Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

Workplace Stress During COVID-19: 5 Ways to Support Your Employees’ Mental Well-being

Taking care of your mental well-being is essential to staying healthy, staying resilient and moving your business forward.

Comment, Analysis & Research

COVID has worsened inequality even as the rich thrive: Oxfam

Comment, Analysis & Research

Asian Fixed Income Monthly - Nikko AM

Wealth and Asset Management

Top 2021 Wealth Management Trends. What's Actually Changing?

Legal, Regulation & Compliance

China limits foreign laws' application to Chinese companies

Wealth and Asset Management

Gold across the board for Ogier at the Citywealth IFC Awards

Standard Chartered – full of promise, but not yet delivering

New Asian century: post-pandemic opportunity

SJP to shed 200 jobs and scale down Asian adviser recruitment

New economy equity advisers of 2020: And the winners are …

AMP and Ares Management Corporation announce intention to pursue joint venture partnership for AMP Capital’s private markets businesses

Executive Moves

Broadridge appoints Head of International Partnerships and Alliances

Wellington Management Expands Private Investing Capabilities with New Climate-Focused Senior Investors

Industry fund CIO resigns

Indosuez Adds Deutsche Bank Trio in Hong Kong

Government fund names new chief executive

Fenergo Bolsters APAC Presence amid Rising Demand for RegTech Amongst Financial Institutions

Legal, Regulation & Compliance

Move away from bank platforms boosts Pengana fund

Malaysia’s Apex Court Decides Labuan FSA Guidelines Carry The Full Force Of Law

Watchdog orders banks to compensate investors for damages from Lime misselling

SFC and FRC to enhance collaboration

FSB Work Plan to Focus on Addressing Covid Vulnerabilities

Why challenges reinforce Hong Kong’s value as an international financial centre by Eddie Yue, Chief Executive, HKMA

FinTech

Southeast Asia’s biggest travel app plans regional fintech expansion before 2021 listing

Singapore Exchange partners with China’s OneConnect to build ESG platform

Cryptocurrency draft draws flak

Ignition Advice expands into UK

Asia Pacific records USD11.6 billion in fintech investment, with China's fintech sector showing maturity, finds KPMG analysis

Crypto company Anchorage raises $80 million after getting federal banking charter

Alternative Investments

Singapore’s ETF assets soar 57% in 2020, market players predict further growth

Chinese issuers get second wind in Asian G3 bond market

Winners of the 2021 FSA Fund Awards in Singapore are…

Ping An Bank No. 1 in Euromoney's Survey for China Family Office Services

Asia Pacific Banks shrug off commercial property risks for now

Equipsuper merges with corporate fund

Tax

Hong Kong Stock Market’s Record Year Slams Into a Big Tax Increase

OECD calls on countries to crack down on the professionals enabling tax and white collar crimes

IRAS publishes updated transfer pricing guidance for taxpayers affected by COVID-19

Dixon: A cautionary case of U.S.-Australian tax issues

Accounting firms, professionals to get $8 million lifeline to cope with Covid-19 impact

Will Covid-19 kill your Hong Kong Offshore Company?

Comment, Analysis & Research

Hong Kong’s Richest Joins Blank-Cheque Boo

Global banks looking to Chinese mainland market amid sweeping push for financial opening

Malaysia fund management assets up 10% in 2020 on bond and stock gains

ANZ Institutional ranked #1 for relationship quality in Asia four years in a row

Majority of Singaporeans forced to reduce savings due to pandemic

Two faces of Covid-19 impact

Retail Banking

South African bank challenger Tyme to launch in Asia

BOQ acquires ME Bank

Mizuho and Line raise investment in build for new smartphone bank

HSBC’s Top Executives Following the Money Prepare Moves to Asia

ANZ: First Quarter Trading Update

UOB Partners to Help Singapore Firms Expand

Investment Bank

Bank of East Asia full-year profit rose 11 per cent as mainland China losses narrowed

Japan’s MUFG predicts 2021 economic recovery for Saudi Arabia

Macquarie Group provides update to short-term outlook

Malaysia’s Kenanga expands ETF biz with Valuecap acquisition

Pan Asia Bank -‘Best Green Bank’

Woori Bank’s Indonesian unit wins higher capital grade

Environment and Sustainable Investments

HSBC, Barclays challenged over bond linked to Vietnamese coal project

New Initiatives Announced to Promote Hong Kong Capital Market

Asian banks are failing on climate by channeling billions into coal, report says

Vanguard finds dirty assets in ESG fund

More Than Half of Asian Investor Group Mull Net Zero by 2050

Singapore to issue green bonds for infrastructure

Covid-19

Workplace Stress During COVID-19: 5 Ways to Support Your Employees’ Mental Well-being

Takaful Malaysia's Successful Response to the Pandemic

Ten Ways Covid-19 Has Changed the World Economy Forever

Bosses in S'pore unlikely to mandate Covid-19 vaccination for staff: Experts

Islamic Finance After COVID-19

S.Korean financiers pick prolonged COVID-19 pandemic as biggest financial risk