More than one-third of wealthy women feel their private banks are talking down to them, according to a study. What do they want? Less jargon and a more direct and digital approach.
UBS is sticking to its strategy despite a modest performance. Shareholders are not overly pleased.
In France and Germany, UBS is fighting hard to avoid a conviction for avoiding tax avoidance. In Italy however, the bank may soon reach an agreement.
Tighter rules on mortgage lending have pushed Hongkongers to get financing from cash-rich developers instead of banks.
While strolling through any Chinese city, you will see electric vehicles navigating up and down the streets. Chinese drivers buy more electric vehicles than those of any other country.
Christian Cappelli, Julius Baer's head of Emerging Asia, tells finews.asia about how to do onshore banking right.
Westpac Singapore's decision to exit from the mortgage business is leaving borrowers in the lurch.
Banking software developer Temenos has had a new boss since March. If he reaches the targets he has defined, the firm is set to outperform rival Avaloq.
British lender with a strong foothold in Asia, Standard Chartered, has launched a tool developed in partnership with IBM to enhance the client experience in trade document processing.
Avaloq is losing its head of sourcing and market head in Switzerland and Liechtenstein. The announcement comes as the banking software firm moves towards a listing or other handover in ownership.
Huawei, the Chinese technology giant at the epicenter of the Sino-U.S. trade war, may be a privately held company but fears of collateral damage have the world’s wealthy scrambling for cover.
The Wall Street powerhouse is muscling into wealth territory with the latest in a series of acquisitions. Can the leopard change its spots?
A former managing director of J.P. Morgan Securities, Asia Pacific, has been charged for allegedly employing the son of a potential client.
DBS Taipei Branch signed a sustainability-linked loan with AU Optronics, the first for an IT company in Asia-Pacific. The loan was evaluated based on a series of environmental, social and governance performance metrics.
Despite the recent selloff in shares of Singapore’s three banks amid significant risks from trade tensions, the sector has strong platforms for responding to volatility, Maybank KimEng said in a recent note.
Citi Ventures and Singapore Management University have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to offer the bank's innovation and discovery program to the University's students.
Barclays analysts are questioning if UBS should focus on Ultra-High-Net-Worth clients and whether shareholders may be better off with fewer resources dedicated to its investment bank.
Bank of Singapore CEO Bahren Shaari tells finews.asia in an interview why amidst all the changes in the industry, some things remain constant – and why independent asset managers tend to be trickier clients to please.
In a world of low commissions, zero custody fees, and no charges on data access, Greg Baker, CEO of brokerage firm Charles Schwab Singapore, shares with finews.asia his plans for growth in Southeast Asia.
Julius Baer wants to lift its onshore-business with Russia’s super-rich to at least $1 billion. The bank’s head in the region, Ewgeni Smuschkovich, talks compliance, recruiting, and family ties with finews.asia.
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