In Asia Pacific, reaching the rarified air of the ultra-high net worth is particularly hard in the city-state while in Hong Kong, you need three times the money you would in mainland China.
Paris-based BNP Paribas has announced the appointment of a Seoul branch CEO.
What makes females successful in private banking? In celebration of International Women’s Day this week, finews.asia spoke to Pictet’s Scarlett Ma on her view on gender's prominence in the industry.
Bank of Japan governor Kazuo Ueda warns of the risk of rapid adoption of financial innovation.
A series of bank failures in the US and the demise of Credit Suisse in 2023 have put stress testing, recovery and resolution concerns at the forefront as regulators seek to avoid a repeat.
Singapore continues to attract ultra-rich individuals after luring hundreds of new single family offices in 2023.
Since the start of the year, the bitcoin price has increased by around 50 percent. And it looks like it will soon exceed its all-time-high from November 2021. The party may even go on, provided the bitcoin ETF inflows continue and bitcoin’s halving event...
Byjus was once considered India’s most valuable startup – a fact that attracted the Swiss private bank Julius Baer, which invested clients’ money. But the value of the education technology company has plummeted by 95 percent.
Against the backdrop of increasingly complex financial crime and banking regulations, firms in the Asia Pacific region are grappling with increasing compliance costs and bad actors that leverage the latest technology.
A nascent spring thaw and the illusion of fake romance follow the long crypto winter. Governments and regulators struggle to keep up.
Zurich-based CAT Financial Products has inked a tie-up with the Singapore digital markets unit of Japan’s SBI.
The Australia and New Zealand Banking Group has reportedly sold a partial stake in a Malaysian lender.
Beijing announced its annual economic growth target during the «Two Sessions» gathering of the National People’s Congress. Private banks are divided on the likelihood of achieving this goal.
Self-proclaimed finance experts, also known as financial influencers or finfluencers, are becoming increasingly influential among large groups of the population. This is despite the fact that their questionable recommendations should be treated with the utmost...
Zurich-based EFG has expanded its front office with two new hires from Standard Chartered and Bank of Singapore.
Chicago-headquartered real estate firm JLL has expanded its regional equity advisory team with a new hire in Hong Kong.
US-based Citigroup is doubling down on Hong Kong as a wealth management hub, expressing optimism about the Greater Bay Area outlook.
Striving to bring the best services to its entrepreneurs and corporate clientele, BIL Suisse has hired a banker with over 20 years of working experience for its Asia-Pacific business.
London-based property consultancy Knight Frank has announced the appointment of a director of international capital markets for India.
In an industry where transparency is vital, AI raises critical legal questions on whether financial institutions can trust the new technology.
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