Companies in South-East Asia face now the prospect of being forced into financial distress as the economic storm over certain economies shows no sign of improving. Mark Cooper from law firm Hogan Lovells Lee & Lee laid out an overview of the situation.
After sixteen years the co-head of Credit Suisse's emerging markets financing group for Asia Pacific, is leaving the bank.
In what looks like a shift into the mass-affluent space, Swiss banking giant UBS has launched a contract-based flat-fee offering for wealth management clients with invested assets of $250,000 and above.
Australian bank ANZ has announced the establishment of a new role of General Manager Aligned Dealers & Advice Standards.
In a bid to gain control over the pricing of the precious metal and enhance the nation’s sway in the global bullion market, China has now launched a Yuan denominated gold benchmark.
UBS Asset Management’s Global Real Estate business has added a Senior Portfolio Manager to its Hong Kong based team.
The changes in Asset Management are about as complex as changing four wheels during a car trip – plus replacing the windscreen, finance professor Paolo Vanini says in an exclusive interview with finews.ch.
One week after CEO Guy de Picciotto completed his Asian swing, Union Bancaire Privee has appointed a senior banker to its Hong Kong business.
Tech friendly Singapore bank DBS has become the first bank in the city-state to collaborate with peer-to-peer lending platforms, expanding the funding sources available to small businesses.
Societe Generale has announced the appointment of a Head of Global Markets. The new head was previously the French lenders Head of Global Markets for Asia Pacific.
One of China's leading financial services providers has released its new face recognition technology, creating the fastest lending platform in China.
State Street Global Advisors, the asset management arm of State Street Corporation, has announced appointments in Hong Kong and Singapore strengthening its Asia-Pacific Exchange Traded Fund team.
Vietnam has the potential to be an economic powerhouse. However, it frequently regresses scaring off international investors. But recent changes might see the country change, says Chris Malone of Boston Consulting Group in an interview with finews.asia.
Malaysia's CIMB Group Holdings Chairman Nazir Razak, who is the brother of Malaysian Prime Minister, Najib Razak, has voluntarily taken leave of absence, with immediate effect.
The ubiquitous influence of fintech continues apace with yet another opportunity for financial technology entrepreneurs in Asia to help accelerate product and business development.
At the beginning of 2016 global financial markets panicked. The feeling was that China had lost control of its exchange rate and a serious devaluation of the Chinese Yuan looked all but inevitable.
Despite geo-political disruptions and financial market uncertainties do Singapore investors remain confident in their domestic economy and government investment schemes?
finews.asia is excited to announce that it will be co-hosting a unique afterwork event on the 19th May 2016 in Singapore. This exclusive event will be held in partnership with Swiss private Bank Bordier and the community platform E-merging.
Australia’s JBWere has announced a new strategic research and distribution alliance with an independent investment bank. Earlier this year JBWere announced a non-exclusive arrangement with Swiss bank UBS.
Credit Suisse shareholders had every reason to celebrate Wednesday, when the stock gained more than eight per cent. A few short days beforehand, there were fears that the share price could fall below ten francs.
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