Already under pressure from growing financial technology innovations the banking industry in Japan might face another challenge from the ubiquitous convenience store group Lawson.
Temasek, the Singapore investment fund, has announced a senior addition to its North American business unit. Among the new man's landmark deals was DuPont’s merger with Dow Chemical.
Gone are the days of easily-earned revenue from managing the money of wealthy Asian clients. In an exclusive interview with finews.asia, the founder of Singapore-based HP Wealth Management gives an overview.
In an interview with finews.asia, Heinrich Henckel, CEO of LGT Bank Switzerland, explains why private banks are showing an interest in the emission-free Formula E.
Greater support for businesses to undertake fintech and innovation in Hong Kong are among ideas from CPA Australia to ensure the Special Administration Zone’s position as one of the world’s best places to do business.
GAM is losing its head of communications, one of the few women in top management at a major Swiss financial services firm.
Swiss Falcon Private Bank, which has come under pressure for its involvement in the scandal surrounding Malaysian state fund 1MDB, isn't for sale. The denial underscores the uncertainty hanging over the bank.
Credit Suisse has formally announced the new head of Wealth Management Thailand. Based in Bangkok she will lead the team of investment planners and report to Christian Senn.
Credit Suisse will pay $90 million to put to rest an investigation in the U.S. over how it booked fresh client assets, the last vestige of a years-long probe into how it helped wealthy Americans to cheat on their taxes.
KBZ Bank, Myanmar’s largest private bank, opening a representative office in Singapore, could see them become the leading financial institution in the worlds last frontier market.
The Hong Kong regulator has banned a former employee of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, from re-entering the industry for life, following her conviction for bribery.
The third Formula E season has started in Hong Kong last Saturday, and two Swiss private banks are in on the action.
Standard Chartered Private Bank recently announced senior hires to their Singapore unit with several coming out of Barclays Wealth to re-unite with their former boss Didier Von Daeniken.
Linklaters said a four-person team of the law firm in Hong Kong advised the Bank of East Asia and NWS Holdings' $800 million sale of Tricor to private equity giant Permira.
Show me your watch and I’ll show you what rank you are at Goldman Sachs: a former banker mocks the material hierarchy at the U.S. investment bank.
Singaporean bank DBS has appointed a new Chief Executive Officer of DBS Asia Capital, the bank's Capital Markets arm in Hong Kong and China.
Internationally leading fintech company Avaloq is opening up to developers to further enhance digital banking solutions and user experience.
Credit Suisse is replacing the head of its Channel Islands activities with an investment banker, finews.asia has learned.
Switzerland's prosecutor says it has evidence that $800 million in Malaysian state money from natural resources made its way to Swiss banks. The prosecutor is also looking into a Ponzi scheme involving state fund 1MDB and a subsidiary.
Jeff Gundlach is a renowned U.S. investor known on Wall Street as the «Bond King». In a comparison of embattled Deutsche Bank and Credit Suisse, Gundlach expressed more concern for the Swiss bank than for the German lender.
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