Wednesday, 20 November 2024

FINANCE Tuesday, 23 November 2021 12:39

UBS Puts Some U.S. Bankers in «Penalty Box»

The Swiss wealth manager is reportedly cutting rewards to U.S. brokers who don't produce as much as it would like them to.

FINANCE Tuesday, 23 November 2021 12:35

Credit Suisse's Settlement Under Scrutiny

The Swiss bank paid a huge fine in 2014 for helping clients evade taxes. Now, whistleblowers are raising questions over how closely it hewed to the settlement.

PEOPLE Tuesday, 23 November 2021 12:19

OUE C-Reit Taps BNP Paribas Exec for CEO Role

 He succeeds Tan Shu Lin, who will step down as CEO on 30 November 2021 to pursue other opportunities.

FINANCE Tuesday, 23 November 2021 11:05

Pace Becomes Fastest-Growing BNPL Startup

The Singapore-headquartered buy now pay later (BNPL) platform raised $40 million in its Series A funding round.

PEOPLE Tuesday, 23 November 2021 09:55

MAS Adds Board Members

They join the 13-member board chaired by Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Senior Minister and Coordinating Minister for Social Policies.

FINANCE Monday, 22 November 2021 19:44

UBS Taps Triumvirate in Board Handover

With a tripartite pact, the Swiss wealth manager is creating a new type of leadership collective better equipped to deal with its size and complexity.  

FINANCE Monday, 22 November 2021 17:55

VP Banks Signals More Expansion

As part of its focus on expansion in Asia, VP Bank has announced the official move to its new office in Hong Kong which will be able to house more than double of the lender’s existing headcount in the city.

FINANCE Monday, 22 November 2021 17:30

J.P. Morgan Passes Out Covid Goodies in Hong Kong

J.P. Morgan’s Hong Kong staff will be reimbursed for quarantine stays when returning to the city from travel to meet family, in a new policy launched shortly after the visit of chief executive Jamie Dimon.

FINANCE Monday, 22 November 2021 17:21

Almost-CSFB Banker to Oversee UBS

UBS' designated chairman is a Morgan Stanley lifer – though he almost ended up at Credit Suisse two decades ago.

PEOPLE Monday, 22 November 2021 15:21

Haitong International Nets Ex-UBS Executive

Haitong International has hired a former UBS Global Wealth Management executive to lead investment strategy for its asset management arm.

FINANCE Monday, 22 November 2021 14:27

Julius Baer Profits Rise on Asset Growth and Improved Costs

Profitability in the first ten months of 2021 at Julius Baer «rose significantly», according to the Swiss bank, on the back of client asset growth and improved cost efficiency.

FINANCE Monday, 22 November 2021 11:32

El Salvador Plans to Build World’s First «Bitcoin City»

El Salvador continues to position itself as a crypto hub leader with its latest plans to build a «Bitcoin City» with bonds backed by the same digital currency.

PEOPLE Monday, 22 November 2021 10:22

Deutsche Bank Backs Nomination of Ex-Aegon Chief as Chairman

Deutsche Bank’s supervisory board committee supported the nomination of a new chairman, formerly from Dutch insurance firm Aegon.

FINANCE Saturday, 20 November 2021 20:32

UBS Names Successor to Chairman Axel Weber

The Swiss bank's board is nominating a veteran of Morgan Stanley as chairman. UBS will also elevate a Swiss stalwart as his deputy.

PEOPLE Friday, 19 November 2021 17:07

UBS Fund Managers to Exit Amid China Property Crisis

Another two portfolio managers are leaving the bank, after a fund was hit by China's high-yield bond market slump triggered by China Evergrande's debt woes.

FINANCE Friday, 19 November 2021 15:56

Narendra Modi Calls for Crypto Cooperation

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi warned about cryptocurrencies ending up in the «wrong hands», calling on democratic nations to work together to avoid spoiling the digital asset class.

PEOPLE Friday, 19 November 2021 15:36

Mizuho CEO to Step Down

Mizuho Financial Group chief executive Tatsufumi Saki is reportedly planning to step down following government criticism over multiple glitches at the Japanese lender.

FINANCE Friday, 19 November 2021 12:58

Binance's CZ: «We Want Regulation»

 The founder of the world's biggest cryptocurrency trading platform, under fire by regulators worldwide, including the U.K. and the U.S., struck a conciliatory tone at the Bloomberg New Economy Forum in Singapore on Friday.

FINANCE Friday, 19 November 2021 12:54

Alvin Kwock: «Not Surprised If Some Insurers Sold to Tech Platforms»

Hong Kong-headquartered insurtech OneDegree’s founder and chief executive Alvin Kwock spoke about the rigid culture of traditional insurers and the potential for them to cease to exist via acquisition by a tech firm in an interview with finews.asia.

PEOPLE Friday, 19 November 2021 10:17

SocGen Names APAC Head of Global Banking and Advisory

Societe Generale has appointed a new head of global banking and advisory for Asia Pacific, replacing Stephen Swift who will be retiring.

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