U.S. justice officials are promising a tougher tack on corporate wrong-doers. Credit Suisse is likely to be in focus.
A shift to round-the-clock trading in August has seen trading volumes in the two months surpassing the total trading volume of the first eight months of the year by 40 percent.
Citi has hired two new directors from BNP Paribas and Goldman Sachs for its prime brokerage unit in Hong Kong.
The international real estate investment manager has created a new role based in Bangkok to develop the firm's capabilities in the logistics sector in the Asia Pacific region.
Asian insurer FWD group is reportedly contemplating a shift of its IPO – valued at up to $3 billion – from the U.S. to Hong Kong.
The region’s internet economy is growing faster than expected, with a new saying it will reach $360 billion by 2025, an upward revision from the previous $300 billion forecast.
Little seems to have happened since local authorities helped the U.S. root out an alleged «Singapore Solution» conspiracy.
DBS chief executive Piyush Gupta backed bitcoin as having already established itself as a store of value but cautioned against a world that favors too much decentralization.
Monetary Authority of Singapore’s managing director Ravi Menon said there was no urgent case for a retail central bank digital currency in the city-state, underlining that socioeconomic rather than monetary considerations as the key factor.
The firm has hired a leader with 17 years of experience in P&C Actuarial and Strategy Operations, to better service its clients with data and analytics solutions across the P&C sector.
He will oversee the country operations in Singapore and Hong Kong, and focus on increasing the organisation’s scalability and lead its expansion to more markets.
Traditional banks look on as clients are cleverly lured away by cryptocurrency providers.
CEO Ralph Hamers wants banking services to be more like Netflix. Now the bank is sponsoring a mini-series which fits with UBS' private banking plans.
Higher vaccination rates and a successful reopening with China first will be the prerequisites before Hong Kong makes a broader reopening to the world, according to officials who placed a six-month timeline as the earliest possibility.
She succeeds Scott Burnett, who is currently transitioning from his Asia geography role into his new position as chief commercial officer in the Risk & Broking operations worldwide.
HSBC wealth and personal banking chief Nunos Matos reportedly shared that the British lender was eyeing a reentry into private banking in India, noting that the market «demands a strategic decision this year».
The Federal Reserve warned that stresses in China’s property market have the potential spill over and impact the U.S. in its latest Financial Stability Report.
They will work with the firm's regional functional heads to strengthen collaboration and alignment across the organization.
Fidelity International chief executive Anne Richards stressed that loss of financial privacy – and, thereafter, even access – is the top consumer risk to consider before adopting central bank digital currencies worldwide.
The fintech platform aims to introduce a suite of product and service offerings that will enable businesses in Singapore to operate and grow across the Asean region and globally.
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