The new Chief Economist will have a particular focus on monetary policy and the financial liberalisation of China.
Swiss Falcon Private Bank has been banned from taking new money in Singapore due to its dealings with scandal-hit Malaysian state fund 1MDB, according to a media report.
Fintech is a real danger for the traditional banking business – or is it? The approach of the banking industry suggests that they're not overly worried.
Hong Kong's regulator on Tuesday welcomed a trading link to Shenzhen's stock market which will allow access to a new group of Chinese technology for foreign investors.
A former J.P. Morgan Asset Management expert on China has joined Old Mutual Global Investors. The deregulation of capital control by the Chinese government has begun to open routes in China, the asset manager says.
Credit Suisse had presented a solution for a bank in Brazil that had been ordered to close years ago. A court in the South-American country has now stopped the proposed deal from being put into practice.
Swiss private banking is getting increasingly desperate to find growth opportunities, but these are getting scarce even in boom markets, an analysis by finews.asia shows.
China has made it into the top 25 innovative countries while Switzerland maintained its lead over Sweden, the U.K., the U.S. and Finland, in an annually compiled index.
Vontobel Asset Management has appointed an executive director for institutional clients and consultant relations to support its ongoing growth in Japan.
Australia's No. 4 lender is alone among the country's four major banks to have a large business in Asia, but is pulling out of less profitable segments to bolster earnings as regulatory costs rise.
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority has granted a banking license to a daughter of the 5th-largest banking group in France.
UBS missed out on millions in fees when long-time client Monte dei Paschi passed over the Swiss bank for a rival rescue bid from U.S.-based J.P. Morgan – a major setback for the Swiss bank's financial institutions group?
Edinburgh-based asset manager Kames Capital has strenghened its equities team with two new appointments focussing on Asia.
Indonesia has defined two islands near Singapore as its own tax havens to prevent taxpayers from keeping their assets offshore – in Singapore, for example.
Switzerland's prosecutor is probing a former Abu Dhabi finance official as part of a wide-ranging investigation into corruption at Malaysian state fund 1MDB.
The analysts of precious metals at Credit Suisse are among the most bullish on gold. How they are keeping the fire going.
The investment industry is looking for ways to improve and regain its credibility. Christian Dreyer, the CEO of the CFA Society Switzerland, is presenting three measures on finews.asia to foster a wide discussion.
DBS bank said it will introduce a new «matchmaker» service aimed at small- and mid-sized companies solve business problems.
Prices for residential property in Asia-Pacific cities Shanghai, Melbourne and Sydney continued to rise an average 11 percent over last year, beating out North America, a new index of residential property values shows.
Reaching more than 5 million clients, this is the most extensive roll-out of fingerprint biometric technology by any international bank and a first in most markets.
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