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Justin Urquhart StewartChina, Gold, Banks & a Comet by Justin Urquhart Stewart
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Bruce RaineWhat to look for when choosing a wealth management system
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Aliya AllenCommitment, Continuity and Consistency
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David WilsonSoftware without the technology headaches
Wealth, Asset Management & Private Banking
- Family Offices in Singapore – Old World concept conquers new Asian wealth
- RMB wealth management products expected in Hong Kong
- Greater KBank focus on private banking service
- London's most successful Asian female high fliers out in force
- China expands crackdown on wealth management fund pools to non-bank financials
- Family office 3rd generation more engaged with investments
- CommBank wealth division enjoys strong March quarter
- MBFC development helps to keep Singapore competitive
- Citigroup Seeks the Wealth of the World
- Citibank Thailand to keep focus on wealthy clients, consumer finance
On The Move
- Netwealth makes senior appointment
- Former UBS Asia investment banking COO joins China Renaissance Group
- Westpac hires top JPMorgan banker to chase Asian growth
- VTB Capital Announces New Appointments in Asia
- Internal candidate likely to replace Wahid as Maybank chief
- Barclays Names New Head of Equities for Asia Pacific
- Barclays Names New Head of Equities for Asia Pacific
- Westpac Continues Hiring Spree
- China's George Soros' joins Hong Kong firm
- JBWere wealth chief steps down
Offshore
- Appleby Reports Offshore M&A Activity for Q1 2013
- BVI tax haven picks Hong Kong for drive into Asia
- Labuan FSA inks collaborative MoU with UMS
- HMRC in offshore tax evasion crackdown after receiving fresh data
- JTC Group and Kensington Trust Group create strategic alliance
- Chinese Ambassador pledges to work with Guernsey
- Guernsey concludes Double Taxation Agreement with Hong Kong
- Jersey maintains momentum in India
- G20 could step up fight against tax evasion
- Jersey-China relations strengthened at significant business conference
Legal, Regulation, Risk & Compliance
- New Zealand central bank gets new powers
- China test-drives Basel III compliant bonds
- KWM advises Charter Hall on strategic real-estate acquisition
- China joins central banks' call for Bloomberg answers
- MUFG to establish new Risk Committee and Global Advisory Board
- Morgan Lewis sees first ex-Dewey partner exit as Beijing co-head quits
- Bingham raids White & Case in Tokyo for seven lawyer funds team
- RBI probe upholds Cobrapost charges on 3 private banks
- China audit hit for HK-listed companies
- NZ - Split over new finance adviser rules
Banking Technology
- Nepal Rastra Bank goes live on the OLYMPIC Banking System
- Ascentric sells platform technology development team
- Challenger extends deal with SimCorp
- Bahamas Wealth Management Software Developer's 'Major Asia Breakthrough'
- BNP Paribas launches new corporate electronic platform in Asia Pacific
- 46% Of Employees Admit To Bypassing Security To Get Their Job Done
- SS&C Marks One Year Anniversary of Acquisition of PORTIA
- Daiwa SB Investments Upgrades to Charles River IMS
- SS&C Technologies Reports Record Q1 2013 Results
- Bank of America Merrill Lynch forges cash management alliance with China UnionPay
Alternative Investments
- Coutts Investor Insights: Gold tumble tests strength of the floor
- Reliance Capital Q4 net profit declines by over 19 per cent
- Religare completes Invesco stake sale
- Noah Holdings Declines Comment on Unusual Market Activity
- Invesco Perpetual names additional fund managers on Pacific funds
- EQT ups offer for Trust Company
- India's Gold Bullion Imports Jump 138% on Price Crash
- BlackRock set to launch more Hong Kong-domiciled funds
- Unfamiliarity leads HK investors to shy away from RQFII products, survey says
- Aussie seeder Scout Global to launch offshore fund version of its family office emerging manager fund
Islamic Banking & Finance
- Pakistan regulator sets up sharia advisory board
- Pilgrim Funds Give Indonesia Banks Booster Shot: Islamic Finance
- DIB eyes acquisitions in Asian markets
- Takaful Malaysia reports stellar results for 2012 from robust sales
- Government eyes Islamic finance growth opportunity
- Singapore Defends Expiry Of Islamic Finance Tax Breaks
- Maybank Singapore Islamic banking offers financing for properties in Malaysia
- Saudi quits Islamic finance corporation
- Malaysia: Takaful insurers to separate life, general insurance businesses
- Islamic bonds find favour in Australia
Investment Banking
- SMFG yearly profit jumps 53 pct, sees poorer year ahead
- ICBC eyes 10% Middle East asset growth
- CIMB Australia and RBS Morgans agrees to further cooperation
- Big four a big draw for executives as investment banks lose appeal
- Deutsche hires new country heads for Singapore and Korea
- Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation starts business in India
- CIMB Now Has 100 Equities Research Analysts in Asia; Up From 40 a Year Ago
- Macquarie Posts First Profit Rise Since 2010
- Agricultural Bank of China Wins Best Investment Banking Award
- SMBC said in talks for TPG's Indonesia bank stake
Emerging & Frontier Markets
- ANZ Bank looks to Asia for growth
- Standard Chartered Seeks Banking Operations in Angola, Mozambique
- M&As show India is still hot spot for foreign investors
- The People's Bank of China : Safeguarding financial stability
- TSMC ranked 9th among top 1,000 Greater China firms
- EU drinks groups to keep spending in China amid slowdown
- People's Bank of China expands co-operation with African Development Bank
- Global fund managers bullish on outlook for Thailand, other emerging markets: HSBC
- Middle East's premier hub reaches into Africa
- Standard Chartered Seeks to Double Africa Revenue Within 5 Years
InvestmentView
- Global investor confidence set to return during 2013 – Asia seen as engine for growth
- Singapore lifts its status in global financial world
- Managing the people side of risk
- Asian institutions expected to increase quantitative investment allocations - RESEARCH
- Listen to Bernanke - Coutts
- 4 Scary Charts Warning Of The Next Financial Crisis
- BMO Global Asset Management Makes the Case for Frontier Market Equities
- Why Tooth Fairy puts tax-dodger Santa, God of Wealth to shame
- Wealth managers - don't write that book!
- Global View from Asia -Coutts
BRICS
- BRICS countries might set up development bank in 2015
- "The last thing to collapse is the surface."
- A New BRICS Development Bank: Will It Work for Women?
- South Africa: The Brics Bank and World Dominance - How Real Is This?
- BRICS bank to complement, not compete with ADB: India
- BRICS Nations Plan New Bank to Bypass World Bank, IMF
- China expresses support for BRICS Development Bank
- Policy think-tank set up ahead of annual BRICS summit
- BRICS could pool foreign reserves: S. Africa
- Is ASEAN the New BRICS?
Retail Banking
- Commonwealth Bank Profit Gains After Holding Back Rate Cuts
- E&Y urges Chinese banks to shift focus
- Bank Mutiara’s 57% Profit Fall May Impede LPS Resale
- NAB 1H profit lifts to $2.52B
- BNZ earnings flat as revenue gain offset by charges
- OCBC Malaysia FY12 net profit up 4%
- South Indian Bank Q4 net profit rises 26%
- Focus on Bendigo after investor dumps BoQ stake
- Qatar bank steals top spot from OCBC as world's strongest bank
- United Overseas Bank 1Q Net Rises 4.9% to S$722 Million
Tax
- New tax practices unlikely to put S'pore at disadvantage: analysts
- OECD sees action on corporate tax avoidance
- International tax charter published
- Global banking major fears ‘significant’ penalty in tax evasion probe
- G7 nations agree to tackle tax evasion
- Singapore's Wealthy in Focus in Hunt for Tax Cheats
- Unexplained wealth laws set to pass in Qld
- Tax havens pose issue for I-T dept
- Soon, US to get info on Americans' assets in India
- Axis Bank appoints KPMG for money laundering inquiry
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