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PEOPLE Wednesday, 10 February 2021 11:07

Ho Ching: A Long-Term Investor and Social Media Maverick

Known as a prolific user of social media, where she shares up to several hundred stories a day on Facebook, Ho Ching has defended Singapore's sovereign wealth fund Temasek as a long-term investor and community leader in many of her posts. Now she will resign from...

FINANCE Wednesday, 10 February 2021 10:06

Grab's Head of Wealth Management to Depart

The executive, who has two decades of experience at banks and asset managers, will be leaving the company for personal reasons. 

FINANCE Wednesday, 10 February 2021 09:28

DBS Posts Fourth Quarter Profit Drop

DBS posted lower profits in the fourth quarter of 2020 due to higher allowances set aside for potential bad loans.

PEOPLE Tuesday, 9 February 2021 17:41

J.P. Morgan Banker Picked as Hong Kong Bourse Chief

The chief executive of JPMorgan Chase & Co’s international private banking arm has resigned to join Hong Kong’s stock exchange.

FINANCE Tuesday, 9 February 2021 16:40

Citi Hong Kong Bucks Groupwide Profit Trend

Citi’s Hong Kong businesses registered growth across the board, according to an internal memo seen by finews.asia, despite a more than 40 percent drop in profit for the overall group.

HIGH-END Tuesday, 9 February 2021 16:09

Hurun: Hong Kong Wealth Dips

The number of wealthy households in Hong Kong slipped at the end of 2019 in the midst of social unrest and a coronavirus outbreak while other Chinese cities stayed flat, according to a recent report by Hurun Research Institute.

FINANCE Tuesday, 9 February 2021 15:49

BlackRock Names APAC Regional Chief

She most recently headed BlackRock’s business in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), driving regional business transformation over the past three years.

FINANCE Tuesday, 9 February 2021 15:11

P2P Lender Funding Societies Launches in Thailand

This expansion to the startup's fourth market comes after more than a year of working with Thai regulators and planning for market entry.

FINANCE Tuesday, 9 February 2021 12:07

1MDB: Swiss Help for Cypriot Passport

The world’s largest firm for citizenship had far more extensive dealings with 1MDB fugitive Jho Low than it has until now admitted, according to a journalism investigation – which has receipts detailing the web of connections.

PEOPLE Tuesday, 9 February 2021 11:50

Singapore's Temasek Names New Chief

Temasek Holdings has picked an internal candidate to become its new chief executive officer, succeeding incumbent Ho Ching.

PEOPLE Tuesday, 9 February 2021 11:26

M&G Hires Former Franklin Templeton Exec

London-headquartered asset manager M&G hires a former Franklin Templeton executive to lead its intermediary business out of Hong Kong.

FINANCE Tuesday, 9 February 2021 11:15

Investment Manager Nuveen Sets Sights on Asian Growth

The $1 trillion global investment manager of financial planning firm TIAA, has made seven new appointments and strengthened its leadership team in Asia Pacific to better service its growing base of institutional and private clients in the region.

FINANCE Tuesday, 9 February 2021 10:59

Lawmakers Challenge HSBC Chairman Over Frozen Accounts

Less than a month after HSBC group chief Noel Quinn apologized to Hong Kong activist Ted Hui by email, a group of over 50 lawmakers worldwide wrote a letter demanding answers from chairman Mark Tucker.

FINANCE Tuesday, 9 February 2021 10:26

SGX Joint Venture to Launch Asian Bond Trading Platform

The XinTru joint venture with corporate bond trading platform provider Trumid and private equity firm Hillhouse Capital, will launch a new electronic bond trading platform later this year.

FINANCE Tuesday, 9 February 2021 10:02

Chinese Hedge Funds Post Record Asset Growth

Outsized returns from Chinese hedge funds are enabling them to dominate foreign competitors in the mainland after registering a record year for asset growth in 2020.

FINANCE Monday, 8 February 2021 18:20

UBS' Traders in for «Corona» Bonus

The Swiss giant's investment bankers can count on a sharp rise in bonus pool after healthy trading in the pandemic's early days underpinned annual profits.

FINANCE Monday, 8 February 2021 17:29

Amundi Creates Outsourced Investment Services Unit

French asset manager Amundi will look to service the increasingly complex needs of family offices and institutional clients with a new division dedicated to outsourced investment services.

FINANCE Monday, 8 February 2021 14:55

Australian Dropout Pleads Guilty to Crypto Scam

24-year old dropout Stefan He Qin plead guilty to securities fraud in a Manhattan federal court over two crypto funds he founded which totaled more than $100 million in assets.

FINANCE Monday, 8 February 2021 12:39

Hong Kong and Macau Watchdogs Ink GBA Agreement

Regulators from China’s two special administrative regions have entered into a memorandum of understanding with mainland regulators with regards to the upcoming Wealth Management Connect scheme for the Greater Bay Area.

FINANCE Monday, 8 February 2021 11:49

Sun Hung Kai & Co Provides «Patient» Capital

Focus on alternatives continues to grow with Hong Kong financial group Sun Hung Kai & Co pivoting its focus to even emerging asset classes like cryptocurrencies, according to its fund management CEO Lindsay Wright in a conversation with finews.asia.

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