DBS and Bank of Singapore signaled their willingness to splash out on acquisitions in order to bulk up their business with Asia's wealthy. Domestic banks are increasingly stiff competition for Swiss banks in Asia.
Equity crowdfunding specialist OurCrowd has opened an office in Singapore, its seventh worldwide, to serve the growing community of Asian investors interested in funding early stage high-growth companies.
Banking salary budget increases for 2017 are set to be well below those in the tech sector, and also below those of the financial services sector as a whole, an Asia wide survey by Willis Towers Watson shows.
The days of mainland Chinese tycoons snapping up vineyards in Bordeaux and New York trophy penthouses may be over as Beijing begins to tighten capital outflows.
Australia's Macquarie Group is to merge Macquarie Securities Group and the Commodities and Financial Markets Group. Macquarie management claim that client commitment and the opportunity to provide clients with an integrated, end to end service across global...
A technology focused law firm is set to open its doors in Singapore in 2017. The company is hoping to expand on the services they already provide to their Southeast Asian clients.
Online trading and investment specialist Saxo Bank has chosen an up and coming Australian fintech firm to provide a new high performance market connectivity engine.
Robert Rankin, a seasoned investment banker, probably landed the most unconventional assignment of the year: draft the prenuptial agreement for a billionaire casino magnate engaged to Mariah Carey.
Standard Chartered has announced the resignation of its regional CEO, ASEAN and South Asia, with immediate effect.
The head of Switzerland's banking association was optimistic following the third round of talks between government, central bank and regulatory officials of the alpine nation and the Middle Kingdom.
Following on from its Hong Kong market entry earlier this year, global life insurance-based wealth solutions provider Lombard International, has now opened for business in Singapore.
International money transfers are great business – and very costly for customers. Living as an expat in London, Brett Meyers got so fed up about being charged huge sums, he decided to do something about it.
Bank of Singapore, the private banking subsidiary of OCBC Bank, has completed the acquisition of the wealth and investment management business of Britain’s Barclays Wealth in Singapore and Hong Kong.
Fintech company OneVue, which partners to disrupt the superannuation value chain, has appointed a new Executive General Manager, Wealth Management Services.
The long trailed Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect program will launch on December 5. The tie up was originally scheduled for launch in 2015 but the turbulence in Chinese markets in January this year stalled the project. Will it work?
Banks will soon notice that someone else is making a noise out here, Jeremy Cook, Chief Economist at World First, tells finews.asia.
VP Bank’s commitment to independent asset managers combined with its Asia-centric business model, are among the key differentiators in targeting intermediaries in Singapore and Hong Kong.
Private bankers face higher demands than other asset management employees. Performance is key, but still not enough. Impeccable social skills are needed, asset manager Thomas Fedier writes in his essay for finews.first.
The wealth management business in Asia ex-Japan, of Japanese bank Nomura, has seen the exit of its Singapore based deputy head.
Prospects for 2017 in the Asian legal market look positive, with dispute resolution and restructuring and insolvency work likely to remain strong, according to the head of Ogier's Hong Kong practice.
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