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Comment, Analysis & Research

The World is a Laboratory - HSBC Private Bank

“The laboratory we live in does not need to be a scary phenomenon,” says Willem Sels, Chief Market Strategist, HSBC Private Banking.

Wealth and Asset Management

Rethinking the wealth management model of tomorrow

Wealth and Asset Management

Axel Weber: UBS Wants More Women and Asians on Board

Taxman cometh for the digital economy

Comment, Analysis & Research

You won’t find any women on boards of these Asian billionaires

Wealth and Asset Management

Elston launches SMA offering via HUB24

Liechtenstein Private Bank changes hands For $59.7 Million

SocGen Eyes Wealth Growth Outside Asia

China’s ‘One Belt, One Road’: Synergistic Opportunities for Labuan IBFC, Malaysia and China-based enterprises

Investment Management Consultants Association Rebrands

ANZ exits a vexed advisory business

Executive Moves

Temasek International Unveils Senior Appointments

SSGA hires head of compliance for Asia Pacific

Baker McKenzie lures UBS capital markets director

LUCRF Super appoints new CFO

Goodwin takes Paul Hastings private equity partner duo for Hong Kong office

Sir John Key takes top banking job with ANZ

Legal, Regulation & Compliance

Bank Indonesia Draws Up Rules To Monitor Fintech

Nine Appleby offices recognised in 2018 IFLR100 guide

Leading international trade and customs law firm expands in Hong Kong

China shuts down billionaire's golf courses

Donald Tsang’s wife deposited HK$350,000 cash just after bank chairman withdrew same amount, trial hears

BNY Mellon joins Asian Development Bank’s Trade Finance Program

FinTech

Jim Rogers-backed fintech bank ITF Corp chooses Hong Kong for headquarters

Security firm says Asia Pacific most targeted region for cyberthreats

Hub24 announces partnership with Euroz

Wealthy Asian families piling into tech start-ups

NTAsset Selects SS&C for Fund Administration

Smart policy is driving the Asian fintech renaissance

Alternative Investments

Dymon Asia Hedge Fund to Raise $600 Million in Equity Expansion

Hong Kong advisers braced for more change

Standard Life Launches Impact Fund, Appoints Managers

New Silkroutes to acquire 66% stake in European fund manager for US$2.6m

Rockworth Capital Co-Founder Starts New Investment Management Company

China’s debt crackdown good for bonds

Tax

Philippine Government `On a Roll' Against Tax Evaders

New Japan-Denmark DTA To Waive Cross-Border Tax

BNZ CEO calls for capital gains tax

Indonesia says investigating StanChart $1.4 billion transfer to Singapore

Inheritance tax on HNIs likely to be reintroduced

Adani Australia: Investigation uncovers tax haven ties to British Virgin Islands

Comment, Analysis & Research

The Man Who Owns The World's Most Expensive House Made $1.5 Billion In 6 Hours Yesterday

ANZ Bank Sells More Asian Assets

China hires 10 banks including Citigroup, HSBC for $2 billion sovereign bond issue

MyState calls for action to promote banking competition

Chinese growth shrugs off headwinds - Schroders

Succession planning has never been so vital for asian-pacific family offices