Wealth and Asset Management

Bank Mandiri looks to wealth management for revenue growth

Vistra doubles international expansion services business with acquisition of US-market leader Radius

International Financial Centres – are they still relevant and viable today?

WA’s richest add more wealth to their pile

Citi's conflict-free model for private banking

Credit Suisse claims strong Asia-Pacific M&A pipeline after reporting record quarterly wealth management and advisory revenues

Executive Moves

Mainstream adds former Commonwealth Bank GM to board

Hong Kong stock exchange picks Laura Cha as new chairman

SGG Group appoints Business Development Director for Asia and Greater China operations

K&L Gates Adds Partners in Hong Kong, Taipei, Tokyo

CPPIB global head of investment partnerships to depart; 4 promoted to senior managing director

VP leaves Nomura after eight months to join expanding boutique as Asia sales head

Legal, Regulation & Compliance

China to unveil new asset management rules soon

StanChart Compliance Chief Probed for Misconduct

Booming private wealth draws Credit Suisse to PH

Hundreds of NAB advisers forged THOUSANDS of signatures on forms to decide where dead customers' super went – leaving their final wishes unfulfilled

AfDB, Asian investment bank sign MoU on cooperation

Bank of Japan to Keep Policy Unchanged but New Deputy Could Amplify Board Differences

FinTech

Bank of China HK Uses Blockchain for 85% of Real Estate Valuations

Robo-advice platform powers financial advice firm Collins House

SKT to provide blockchain-based asset management service

Is NZ an innovation hub, or a wild west for new technology?

Reserve Bank of India and other Banking Institutions Ban Crypto Purchases Using Their Cards

Forget China: Hong Kong, Singapore are New Kids on the Blockchain

Alternative Investments

Hana Alternative invests $300 mn in Times Square hotel-backed debt

Fidelity to launch active ETFs

IFM partners to launch global property manager

OneVue and managed account provider add scale to advice firm

The Asian Captive Conference Returns for Its Second Year

Japanese Market Declines

Tax

Banks shouldn't face tax cut ban: govt

SoftBank fixes tax filings for unreported earnings

New ITR forms make it difficult to evade tax on HRA: Here's why

Revisiting Panama: Pakistan’s tryst with tax havens

Vietnam seals deal in tax agreement

Financial secrecy Philippine style

Comment, Analysis & Research

Sky Villas – Where India’s elite are flocking to

High profile adviser under fire

What's Behind Asian Tycoons' Growing Appetite For Tech Startups?

China Focus Pays For UBS

PH ban on OFW deployment to Kuwait to have ‘muted’ effect on remittances

UBS takes on 40 Asian bankers in mammoth three-month hiring spree

Retail Banking

Techcombank highlights booming Vietnam IPO market

ADB says Asia-Pacific operations hit $32.2B in 2017, up 26%

Best retail bank

NAB to take $755m restructuring charge in half-year results

Ecobank Wins 3 Awards At 2018 Asian Banker Awards

Ithmaar Bank’s Pakistan unit reports profits of $40.8 million

Investment Bank

Officials reject KTB-TMB merger talk

Chinese banks under pressure from Beijing to boost capital

Standard Chartered Bank to play key role in second phase of CPEC

Maybank gets Bank Negara nod to acquire PNB's fund management firms

Hong Kong boutique bank acquires Italian player

Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank – Raising expectations