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FINANCE Wednesday, 10 May 2023 17:12

Investor Group Challenges Liontrust's  «Unfair» GAM Offer

An investor group controlling just over eight percent of shares in GAM is formally challenging Liontrust's all-share offer to take over the Swiss asset manager.

FINANCE Wednesday, 10 May 2023 16:14

Fidelity International Taps Thailand Market

The investment management company is entering the Thai market by way of a strategic partnership.

FINANCE Wednesday, 10 May 2023 16:11

Raffles Family Office, Tishman Speyer Launch Real Estate Fund

Both parties establish a new partnership to launch an Asia Pacific Real Estate Fund.

FINANCE Wednesday, 10 May 2023 16:04

Hong Kongers Suddenly More Positive Than Singaporeans

Endowus releases some surprising findings from their 2023 Wealth Insights Report. 

FINANCE Wednesday, 10 May 2023 13:03

The Upside Down Merger of Credit Suisse and UBS

With the takeover of Credit Suisse, its buyer UBS is in uncharted territory, forcing the bank's management to take an unconventional approach. Integration comes before the completion of the merger with the review of deals happening somewhere along the way.

FINANCE Wednesday, 10 May 2023 11:41

Stanchart Adds 100 Investment Banking Staff in China

The bank will hire new staff on the mainland to strengthen its investment banking activities.

FINANCE Wednesday, 10 May 2023 11:32

Expanded Wealth Management Connect Scheme on the Cards

City and mainland authorities plan to give Chinese investors access to global equities under the overhauled scheme. 

FINANCE Wednesday, 10 May 2023 11:11

MAS Proposes Shared Financial Crime Platform

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) will establish a common digital platform for financial institutions to help fight money laundering and terrorism finance.

FINANCE Wednesday, 10 May 2023 10:30

Hex Trust in Metaverse Asset Custody Tie-up with The Sandbox

The partnership between the two will allow for fully-licensed and secure custody of digital assets.

FINANCE Wednesday, 10 May 2023 08:36

Italy Ostensibly Leaving China Belt and Road Behind

The only country in the G-7 that is part of the mainland's extensive infrastructure initiative may be pulling out.

FINANCE Wednesday, 10 May 2023 08:17

OCBC Delivers Record Quarterly Profit

Higher net interest income at OCBC fuelled record-high net profits for the first quarter of 2023.

FINANCE Wednesday, 10 May 2023 08:07

Mastercard Launches Malaysia Data Hub

The global payment giant indicates the step is part of its commitment to Southeast Asia and the wider APAC region.

FINANCE Tuesday, 9 May 2023 21:38

Ulrich Koerner: Forever the Right-Hand Man

Ulrich Koerner may lack charisma but he is a hands-on banker. His appointment as the newly designated head of Credit Suisse at UBS under Sergio Ermotti comes with a certain irony.

FINANCE Tuesday, 9 May 2023 20:00

How Sergio Ermotti Plans to Run the Political Gauntlet

In the current politically charged atmosphere, UBS CEO Sergio Ermotti is sticking to a fully equipped Credit Suisse in Switzerland for the time being. What are his real intentions?

FINANCE Tuesday, 9 May 2023 17:46

A Credit Suisse Star With a Cult Following Jumps Ship

Adored on social media channels by finance nerds and admired by Wall Street professionals, for many traders and fund managers, interest rate strategist Zoltan Pozsar's astute analyses are required reading.

PEOPLE Tuesday, 9 May 2023 17:29

UBS: These Two Managers Were not on Anyone's List

UBS has set out its course with the appointment of the management team that will drive the integration of Credit Suisse. Few industry insiders had these two female bankers on their list.

FINANCE Tuesday, 9 May 2023 16:32

Chiman Kwan: «The Importance of Diversification»

Group CEO and co-founder of Raffles Family Office Chiman Kwan discusses the impact of the recent global banking crisis with finews.asia.

PEOPLE Tuesday, 9 May 2023 13:50

UBS Announces its Game Plan

The legal integration of UBS and Credit Suisse will close in the next few weeks, with the two banks to operate separately for now. The team to manage the new venture has also been announced, and Ulrich Koerner resurfaces.

FINANCE Tuesday, 9 May 2023 12:44

Nicolai Tangen: «Our exit from Credit Suisse began earlier»

The word of Nicolai Tangen carries considerable weight among powerful investors. finews.com met with the head of the world's largest sovereign wealth fund on the sidelines of a Symposium, where he reflected on Credit Suisse and UBS.

FINANCE Tuesday, 9 May 2023 12:05

Julius Baer Chairman Romeo Lacher: «This Bothers Me Personally»

Size in banking is not bad per se, Romeo Lacher tells finews.asia. If the chairman of Julius Baer has his way, the private bank will manage one trillion francs in assets in seven years. He explains where the volume will come from and why a second major wave of...

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