03/16/2012
Australian broker to provide electronic trading platform for Astra Resources
Octa Phillip provides wealth management, institutional and private client stockbroking, corporate finance, research and funds management services.
Wealth and Asset Management
03/16/2012
Nomura hires former Deutsche exec for wealth management role
He was previously Deutsche Bank’s Hong Kong-based head of investment advisory for North Asia, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
03/16/2012
Bank of America said to plan hiring UBS veteran
He was most recently an honorary president at UBS in Hong Kong
03/15/2012
Why Singapore Is Now a Haven for Some Investors
But a growing number of more adventurous investors are now seeking safety by buying bonds from a tiny, affluent nation 9,500 miles away.
03/15/2012
Asia-Pacific Billionaires: Net-Net Negative
Choppy stock markets took the sheen off the world’s new billionaire factory, the Asia-Pacific region, with three dozen Chinese and nine Indians dropping from last year’s list.
03/15/2012
DBS tops industry ranking for customer satisfaction in Singapore
DBS Bank has come up tops for customer satisfaction in Singapore's financial sector, according to an annual industry survey by the Singapore Management University's Institute of Service Excellence (ISES).
03/15/2012
UK wealth manager targets Asia Government debt
Prospects for gains in emerging-market currencies makes such trades attractive too, he said.
03/15/2012
UOB targets rising rich with wealth centres
United Overseas Bank Limited (UOB) today said that it has added $260 million in assets under management (AUM) and attracted 25,000 customers in the first three months since the launch of its wealth banking segment.
03/14/2012
DBS Appoints Head Of International Private Bank
He was previously head of international private banking for Bank of China.
03/13/2012
Merrill Lynch Wealth Management named as 'Best Private Bank in India'
Merrill Lynch Wealth Management has also been named 'Best Private Bank in India' four times in a row from 2005 – 2008.
03/13/2012
Japan's Visionary Real Estate Billionaire Minoru Mori Dies
Taikichiro was a scholar who taught economics; though initially unprepared to take over the family real estate business (his father invested in real estate post WWII), he left university life and founded Mori Building in 1959, developing Tokyo’s Min
03/13/2012
New Cities Ranking Reveals Asian Cities Are World’s Strongest Economically
Released today, the report, entitled Hot Spots, ranks the most competitive cities in the world for their demonstrated ability to attract capital, business, talent and tourists.
03/12/2012
Wealth advisory fees under scrutiny in Asia
Gaining enough shelf space with such banks has proven a key constraint for a fund manager looking to expand its retail presence across Asia.
03/12/2012
Morgan Stanley secures wholesale banking licence
The sixth-biggest US bank by assets received approval from the Monetary Authority of Singapore on Feb 13 to operate a wholesale bank here.
03/09/2012
4% of world's billionaires in India
Mr Slim retained his title as the world’s richest man for the third year in a row. In the second spot is Microsoft founder Gates with a $ 61 billion networth followed by American investment giant and philanthropist Buffet whose networth is $44 billi
03/09/2012
HSBC and Standard Chartered face Asian salary bill hit
In Europe and elsewhere, salaries across the financial sector are also likely to rise in 2012 but at a much slower rate than in Asia and not for bank chief executives, a survey by human resources consultancy Mercer forecast.
03/09/2012
AMP expands network with Futuro acquisition
Futuro currently has 80 financial advisers, 58 practices and approximately $2 billion in funds under advice.
03/08/2012
Chief Executive Women & ANZ partner to boost more women into leadership roles
Chief Executive Women (CEW) and ANZ today announced a new partnership to facilitate more Australian women into leadership positions in business, government and the not-for-profit sectors.
03/08/2012
Women bosses: Malaysia among top 10
Malaysia is still among the top 10 economies with women holding senior positions, despite a slight drop of 28 per cent from 30 per cent last year, according to the Grant Thornton's International Business Report (IBR).
03/08/2012
Asia-Pacific Region Overtakes Europe with 3.3 Million High Net Worth Individuals-Research
New report from VRL shows that Asia is now second only to North America in the number of High Net Worth Individuals, and rising by a conservative ten percent year on year.