A former executive director for Credit Suisse joins Arton Capital in Singapore to better serve the spike in demand for residency and citizenship advisory services, as finews.asia can reveal.
CS CEO Tidjane Thiam made his career in London before moving to Switzerland. A rekindled passion of his may now prompt him to spend more time in the U.K. capital again.
As Singapore claims to be the «better Switzerland» for banking, finews.asia editor-in-chief Claude Baumann looks at how Swiss banks mistakenly assumed they are irreplaceable, in an essay for finews.first.
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China launched a new rule allowing foreigners to own a majority in domestic securities firms as it bids to open its financial market further.
DBS first-quarter net income rose by a quarter and assets at its wealth management division reached a record. The bank expects business to remain brisk throughout the year.
«I hope to see features built into cryptocurrencies that prevent money laundering and terrorism financing,» Sopnendu Mohanty of the Monetary Authority of Singapore says to finews.asia.
Secretive wealth manager Edmond de Rothschild is beefing up its communications and public relations with two key appointments.
Swiss private bank EFG International opened a Pandora's box with the acquisition of troubled BSI. After two years digesting the troubled Swiss private bank, EFG is returning to the acquisition trail.
The Monetary Authority of Singapore's fintech chief wants his country to be an oasis for financial technology firms. A new initiative will help.
Deutsche Bank intends to reduce its operations in the U.S. and Asia and return to its European business. The move raises questions over the German lender's commitment to Asia.
Singapore’s financial regulator plans to hold senior bankers accountable for failings on their watch. The move follows regulatory soul-searching after 1MDB, the biggest scandal to hit the city-state's financial center.
Swiss derivatives firm Leonteq is opening another Asian office, its third after Singapore and Hong Kong. The unit's new head tells finews.asia what is behind the move.
Zurich Insurance is mulling options for its Malaysian life insurance unit in order to comply with a local cap on foreign ownership. One option is to sell a stake through an initial public offering.
Say-on-pay votes have becoming increasingly contested at U.S. and European banks in recent years, but Switzerland's two big banks could rely on each others' backing. That is about to change, finews.asia has learned.
Barclays beat a hasty retreat from Australia two years ago amid massive spending cuts. The bank has now returned to the lucky country.
U.S. bank Citigroup is linking up with tech giant Apple over digital payments in Asia.
Vietnam is the latest country to ink a financial technology agreement with Singapore, making it the 20th cooperation agreement signed by the city-state.
The recently-merged Aberdeen Standard Investments poached an asset management veteran to head up distribution in Asia Pacific.
Switzerland's two wealth giants have maintained a fierce rivalry for decades. Credit Suisse has turned the tables on hometown rival UBS – at least for now. finews.asia parses the details.
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