Patrick Odier, says in an interview with finews.asia what he now wants to do with «his» bank, Lombard Odier. Technology and the expansion of the business in Asia and Europe are the central elements of his...
Swiss private bank Lombard Odier has seen a fall in net profits for the first half of 2016. However offerings including fintech services are generating strong revenue for the bank. Asia also remains a key growth hope.
Thousands of miles away from its controversial taxation issues in Ireland, Apple has more trouble brewing, this time in Australia. The tech giant has accused banks there of exhibiting cartel-like behaviour.
Global real estate services firm Jones Lang LaSalle has appointed from within its own ranks for the role of leading JLL’s extensive research function across Asia Pacific.
The Australian unit of accounting, asset management and strategy consultancy Deloitte, has reported the acquisition of a wealth and investment management company.
Global investment and private equity firm KKR has expanded its Asia Pacific leadership team with appointments in China, Korea, and Singapore. The firms flagship $6 billion Asian Fund II is the largest private equity vehicle raised in Asia.
Liechtenstein's VP Bank achieved significant inflows of client money in Asia. By contrast, outflows in Europe continued. Intent on reversing the negative trend, the bank will start hiring more relationship managers.
A second U.S.-based asset manager has increased its stake in Credit Suisse, following the lead taken by Harris Associates. Is this the beginning of a trend?
Global investment management firm Pacific Investment Management, more familiarly known as Pimco, is adding to its Asian operations in an effort to carve out more market share of the growing private wealth.
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