While regulators in South Korea and elsewhere cracking down on cryptocurrency trading, Thai investors have got the green light to speculate on the digital tender.
Credit Suisse added two new hires in Singapore as investment strategists, poaching from Bank of Singapore and from an Aussie rival.
The fight for wealth management talent in Asia is well documented. Now, even in-house recruiters are in demand, with one leaving UBS for a hometown Swiss rival.
Francisco Fernandez, chairman of Swiss banking IT firm Avaloq, won’t go idle, despite having relinquished his operative responsibilities. He has set his sights on Asia, as he told a newspaper in the fast-growing region.
A Japanese talent agency has launched female superheroes to represent cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin, ether, and ripple. The squad wants to educate and caution consumers.
South Korea’s financial regulator called on banks to act as «gatekeepers» in observing digital currency related transactions.
The financial services industry still shoulders blame for the financial crisis and is reeling from a series of nasty scandals. Restoring their tarnished reputations will be good for business, Dennis Larsen writes in an essay for finews.first.
UBS Chief Executive Sergio Ermotti said the bank will persevere with its strategy in China and may yet complete the increase of its headcount ahead of schedule.
Singapore Life, the life insurer which started in June, boosted its market presence acquiring the business portfolio of Zurich Life in the city-state.
The asset management arm of State Street Corporation bolstered its Asian coverage naming a head of Korea.
Switzerland's abandonment of banking secrecy for international tax dodgers is having an unexpected side effect at home: more domestic tax cheats with accounts around Europe are coming forward.
Zurich Insurance Group ended 2017 with a huge acquisition and is already in talks to kick off the new year with another major move in the region.
Year-end league tables for investment banks show the fruits of Credit Suisse's three-year restructuring, while hometown rival UBS has dropped off. Why?
HSBC is bolstering its business with Singapore's retail and wealthy clients with a quartet of new faces and promotions of existing bankers.
Global mergers and acquisitions fell short of previous years, as geopolitical uncertainty took a toll on investments. Asia however held firm, with China showing little sign of slowing.
A Swiss firm broke crypto records by raising $36 million – in just over one minute. A look behind the crypto provider's lightning-fast coin offering.
A Japanese card and payments firm is trialling biometric verification that goes further than skin-deep.
A regulatory technology firm reinforced its Asia-Pacific management, poaching an associate partner from a rival firm.
Swiss banking giant UBS moved on rival Credit Suisse to snap up a banker to run its South Korean business.
Regulation, homemade crises, or corporate raiders – Swiss banks face a host of challenges in coming months. finews.asia lists the top-ten.
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