The former head of Julius Baer clients in the Middle East is the latest senior wealth manager to defect to rival Pictet, a source at the bank told finews.asia.
The Swiss bank is mulling its options for Investlab, a fund platform it provides to other financial services firms.
Although the US-China trade tensions could cause banks to scale back loans towards small-medium enterprises, the region's fintech operating in the peer lending space continue to grow their loan books.
The growing popularity of factor-based strategies begs the question: What, really, is a factor, and how can we tell how it has performed?
New and existing retail clients can enjoy real-time competitive exchange rates anytime, anywhere and earn rewards on their conversions.
One of China’s largest state-owned infrastructure companies excluded UBS from a bond deal after the bank’s global chief economist used the phrase «Chinese pig», which had led to an uproar.
United Overseas Bank (UOB) has reaffirmed its offer to bear the additional costs to complete the construction of two unfinished residential projects in Singapore which have been put under receivership.
With the launch of the London-Shanghai Stock Connect project, companies listed in Britain will be able to sell shares in China on Monday.
While it seems that U.S. President Donald Trump may be more reluctant to treat his closest economic partners and allies in the same way as China, global trade remains highly sensitive to disruption, writes Stephane Monier in his essay for finews.first.
The chief economist of UBS has provoked outrage in China with a wayward comment. UBS is facing calls for his sacking.
This June, HP Wealth Management, one of the earlier movers in the independent asset mwanagement space in Singapore, celebrates its 10th anniversary – but without a fancy party.
The Singapore Fintech Festival and Switch will come together to bring the global innovation community to Singapore.
Hong Kong's $1 trillion wealth management industry is endangered as tycoons move money out of the city.
As global financial centers hosting a large number of fintech firms, Singapore and the United Kingdom have much to benefit from enhanced collaboration on cybersecurity.
Three agreements signed at the U.K.-Singapore Business Summit, held in London in commemoration of Singapore’s Bicentennial, will enhance cooperation between the two financial centers.
Typically, only one designer is engaged to design a handbag. With Sekrè’s mystery bags the whole process is completely different. Altogether 160 women were involved.
The public listing of Hansoh Pharmaceutical Group on Friday has made former chemistry teacher Zhong Huijian China's third richest woman. She and her husband are now the country's richest couple.
The private and business jet market in Singapore is growing – Seletar Airport has just opened a dedicated business aviation facility, and as many as 29 new private jets could be delivered to the city-state in the next six years.
The program, designed to help startups, SMEs and businesses adopt digital technology, will see its third edition held in Malaysia.
Impact funds frequently operate on a «you're out» basis. An UBS analyst has established that fund managers have a negative bias towards pornography.
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