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FINANCE Monday, 11 January 2021 12:37

UBS' Top Private Bank Strategist Advances

A top adviser to UBS private bank co-head Iqbal Khan won a major promotion as part of a shake-up of the Swiss bank's strategy and corporate development team, finews.asia can reveal.

FINANCE Monday, 11 January 2021 12:31

Lars Jaeger: «What Can We Expect From Tech in 2021?»

In an essay for finews.first, Lars Jaeger highlights five technologies and scientific research areas that could potentially make significant progress in 2021.

FINANCE Monday, 11 January 2021 12:16

Deutsche Bank Strikes a Deal on Bribery

Deutsche Bank will look to avoid U.S. charges of bribery and manipulation of precious metals markets by making a payment totaling nearly $125 million.

PEOPLE Monday, 11 January 2021 11:40

Standard Chartered Appoints Chief Investment Officer

Standard Chartered promotes a 25-year financial markets veteran internally to become its chief investment officer based in Singapore, according to an internal memo seen by finews.asia.

PEOPLE Monday, 11 January 2021 11:24

Blackstone Sees Three Asia MD Exits in a Month

Private equity giant Blackstone reportedly saw three senior managing directors in Asia leave since last month, amidst ongoing expansion in the region.

PEOPLE Monday, 11 January 2021 11:07

AXA Names Managing Director for Life Insurance

AXA Insurance names a new managing director to lead its life strategic business unit, succeeding incumbent Sean Goh.

FINANCE Friday, 8 January 2021 19:23

OCBC Names New CEO as Samuel Tsien Retires

The banking industry veteran, with 35 years of banking experience, will take the helm from 14 April 2021.

FINANCE Friday, 8 January 2021 17:50

Transamerica Life Makes Senior Appointments

The high net worth life insurance provider has appointed its global head of sales and distribution, as well as its chief executive for Singapore.

FINANCE Friday, 8 January 2021 16:25

UOB Prices Capital Securities Using SORA

The bank has become the first issuer to reference the Singapore Overnight Rate Average Overnight Indexed Swap (SORA-OIS) rate for a capital security. 

FINANCE Friday, 8 January 2021 15:34

APAC Investment Banking Fees Break Records Amid Pandemic

Investment banking fees in the Asia Pacific ex-Japan region rose to reach record-highs in 2020, driven most notably by a surge in Chinese capital markets.

FINANCE Friday, 8 January 2021 14:47

Credit Suisse Flags Loss After Lifting RMBS Battle Reserve

The Swiss bank said that sharply higher reserves to fight a U.S. legal battle over mortgage securities will tip it to a fourth-quarter loss.

PEOPLE Friday, 8 January 2021 12:56

Trampling on Jack Ma’s Ant

Donald Trump’s executive order against Ant Group’s Alipay, together with the unknown whereabouts of Jack Ma, who founded the latter’s parent, Alibaba, is a stark reminder of how the group now sits squarely in the crosshairs of the governments of the world’s two...

 FINANCE Friday, 8 January 2021 12:51

Oil Trading Major Partners Singapore-Based Fund Manager

The partnership between trading house Mercuria and Envysion Wealth Management aims to fill the financing void in the commodities trading sector.

FINANCE Friday, 8 January 2021 12:12

Washington Mulls Alibaba and Tencent Ban

Just weeks before the end of the current U.S. administration, authorities are reportedly discussing the expansion of a blacklist of companies linked to China’s military with the inclusion of major tech giants, Alibaba and Tencent.

FINANCE Friday, 8 January 2021 10:48

Ex-Chair of China Development Bank Sentenced to Life Imprisonment

More convictions are being dished out to top executives in China’s financial sector including the latest life imprisonment sentence given to the former chairman of the mainland’s largest policy lender.

FINANCE Friday, 8 January 2021 09:50

Cloud Banking Platform Doubles Down on Southeast Asia

With its raise of €110 million ($134.66 million) in new capital, cloud banking services provider Mambu is looking to build on its growth in the region.

FINANCE Thursday, 7 January 2021 17:32

Deutsche Bank Taps Singapore Fintech for Digital Assets POC

The two sides will jointly explore a proof-of-concept (POC) using a grant under the Monetary Authority of Singapore's Financial Sector Technology and Innovation (FSTI) scheme.

FINANCE Thursday, 7 January 2021 15:53

DBS Opens Tech Academy in Upskilling Drive

The bank has launched an in-house digital training institute to equip its 5,000-strong technology workforce with cutting-edge skills for the future.

HIGH-END Thursday, 7 January 2021 12:59

COVID-19 Prompts Shift in Passport Power

Travel freedom is changing in a world transformed by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Henley & Partners.

FINANCE Thursday, 7 January 2021 12:49

J. Safra Sarasin Looms Large in Deal Hunt

After adding assets in Asia this week, Brazil’s wealthy Safra family is the second-most prolific dealmaker of the decade in Switzerland’s wealth management industry. A booming 2020 underpins its firepower to keep gorging on what it views as «better than the U.S...

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