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FINANCE Tuesday, 16 June 2015 16:56

SE Asia Legal Roundup

Singapore Gets New Offshore Law Firm Offshore law firm Forbes Hare, which provides BVI and Cayman Islands legal and fiduciary services, is set to open a new office in Singapore on July 1. The Singapore office will be co-led by newly promoted partner Sam...

 FINANCE Tuesday, 16 June 2015 16:55

Manulife Announces Senior Appointments

Manulife has announced the appointment of three senior executives in Hong Kong to support its business needs and developments. Calvin Chiu has been appointed Vice President, Pensions for Greater China at Manulife Asia. He is responsible for developing pension...

 FINANCE Tuesday, 16 June 2015 16:54

Global Mega Trends To Shape Real Estate Future – Asia Leads

At Schroders’ Global Real Estate Conference, held last week, Duncan Owen, Schroders’ Global Head of Real Estate, addressed an audience that represented pension funds, insurance companies, charities and wealth managers from across the globe, with his key mega...

 FINANCE Tuesday, 16 June 2015 16:46

Ultimate Maserati To Be Offered Soon

As more Asian buyers pursue passion investments an upcoming auction will offer a rare car that could fetch a record price. A signature concept car of the 1970s, the Maserati Boomerang was a one-off prototype unlike anything seen before. Using geometric shapes and...

 FINANCE Tuesday, 16 June 2015 16:43

Hong Kong And London Link Up

According to reports out of Hong Kong the city’s Securities and Futures Commission has granted a license to the London Stock Exchange therefore allowing Hong Kong based financial businesses to become members of the exchange. Speaking on the sidelines of a local...

 FINANCE Tuesday, 16 June 2015 16:30

Tata Asset Management Appoints New CEO

R Ganesh has been appointed as the chief executive officer and managing director of Tata Asset Management. He will take over from Arvind Sethi, who had been appointed as the MD and CEO in December 2012, transitioning from his earlier position as an independent...

 FINANCE Tuesday, 16 June 2015 01:44

UBS Raises Profile And Commitment In Hong Kong

UBS in Hong Kong have announced plans to open a new office at One Peking Road in Kowloon early in 2016. UBS's first office outside of Hong Kong's central business district will support the provision of wealth management services to entrepreneurs and other client...

 FINANCE Monday, 15 June 2015 16:30

The Monday Morning Movers

Let's kick the week off with some news of yet more professional moves. Swiss bank Credit Suisse are said to have secured the services of John Woods who will join the bank in September as the chief investment officer. Woods will be based in Hong Kong. Also in Hong...

 FINANCE Monday, 15 June 2015 16:29

More Chinese Investment Into Australian Property

A Chinese residential developer has paid $2.8 million for an inner city development opportunity in Adelaide in a deal brokered by Savills Hotels Australia on behalf of Sea Care Pty Ltd. Sold via auction, the property located at 23-29 Market Street in Adelaide has...

 FINANCE Monday, 15 June 2015 16:29

Four More Gain China Approval

With a team from the International Monetary Fund currently in China as part of the review over whether to include the Chinese yuan in its basket of currencies, China’s Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) has added four more organizations, bringing the total...

 FINANCE Monday, 15 June 2015 16:24

Strong Interest In Contemporary Western Art In Asia

Last week in Hong Kong Sotheby’s again broke through their estimates for a selection of iconic contemporary artworks. The results also confirmed that there is strong market interest for contemporary western art in Asia. Commenting on the auction, Isaure de Viel...

 FINANCE Monday, 15 June 2015 16:21

AIA Survey - Middle Class In North Asia Are Satisfied With Life

AIA have unveiled findings from its 2015 edition of the AIA Survey on Middle Class Hopes and Aspirations in Asiawhich found that nearly four out of five (79%) respondents across Mainland China, Hong Kong, Korea, and Taiwan are satisfied with life. Yet, less than...

 FINANCE Saturday, 13 June 2015 17:46

Hong Kong Now More Expensive Than Tokyo

Hong Kong has become the 4th most expensive location for expatriates in Asia Pacific and is now above Tokyo in the list according to the latest Cost of Living survey by ECA International, a leading provider of knowledge, information and technology for the...

 FINANCE Saturday, 13 June 2015 17:44

Japan Welcomes Foreign Investors

With foreign direct investment less than that of Botswana you could be forgiven for thinking that Japan is no Eldorado for foreign investment. However, this has not always been the case. Since the Perry expedition opened Japan to the outside world, many famous...

 FINANCE Saturday, 13 June 2015 17:43

New York Gets Yet More Asian Real Estate Investment

China’s current generation of billionaires have been active in high profile deals across New York buying up the most exclusive apartments and penthouses as well as key redevelopment sites, commercial buildings and leading hotels. Not to be outdone South Korea’s...

 FINANCE Saturday, 13 June 2015 17:41

Eversheds Takes Innovation Prize

Law firm Eversheds has won the innovation in business of law award at the prestigious FT Asia-Pacific Innovative Lawyers Awards 2015. The firm was also ranked eighth in the FT Law 25 ranking of Asia-Pacific’s most innovative law firms, up 9 places from 2014. The...

 FINANCE Friday, 12 June 2015 16:30

First Group Chief Innovation Officer For Standard Chartered

Standard Chartered Bank’s Group Head of Risk Innovation, Ms Anju Patwardhan, has been appointed as the Bank’s first Group Chief Innovation Officer, effective 1 July 2015. In this new role, Ms Patwardhan will shape the Bank’s strategic innovation agenda across its...

 FINANCE Friday, 12 June 2015 16:27

Record Grade-A Office Prices In Hong Kong

In their latest monthly report on the Hong Kong market Knight Frank found in May, both the Grade-A office sales and leasing markets remained robust. In the residential market, the number of sales transactions rebounded for two consecutive months, despite the...

 FINANCE Friday, 12 June 2015 16:25

Strong Interest At Arts Of Asia Sale In Paris

The Sotheby’s Arts of Asia sale ended on a resounding high note with a total of €12.4 million. The Galerie Charpentier was packed throughout the day, and provided a setting for some magnificent bidding battles. By the end of the first session, the sale had...

 FINANCE Friday, 12 June 2015 16:23

Wolters Kluwer Annual Report Of Listed Chinese Banks 2014

Wolters Kluwer Financial Services, in partnership with the editorial team at Wolters Kluwer China, has released the “Annual Report of Listed Chinese Banks 2014”. The report provides an overall analysis of the 16 Chinese banks listed on the Chinese A-stock market,...

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