Wealth and Asset Management

Noah WM reports slight profit in 2019

KBank Private Banking’s Mission to Achieve ‘Perfect Wealth’ through Holistic Private Banking

The Change that is Family Office

Bank of Singapore Urging Leveraged Clients to Sell in Rally

Citibank Korea’s WM strategy pays off amid market fluctuations

Thailand’s Phatra at the Cutting Edge of Thrust Towards HNW Family Wealth Structuring

Executive Moves

Azeem Iqbal Pirani made CEO of Pak-Qatar Family Takaful

McCarthy Denning adds private client specialist

Zurich WM poaches Credit Suisse and UBS veterans for Asia branch

Marcuard Heritage announces Senior Appointments

Wealth manager appoints new head of advice

We’ve created a new Financing and Securities Services unit

Legal, Regulation & Compliance

Singapore’s GDP contracts sharply on virus pandemic

Labuan IBFC's Financial Services Community Band Together to Contribute to the Relief Efforts in Combating COVID-19

Super scammers pose as authorities

FraudWatch International to Actively Target and Take-Down COVID-19 Online Scams

Former AMP adviser sentenced

MAS Releases USD Auction Details

FinTech

Thailand’s Largest Bank Explains Benefits of Being Part of RippleNet

Thailand’s Largest Bank Explains Benefits of Being Part of RippleNet

Bank of China Partners Refinitiv for AI-Based FX Trading App

First Online-Only Bank Opens In Hong Kong

Personetics partners with the Avaloq.one Ecosystem

Top Global Digital Intelligence Trends for 2020

Alternative Investments

Amundi HK set to launch FMP

Value Partners to add ninth onshore fund

Australia superannuation funds cut value of unlisted assets amid market turmoil

Singapore asset manager ARA buys majority stake in UK’s Venn Partners

Vietnam’s VinaCapital to shut down Singapore robo adviser Smartly

Saxo Markets launches Malaysian equities for investors

Tax

World Tax Advisor, featuring special COVID-19 section

Indonesia's tax office ready to go door-to-door

Australian Tax Office cracks down on wealthy tax dodgers

ATO to focus attention on wealthy cheats

Tax legislation enacted, including changes affecting Labuan entities

CFO Sentiment | Edition 8

Comment, Analysis & Research

Why banks are lifting TD rates

Japan Post to slash up to 10,000 jobs

Crisis Creates Chance for Private Bankers to Prove Entrepreneurial Worth

Super fund warns self-employed of early release risks

Thailand unveils 117 billion baht stimulus to cushion coronavirus impact

“This is a good time to invest” says one of world’s best investors

Retail Banking

Commonwealth Bank launches coronavirus support campaign

SoftBank to sell up to $41bn in assets to acquire shares

Citi buys Royal Bank of Canada’s custody business in Australia

SBI, seven other lenders to invest ₹10,000 crore to revive Yes Bank

Chinese P2P firm FinVolution taps HSBC for potential take-private deal: sources

Standard Chartered launches new Banking Solution in Indonesia

Investment Bank

Japan's big banks begin low-rate loans to virus-hit businesses

Bank of Singapore: Unload Risk on Rebounds

NAB Private director starts new venture

As Wall Street Empties, Asia’s Bankers Slowly Head Back to Work

Chinese Banks Face an Unprecedented Drop in Profit, UBS Says

Citi to expand local securities team

ESG

Fast pandemic response could tackle climate crisis

Blue Planet raises US$25 million from Nomura

ERIA Economist vocalises importance of Central Bank Challenge to Climate Change

Nikko AM Releases Its 2019 Sustainability Report

Ego versus eco—is vanity compromising the impact of Asia’s sustainability leaders?

Covid-19: a dress rehearsal for the climate emergency?

Covid-19

Trade bellwether Singapore signals deep recession for world as virus batters economy

Firms' COVID-19 responses have ranged from crap to ace

Covid-19 Hits UOB

Lessons From Macau, the Densely Populated Region Beating Back COVID-19

8 Wellbeing Leadership Strategies for Responding to COVID-19

Acting selfishly has consequences right now – why ethical decision making is imperative in the coronavirus crisis