Start-ups like Ripple are undercutting SWIFT with cheaper, faster services. Michael Moon, head of payments for the global payments network, tells finews.asia how he plans to respond.
Credit Suisse is hiring a veteran investment banker from local rival UOB. The Swiss bank is looking expand in southeast Asia as well and frontier markets like Vietnam.
International legal specialist to head Hawksford’s Asian private client growth and bringing 20 years worth of international private client legal experience to the company.
Julius Baer has made plain its ambitions for the China, Hong Kong and Taiwan market. The Swiss bank has again raided industry leader UBS for four new private banker hires.
Over a quarter of Asian financial firms expect to use public cloud for the majority of their market data needs within a year.
Gold was once seen as an investment to protect against inflation, deflation, economic turbulence and a weak dollar. The gold price trend however has undermined all this.
Sergio Ermotti had the chance to breath more life into UBS. But he failed encourage the fantasists and instead bowed to the pressures of the bean counters.
UBS has reached a settlement in one of the post-U.S. real estate market crashes. The Swiss bank also raised its second-quarter reserves to make amends for its crisis-era dealings
UBS is making inroads with the lucrative super-wealthy segment, but Switzerland's largest bank still has some open issues at its flagship 2.3 trillion Swiss franc wealth management arm.
UBS' profit rose more than 9 percent in the second quarter, but the Swiss bank suffered outflows at its flagship private banking arm, mainly in the U.S.
How does Credit Suisse plan to outpace rivals like UBS in winning rich Chinese clientele? The Swiss bank's rising star, Francois Monnet, speaks exclusively to finews.asia.
The weak UBS share price isn’t just a thorn in the side of investors, but could also make the bank a tasty takeover candidate. Does the Swiss giant need to worry about a takeover?
Another high-profile private banker is leaving UBS’ wealth management arm, finews.asia has learned. He is the latest in a series of exits following a merger earlier this year.
Julius Baer CEO Bernhard Hodler isn’t just following the rhetoric of his predecessor, Boris Collardi. He’s also aiming high as far as his «seasonal goals » are concerned.
Julius Baer said first-half profit rose 26 percent, and kept hiring bankers. The pace at which the Swiss private bank hoovered up fresh funds from wealthy clients is slowing. Clients in Asia showed caution.
UAE based Holborn Assets has appointed a CEO and a Vice President to lead its Hong Kong operation.
Singapore's OCBC Bank will see half of its bank tellers upskilled to perform higher value-added financial services as it installs the latest ATMs and digital service kiosks at 35 of its branches by 2020.
Fintech hub Lattice 80 has identified some of the most important thought leaders influencing through action and impact in Singapore. Who made the cut?
UBS has established itself as one of the top global wealth managers – but investors expect more from Switzerland’s biggest bank. The ball is now in CEO Sergio Ermotti’s court.
Julius Baer raided UBS for three bankers for China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, finews.asia has learned. The bankers join a team head also poached from the Swiss giant last month.
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