Asian demand is said to be driving the current Bitcoin spike with Japanese Yen dominating trading volume.
Swiss banking giant UBS installed a new chief operating officer in Asia. The manager will be based in Singapore and travel frequently to Hong Kong.
Online trading and investment specialist Saxo announced the launch in Asia of SaxoSelect, a fully digital and automated investment service.
Julius Baer was shellshocked by the departure of its charismatic chief executive. As shareholders sent the stock sharply lower, the Swiss private bank will have to look at how to fill Boris Collardi's very big shoes.
Julius Baer's boss is leaving the Swiss private bank to become a partner at Pictet. In an analysis, finews.asia draws the curtain back on the allure of Geneva's secretive giant for Boris Collardi.
The move of Julius Baer CEO Boris Collardi to Pictet has taken the banking world by surprise. In Asia, the financial market is eager to see what the switch will mean for the regional business of his new employer.
Today's global e-trends will be the standards of tomorrow. So far, e-sports is still largely flying under the radar of investors, writes Vontobel's Daniel Bruesch
Julius Baer said it is losing Chief Executive Boris Collardi. The 43-year-old private banker is heading to a smaller Geneva rival.
U.K. bank Barclays sold its Asian wealth units in 2016 to Singapore's OCBC, a report now claims it might be back.
Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation has completed the acquisition of National Australia Bank’s Private Wealth business in Hong Kong.
VP Bank is one of the top 5 banks in the German-speaking world, as well as the number 1 bank in Liechtenstein, where VP Bank’s headquarters are based.
The Swiss bank’s investors expect new targets from CEO Tidjane Thiam when he addresses shareholders this week. More importantly, it is also his «show me the money» moment. finews.asia explains why.
KPMG nabbed the former King & Wood Mallesons banking and finance partner to head up its Australian law practice.
The BRICS countries are contemplating the creation of a non-western dominated system of gold trade.
The troubled derivatives boutique's stand-in boss is headed to Asia to marshal the troops and soothe clients. His trump card is a long-time Julius Baer Asia banker, finews.asia can report.
Credit Suisse CEO Tidjane Thiam won't keep talking with an activist shareholder trying to break apart Swiss bank. The reticence is a sign of his sanguinity that the plan won't succeed.
The commercial insurance arm of the Swiss Re Group appointed a new head to its Southeast Asia business.
Private banks must deliver individual solutions, and not risk destroying the value added that they have championed, UBP private banker Michel Longhini writes exclusively for finews.first.
A telecom cryptocurrency can tap into an unbanked economy of 2 billion people, Telcoin co-founder and CEO Claude Eguienta writes in a commentary for finews.asia.
London based Grosvenor Group one of the world’s largest privately-owned property groups announced the acquisition of a prime retail asset in Tokyo.
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