Wealth and Asset Management

Hong Kong banks see bigger role in GBA wealth management

Maintaining a resilient treasury function

Wealth solutions for today and tomorrow must focus on operational agility

Australia re-opens for investment from HNW migrants

The Hong Kong Wealth Shift: Pitfalls for Wealth Professionals and the Ultra-Wealthy

Singapore asset management industry and central bank to help bolster talent

Executive Moves

Vanguard prepares for China retail fund licence

Delta Capita Appoints Asia Vice Chairman

Marketaxess appoints Riad Chowdhury new head Asia Pacific

VFMC adds to leadership team

ASIC wealth director nabs promotion

Westpac announces Board changes

Legal, Regulation & Compliance

MAS ‘Closely Studying’ Singapore Mentions in FinCEN Files

CBA, Macquarie face new $167m dirty cash allegations

ASIC Tells Fund Managers To Be True To Label

ASIC cleans up 'cash plus' funds

Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Re-launches the 5-year Malaysian Government Securities Futures Contract

HSBC exposed in $80m Hong Kong Ponzi scandal

FinTech

Singapore digital wealth manager raises $18.6m

We’ve officially launched a new virtual bank Mox in Hong Kong

Singapore banks juice up data drive to customise personal finance

Fifth Virtual Bank Enters Hong Kong Market

Nomura and SRI International Create Silicon Valley-based Innovation Center to Exclusively Service Corporate Japan

Peter Thiel's Valar Ventures Invests in Robo-Advisor

Alternative Investments

Franklin Templeton readies two funds for HK

Korea’s NPS, Singapore’s Keppel team up for infrastructure investments

AIA Singapore creates up to 500 new Career Opportunities for Fresh Graduates and Mid-career Switchers

Super funds squander member money: Bragg

AMP Capital acquires infra tech fibre business VX Fiber

Malaysia’s EPF second-quarter investment income up 23% amid “tumultuous” markets

Tax

Tax-preferred status of super being placed at risk

Tax Incentives Raise Hong Kong's Shipping Finance Profile

Gov’t tax take seen to drop by 22% in 2020

The 30 largest accounting and advisory firms in Singapore

The Edge says: Imposing a tax on unsold and vacant properties will be a disaster

Hong Kong-Macao tax arrangement in force

Comment, Analysis & Research

The storm is coming, where can the Greater China Issuers go?

Many who accessed ERS unsure of impact: Research

Will RBA cut cash rates to 0.1%?

RegTech: An Opportunity to Boost Australia and UK Trade Relations?

Fitch still negative on Aussie banks

Credit Suisse, UBS Fight for China Bankers in Talent War

Retail Banking

OCBC Bank makes digital push

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China seeks up to $4.4 billion in capital deal

Australia Ranks 18th on 'Cheapest Tech' List

CBA Launches No Interest Payment Card, Command Neo

House of the year, Taiwan: CTBC Bank

DBS named world’s best bank by New York-based financial publication

Investment Bank

BEA Readies Insurance Arm Sales Plan

Top deal makers to lead Magellan and Barclays investment bank startup

Investment banking fees down in Singapore

HSBC HK shares drop to lowest since 1995, StanChart falls after 'FinCEN' leak

BEA UnionPay Debit Cards Linked to UnionPay App

Deutsche Bank provides USD43 million structured trade finance facility to CNTIC for electricity generation project in rural Myanmar

Environment and Sustainable Investments

Taiwan insurers may push into infrastructure investments as regulator loosens grip

Manulife unveils ESG fixed income fund for Asia

UBS clients in Asia seek sustainable investments in renewed interest for ESG

Schroders partners with HSBC in Singapore for launch of ESG multi-asset fund

Manulife IM launches Asia ESG bond fund

BIS Report Proposes Carbon Intensity-based Rating System

Covid-19

Benjamin Cavalli: «Pandemic was a Wakeup Call Again for Investors»

How the pandemic is changing private market investing

Transamerica Life's Brendon Caneer: «Preferences Have Changed Due to the Pandemic»

Singapore family offices tackle Covid-19 challenges

Pandemic Boosts A New Real Estate Asset Class

Pandemic changing how asset managers look at outsourcing