Wealth and Asset Management

Indian family offices expanding to Singapore and Middle East

UBS expands with new partnership

Ambitious expansion plans for Singaporean wealth manager

Australian wealth fintech company targets Ireland

Re-Engineering the Wealth Management Offering in Asia: Products and Platform

China's Savings pot teases Global Wealth Managers

Executive Moves

Schroders hires former Hunter Hall portfolio manager

Megabank SMFG to promote Jun Ohta to president

Bangkok: Chandler MHM hires DLA’s Thailand litigation head

Franklin Templeton Investments hires executives for senior Asia roles

Super admin provider adds chief information officer

ANZ Australia head to depart

Legal, Regulation & Compliance

Malaysia plans $4.8bn rescue of Islamic pilgrim fund

Philippines to Introduce Basel III Countercyclical Capital Buffer

Police raid home of NAB chief Andrew Thorburn's former chief of staff

HK$6 billion in scammed funds transferred through Hong Kong bank accounts in past 15 months

Loyalty is a mug's game according to the banks

Rules to bolster banking stability

FinTech

Technology democratizes wealth management

Thailand's KBank, Japan's Line form JV in digital banking push

Opposition lawmaker eyes tax policy overhaul for Japan’s crypto market

Chinese VC Investments Tops US for First Time

Technology push could open Hong Kong banks to more cyberattacks in 2019, KPMG says

Faster payments to be upgraded

Alternative Investments

Australia's largest Islamic Super Fund launches campaign to go mainstream

Yuanta plans to launch Taiwan’s first ESG ETF in 2019

China's ‘Fund Town’ Struggles to Attract Foreign Investors

CFS swaps global equities managers

China Post to launch fixed income fund in HK

HEAD-TO-HEAD: Hamon vs Schroders

Tax

HK plans to widen tax breaks for hedge, private equity funds

China's Rich Rush to Shelter $1 Trillion From New Taxes

China's Rich Rush to Shelter $1 Trillion From New Taxes

Australian Taxation Office contractor has history of bankruptcy and links to tax havens

Mazars offers tailored solutions to assist multinationals in cross-border transactions

17 more Chinese stars alleged to have evaded taxes: Who are they?

Comment, Analysis & Research

Manila ranked 9th in Top 11 most expensive cities in Asia in 2018

Indonesia surpasses Singapore to conduct most IPOs in 2018

Net worth of richest 20 per cent rises nearly $400,000 since 2015

How Ronnie Chan And Ruth Shapiro Are Promoting Excellence In Asian Philanthropy

Here Are Nomura's 9 ‘Gray Swans’ That Could Hit Markets in 2019

The Pros and Cons of a PBOC Rate Cut as China's Economy Slows

Retail Banking

KBank and Line partner

CBA hit with another $335m blow

BOC among top 500 banks in Asia Pacific

Macquarie Bank set to shake up residential mortgage market

Bank Islam Brunei Darussalam goes with Rambus for digital payments

DBS named Global Bank of the Year by FT publication

Investment Bank

NZ bank says high credit card rates 'area of customer harm', wants investigation

Standard Chartered slashing jobs in Dubai, Singapore

Public Bank launches new premier banking scheme for high net worth individuals

Citi Offers Full Range of Apple Products in Loyalty Program

SoftBank’s Vision Fund sets up investment team in China

HSBC China securities JV to quadruple China research coverage