Five Surprising Traits of Digital Banking Winners
The winners of the future will not be those with the best digital technology and advanced analytics tools, but those institutions that can apply these tools for the benefit of the customer. – September 27 / The Financial Brand
Financial Advisors Love Donald Trump
U.S. President Donald Trump’s approval ratings have famously sat south of 50 percent since his election. At times, dropping into the mid-30s at its lowest point. It turns out his standing among wealth management professionals isn’t much better. – September 25 / WealthManagement.com
Singapore, for Those Who Aren’t Crazy Rich
In the hit movie «Crazy Rich Asians,» the country looks luxe. But it’s easy to have a great time (and eat memorably well) without spending much. – September 24 / New York Times
Aging Japan: Military Recruiters Struggle as Applicant Pool Dries Up
As a Japanese military recruiter sat patiently at a booth outside a supermarket in northern Tokyo one recent weekend, she welcomed a rare visitor, high school student Kazuaki Matsumura. – September 20 / Reuters
This Is the World's Most Disappointing Stock Trade in 2018
Time for a re think? Tencent repurchased 125,000 shares with HK$39.5mln on Tue, buying back shares for the 8th consecutive day. – September 20 / Yuan Talks
Burt Reynolds Omitted His Son from His Will
But it’s probably not what you think. – September 20 / WealthManagement.com
The Daughter of Mia Farrow and Wife of Woody Allen Stayed Silent for Decades...
Once, she was seen as a victim, her youth and relative innocence taken advantage of by a powerful, much older man who sucked her into his vortex. Or, alternately, she was a Lolita. – September 19 / Vulture
Japanese Billionaire To Be Elon Musk's First Moon Tourist
Yusaku Maezawa will be joined by a group of artists. – September 18 / Evening Standard
Which Asian Countries Are the Most Innovative?
A new report analyses the energy innovation landscape of the next decade and identifies possible breakthroughs in fields such as energy production, storage, distribution, and consumption. – September 17 / The Nation
Five Key Themes for Investors in the Upcoming Years
There will be five key investment themes for investors in the upcoming years, said Pornchai Prasertsintanah, Thailand’s country manager and head of South Asia Equities of Credit Suisse Securities in an interview. – September 17 / The Nation
The Rise of the Super Models
Being independent no longer means being apart from like-minded individuals. You can be in business for yourself, but not by yourself. – September 13 / WealthManagement.com
The Real Cost of the 2008 Financial Crisis
The aftermath produced a lost decade for European economies and helped lead to the rise of anti-establishment political movements here and abroad. – September 13 / The New Yorker
Singapore Plans New Bill to Attract More of the World's Millions
Singapore, one of the world’s easiest places to do business, is making it simpler for investment managers to register funds locally as the city-state goes after a bigger slice of the US$69 trillion ($95 trillion) global asset-management industry. – September 11 / The Edge
Crazy Rich Asians: Six Ultra-High-Net-Worth Trends
New York is no longer the world’s capital of ultra-high-net-worth individuals, and five other trends of interest to financial advisors. – September 11 / WealthManagement.com
How to Weather the Market Storm Gangnam Style
South Korea offers lessons to Indonesia and other economies battered by financial turmoil. – September 10 / Nikkei Asian Review
Hong Kong Billed as Best City For Top One Percent
Hong Kong has been affirmed as a cozy club for the uber-wealthy, shortly after being named the world’s shiniest beacon of economic freedom yet again by the Heritage Foundation. – September 10 / Asia Sentinel
Asia’s Super Rich Advised to Add More Gold to Portfolios
Advisers to Asia’s super rich think their clients should put more of their money into gold, taking advantage of price declines to buy the precious Yellow metal amid volatile global markets and US-China trade tensions, a new report said. – September 10 / Live Trading News
It's Legal, Right? Elon Musk Smokes Marijuana on Podcast
Elon Musk managed to send shares in Tesla tumbling by 7 percent after he was filmed smoking marijuana during the recording of a podcast. – September 10 / ITV News
The Rare Startup Which Listed Early and Became Profitable
There’s a divide among entrepreneurs. One side believes in doing things the old-fashioned way: chasing profitability from day one. The other side is all about raising venture capital and gaining market share first – income will come later. And then there’s Getty Goh. – September 5 / Tech in Asia
What is Next After Crazy Rich Asians?
The Chinese investor behind the production of the history-making Hollywood comedy Crazy Rich Asians will turn her attention to the lives of the country’s newly wealthy in a sequel to be set in Shanghai. – September 4 / South China Morning Post
Roger Federer Loses at the U.S. Open, Giving Us Intimations of the End
Certain things tend to be going on when Roger Federer loses a match that you can’t imagine him losing. He wears the look of a man who thinks that something is terribly wrong not with his game but with the cosmos. – September 4 / The New Yorker
The Next Financial Crisis Lurks Underground
Fueled by debt and years of easy credit, America’s energy boom is on shaky footing. – September 4 / New York Times
Best Karaoke Bars in Singapore
Not everyone can sing as well as Beyonce or Aretha Franklin but at least with plenty of karaoke bars in Singapore, anyone can try. – September 4 / Time Out
Wealth Managers Are Getting 30 Percent Pay Hikes to Defect in Asia
Competition to manage the money of Asia’s burgeoning army of millionaires has pushed pay hikes for wealth managers to the highest in more than a decade. Those willing to jump to a rival are getting increases of 30 percent or more in Hong Kong and Singapore. – September 4 / Bloomberg
Chinese Billionaire Arrested for Alleged Sexual Misconduct
Chinese billionaire Liu Qiangdong, also known as Richard Liu, was arrested in Minneapolis on suspicion of criminal sexual conduct, jail records showed. Liu, 45, the founder of the Beijing-based e-commerce site JD.com, was released on Saturday afternoon pending possible criminal charges. – September 4 / Fox Business
