2017

«DealstreetAsia», 14 September 2017
Standard Chartered Private Bank has made a series of appointments for Greater China and North Asia including Jack Wu and Pauline Ko, the veteran private bankers who have joined the bank as Managing Directors. Both Wu and Ko will be based in Hong Kong and report to Greater China private banking regional head Vivian Chan, a report from finews.asia said on Thursday.

«Options Group», 18 July 2017
finews.asia reports that Credit Suisse has hired Jacqueline Koo as Head of Investment Management, based in Hong Kong. She will report to Warren Hastings, Head of Investment Management for Asia Pacific. Koo previously worked at ABN Amro, Julius Baer, and LGT Private Bank.

«DealstreetAsia», 5 July 2017
Carret Private Investments, the Hong Kong-based affiliate of US family office Carret Asset Management, has brought on board a wealth manager for the financial hub. Samuel Chee, former managing director of BNP Paribas Wealth Management in Hong Kong, joins QL Asset Management, the unit that was merged with Carret Private Investments’ wealth management business. finews.asia on July 4 reported an internal note it acquired from the company.

«Malaysiakini», 24 June 2017
Government propaganda arm Special Affairs Department (Jasa) has claimed that the €8.985 million (RM43 million) fine slapped against private bank Edmond de Rothschild was a result of money laundering activities linked to Abu Dhabi's International Petroleum Investment Company (IPIC), and not 1MDB. Tun Faisal Ismail Aziz, who is a member of Jasa's advisory panel, said this was because the central figure involved was former managing director of IPIC, Khadem Abdulla Al-Qubaisi. He accused Reuters and finews.asia of deliberately linking 1MDB to the fine imposed by the Luxembourg Financial Sector Supervisory Commission (CSSF)...

«DealstreetAsia», 17 May 2017
Singapore-based wealth manager Lumen Capital Investors has hired a number of top private bankers, according to a report from finews.asia on Wednesday.

«The Straits Times», 20 April 2017
Forum moderator Claude Baumann, partner of Finews.Asia, asked what has been done to change the image of Swiss banks being associated with scandals.

«DealstreetAsia», 6 January 2017
Real estate services firm Jones Lang Lasalle (JLL) has appointed Henritta Yap as the new Director of Corporate Finance in Greater China and Rayman Tseng as Managing Director for Wuhan in Central China. Yap will work closely with JLL clients in Greater China to come up with a suite of solutions to meet their investment goals, including fund or joint venture structuring, mergers and acquisitions, and capital and debt raising for sophisticated financial restructures. according to a report from finews.asia on Friday.

«WinNetNews.com», 3 January 2017
Terkait pemutusan hubungan kerja sama ini, banyak kalangan yang bertanya-tanya, karena sebelumnya hubungan dengan JP Morgan terkesan baik-baik saja. Dari data yang Dikutip dari finews.asia, Selasa (3/1) rupanya dua isu penting ini yang membuat pemerintah Indonesia pada akhirnya memutuskan kerja sama dengan JP Morgan.