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FINANCE Monday, 13 July 2015 16:45

Nippon Capital AM Considers Cutting Management Fees

In what is being widely-regarded as a move to exert pressure on rivals in the highly-competitive Asia Pacific wealth management industry, Nippon Capital AM (Nippon Capital Asset Management J-LLC), the Japan-based investment house and wealth manager, is reportedly...

FINANCE Monday, 13 July 2015 16:45

Gaw Capital Partners Leads Acquisition Of Prime Hong Kong Hotel

Real estate private equity firm, Gaw Capital Partners, announced that it has successfully led the acquisition of the InterContinental Hong Kong Hotel from the hotel’s current owner and management company, InterContinental Hotels Group on behalf of the purchaser,...

FINANCE Monday, 13 July 2015 16:43

HSBC Continues Rugby Sponsorship

HSBC has become the first title sponsor of the women’s World Rugby Sevens Series and the bank has also extended their support for the men’s event for another four years. The move is part of HSBC’s ongoing commitment to sponsoring rugby and supporting the...

FINANCE Saturday, 11 July 2015 17:22

Hong Kong Tycoon’s US Property Plays Host To Greatest Car Show

Hong Kong based Sir Michael Kadoorie’s Quail Lodge and Golf Club, set in the picturesque Carmel Valley in California USA, is again readying itself for the most glamorous automotive event of the year, the Monterey Collector Car Week and Quail Lodge Auction. The...

FINANCE Saturday, 11 July 2015 17:21

Kuafu Acquires More New York Real Estate

Kuafu Properties, the New York-based developer owned by China-based investors now owns the rights to more than one million square feet of New York real estate, less than one year after entering the US market. The latest addition to the fledgling Chinese...

FINANCE Saturday, 11 July 2015 17:20

Standard Chartered Launches Straight2Bank Wallet In Indonesia

Standard Chartered Bank has partnered with Indosat to launch Straight2Bank Wallet in Indonesia. With the introduction of this new payment channel, Standard Chartered’s corporate clients in Indonesia – such as development organisations, multi-national...

FINANCE Saturday, 11 July 2015 17:15

Singapore Premiere For Ferrari 488 GTB

The Ferrari 488 GTB has officially made its debut in Singapore, the first appearance for the super car in the city state following the International Motor Show of Geneva in March this year. The top speed for the 488GTB is quoted by the Maranello based firm as 330...

FINANCE Friday, 10 July 2015 16:38

Family Office Exchange Expands in Australia & NZ

Family Office Exchange (FOX), the leading global membership organisation for family offices and their key advisors, is expanding in Australia and New Zealand and has appointed Melissa James as the Market Leader for the region. James joins FOX from Millewa...

FINANCE Friday, 10 July 2015 16:37

Professional Moves Round Up Friday July 10

EVO Capital Management Asia Ltd has appointed Michael Green, former JP Morgan executive, as head of Asian trading. Green, who was head of Asia-Pacific Cash Trading and Execution Services at JP Morgan in Hong Kong, will be tasked to continue building out Asian...

FINANCE Friday, 10 July 2015 16:36

Hong Kong Investor Pays £270 Million For London Property

Deka Immobilien GmbH, represented by joint agents Savills and CBRE, has completed on the sale of Christ Church Court at 15 Newgate Street, EC1 in an off market transaction to Hong Kong-based investor Mr Hui Wing Mau, represented by BNP Paribas Real Estate. The...

FINANCE Friday, 10 July 2015 16:35

Digital Disruptors To Shape Asian Wealth Management Product Space

Financial technology (fintech) firms are rapidly changing the wealth management landscape, especially for traditional banks. However, digital disruption has so far only had an impact on the distribution end, and not in product creation. Global financial services...

FINANCE Friday, 10 July 2015 16:34

Singapore Bank OCBC Collaborates With Ten Myanmar Banks

OCBC Bank signed Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) with 10 Myanmar banks today, on the occasion of the official opening of its Myanmar branch. The MOUs between OCBC Bank and three state-owned banks and seven private commercial banks focus on collaboration in...

FINANCE Thursday, 9 July 2015 16:38

Asian Technology Round Up (CMigrator copy 1)

Toyo Securities Selects Fidessa For Wholesale Agency Trading Fidessa group plc has announced that Toyo Securities, an independent securities company headquartered in Tokyo, has selected Fidessa as its new wholesale agency trading system. Fidessa's agency trading...

FINANCE Thursday, 9 July 2015 16:37

Precious Metals – Tips For Purchase, Storage And Shipment Of Coins

Guest Article - Joshua Rotbart - Malca-Amit Precious Metals Recently we were requested by one of our clients to help with the liquidation of bullion coins holdings they’d purchased a couple of years earlier from another provider. Upon receiving the coins we...

FINANCE Thursday, 9 July 2015 16:33

Offshore Law Firm Opens In Tokyo

A year after the launch of its Singapore office, Harneys has expanded its Asia-Pacific operations further with the opening of a representative office in Tokyo. Harneys’ Japan practice was initiated last year with the arrival of Counsel Junko Shiokawa. Shiokawa is...

FINANCE Thursday, 9 July 2015 16:32

Singapore Real Estate Crowd Funder Lists On NSX

Singapore-based crowdfunding platform CoAssets has listed on the National Stock Exchange of Australia (NSX), Australia’s second largest stock exchange, and will trade on the NSX under the symbol “CAX”. The NSX is a secondary board in Australia and the second...

FINANCE Wednesday, 8 July 2015 23:00

Chinese Market Rout - Goldmans Says Buy

Since its June 12 peak the Shanghai Composite Index has lost almost one-third of its value reversing a stunning run driven in part by buying from greatly leveraged individual investors. The multi trillion dollar rout continued apace today with the Shanghai Stock...

FINANCE Wednesday, 8 July 2015 22:59

Alibaba Group Increases SingPost Commitment – Invests $205 Million

Singapore Post Limited (“SingPost”) (STI: S08) and Alibaba Group Holding Limited (“Alibaba”) (NYSE: BABA) announced today a series of new initiatives for collaboration and growth following the signing of a joint venture agreement. The three initiatives signal the...

FINANCE Wednesday, 8 July 2015 22:57

MasterCard Names Porush Singh Division President - South Asia

MasterCard have announced the appointment of Porush Singh as Division President for South Asia while Julienne Loh has been appointed to the role of Senior Vice President and Group Head, Core Products, Global Products & Solutions for Asia Pacific, effective...