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PEOPLE Wednesday, 6 April 2016 15:55

Singapore Appoints Russian Cybersecurity Leader to Advisory Panel

The founder and CEO of global security company Kaspersky Lab, has been appointed to the International Advisory Panel for Singapore's National Cybersecurity Research and Development Programme.

FINANCE Wednesday, 6 April 2016 14:55

China's Anbang Acquires Allianz Korean Units

Beijing based Anbang Insurance Group, and Allianz SE, have announced the signing of a sale and purchase agreement by which Allianz Group is to sell Allianz Life Insurance Korea and Allianz Global Investors Korea to Anbang Insurance Group.

FINANCE Wednesday, 6 April 2016 14:17

1MDB Casts Shadow over BSI

With now the U.S. Justice getting drawn into the widening probe of the Malaysian state fund, the mood at recently acquired BSI Bank in Singapore, itself heavily linked to the investigation, becomes apathetic.      

HIGH-END Wednesday, 6 April 2016 11:40

Chinese Art Breaking Records Again

A more than 50-minute slog between a group of committed, and wealthy, bidders has led to a record price of HKS 240 million for a Chinese landscape painting.

REAL ASSETS Wednesday, 6 April 2016 11:39

Singapore Diamond Exchange Announces London Broker

A month on from appointing its local pioneer broker, the world’s only commodity exchange trading in physically settled diamonds, has announced further developments.

PEOPLE Wednesday, 6 April 2016 11:37

Asian Leadership Changes at Blackstone

Investment firm Blackstone has announced a new Asia Pacific management structure to enhance management capabilities across the region.

PEOPLE Tuesday, 5 April 2016 18:04

UBS Lands Wall Street Veteran as Board Member

UBS wants more of Wall Street's kudos and has selected one of its finest for the board of directors. The agenda for the general meeting reveals that an insurance specialist has also been nominated.

FINANCE Tuesday, 5 April 2016 17:24

Regulator Goes After Westpac Bank

The Australian Securities and Investment Commission has commenced legal proceedings against Westpac Banking Corporation for unconscionable conduct and market manipulation.

REAL ASSETS Tuesday, 5 April 2016 16:00

U.K. Investment Firm Launches in Singapore

The British property market attracts significant interest from property investors across Asia. Hoping to tap into the demand a new full service real estate investment company has opened in Singapore.  

FINANCE Tuesday, 5 April 2016 14:46

Private Banking Asia: AUM Ranking

Asia, the growth market of recent years isn't what it used to be: assets under management at the biggest wealth managers are mostly flat, albeit at a high level, a ranking by finews.asia shows.

FINANCE Tuesday, 5 April 2016 13:02

Tidjane Thiam Eyes Bigger China Share

At the Credit Suisse Asian Investment Conference, the CEO of Switzerland’s second largest bank has expressed his desire to build the bank’s wealth management business in mainland China.  

FINANCE Tuesday, 5 April 2016 11:49

New Trust Firm Opens in Hong Kong

Family-owned Zedra, who acquired Barclays’ trust and fiduciary business for an undisclosed sum, has now opened in Hong Kong. The business already operates in seven global locations including Singapore.

FINANCE Tuesday, 5 April 2016 06:56

Avaloq Wins Business in Asia

Avaloq, a Swiss provider of banking IT, has won a new customer among Asia's emerging industry giants, research by finews.asia revealed.

FINANCE Monday, 4 April 2016 18:16

New MD for Bank Innovation Fund

National Australia Bank’s $50 million innovation fund, NAB Ventures, has appointed a well known entrepreneur and angel investor to be its inaugural Managing Director.

FINANCE Monday, 4 April 2016 16:32

Julius Baer Completes Acquisition of Kairos

Julius Baer has completed the acquisition of a majority stake in Kairos and remains committed to a listing of a minority stake in the Italian asset manager.

FINANCE Monday, 4 April 2016 15:00

Australian Taxman Finds Hong Kong Link in Panamanian Expose

The covert use of offshore financial centres to conceal assets has blown up across the world following the huge leak of files from the Panama based law firm Mossack Fonseca. The APAC region is not to be spared as the Australian authorities now begin to delve into...

 FINANCE Monday, 4 April 2016 11:28

Asia Leads in Digital Investment Acceptance

Global analytics firm Cerulli Associates says Asset Managers need to start segmenting investors by digitalisation awareness rather than by age. Asian investors in particular however are embracing the use of technology for investment advice across all age groups.

FINANCE Monday, 4 April 2016 06:34

HSBC Lagging on Money Laundering Vigilance

After reaching a $1.9 billion settlement with the U.S. Department of justice, HSBC has worked for three years upgrading its client oversight systems. However the American regulator claims the British bank has still not done enough.

REAL ASSETS Monday, 4 April 2016 05:35

Top Economist: «Cash Banned – Freedom Gone»

Some politicians want to ban cash, arguing that cash is helping criminals. The first steps in that direction are the withdrawal of big denomination notes and the limits imposed on cash payments, writes Thorsten Polleit.

FINANCE Friday, 1 April 2016 18:00

Singapore Opens Fintech Office

The Monetary Authority of Singapore will launch a one-stop virtual entity for all fintech matters. Earlier this week Japan announced new laws to make it easier for fintech firms to flourish.

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