Management consulting firm Oliver Wyman finds slow progress for women leaders in financial services, according to a newly released study. How does Asia fare in the report?
Prominent Asian cities are still seeing property prices decline. Will the threatened Brexit, coming U.S. Elections and the continued economic uncertainty depress the capital values even further?
Boris Collardi's expansion plan for Asia is shaping up nicely. The chief executive of Julius Baer is displaying no signs of planning a sudden change of career.
Credit Suisse has long promoted workplace diversity in finance, now rival UBS is stepping up efforts to raise its profile in this area with a prominent hire from U.S. bank Citigroup.
In the aftermath of the BSI debacle, the Monetary Authority of Singapore will set up dedicated departments to combat money laundering and strengthen action on regulatory breaches.
Zurich headquartered private bank Vontobel has been steadily expanding its Asian offering. In its most recent move the bank is courting wealthy private clients in Australia.
The Monetary Authority of Singapore is pushing out their proactive financial technology embrace to Australia, with news that the regulator's Chief FinTech Officer is heading to Sydney.
It’s been nearly a year since the French-Ivory Coast executive took the helm at Credit Suisse. With the bank in a sorry state of affairs, it seems Thiam still hasn’t truly settled down in the job. Why not?
U.S. technology and consulting giant IBM has opened an incubator in the financial heart of the lion city. Does the move indicate more disruption ahead in Asian financial services?
Like it or not activist investors are here to stay and are radically changing the business landscape, writes IMD Professor Nuno Fernandes in an essay for finews.first.
finews.asia recently featured a report on the push by Credit Suisse into the under served wealth market in Thailand. Local banks however are taking note, and some are pushing back.
London based global asset manager Schroders has appointed a respected 30 year financial industry veteran as the new CEO to lead its Japanese business.
Credit Suisse and UBS have had little to report on high-profile legal cases recently. This may be about to change, according to prominent experts – and Credit Suisse is especially vulnerable.
In Asian financial hubs, as well as in their global counterparts, the fintech hyperbole has reached maximum decibel levels. However, it seems not everyone is taking the bait.
UBS Y, the think tank of Switzerland's biggest bank, has developed a vision of banking in 2040 that would put in question the lion's share of today's banking as we know it.
He was known as «bid 'em up Bruce» in his heyday as a mergers-and-acquisitions banker for Credit Suisse First Boston, a reference to his ability to get acquirers to raise their offers – and the investment banking fee, as a result.
San Francisco headquartered financial services group Wells Fargo has selected two Singaporean startups for its highly rated accelerator program. Is this a sign that the city state's fintech industry is now gaining global recognition?
Singapore's financial regulator MAS gave a hint of how it will distance itself from the 1MDB scandal, denying that the proceeds of a $3 billion Malaysian bond deal had passed through disgraced BSI in the city-state.
A few days after the Singapore regulator announced a consultation paper on proposed guidelines for a «regulatory sandbox» their Australian counterparts are thinking alike.
Wealthy clients in burgeoning Asia markets like China, India and Indonesia have rejuvenated Swiss banks' prospects, but a storm is brewing over assets from these newer, promising markets.
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