Swiss digital investment specialist Crypto Finance has opened a branch in the Lion City. The company sees itself as a provider of services to the banking industry.
Citi has promoted its private banking head of operations and technology in Asia Pacific to an even larger role covering the same area for the broader group.
The regulator said that the financial industry and its stakeholders have a critical role to play to achieve a successful transition from the Swap Offer Rate (SOR) to Singapore Overnight Rate Average (SORA).
The market for fine art is being roiled by the coronavirus. In the midst is UBS, a 26-year-long sponsor of the world's largest fair for fine art, Art Basel.
New York-based VanEck is reportedly seeking a mutual fund license in China as part of a wave of asset managers seeking to capitalize on the mainland’s $2.6 trillion market.
This is CapitaLand Mall Trust's first sustainability-linked loan, of which proceeds will be used for general corporate purposes.
Japanese online brokerage giant, SBI, is reportedly considering a retreat from the Hong Kong market based on the belief that its hub status could fall.
Relative to North Americans and Europeans, institutional investors in the Asia Pacific region were the most optimistic about emerging markets with 47 percent foreseeing lower volatility in the long-term, according to a Vontobel Asset Management survey.
Bank clients appreciate their efforts to become more sustainable yet demand more transparency about what it really amounts to.
China’s banking regulator is organizing a nationwide training program for 500 senior officials from the mainland’s «big four», policy and rural lenders to help contain bad loans.
HSBC named the chief executive of its private banking unit, which has $353 billion in assets under management, via an internal shuffle.
Funding Societies, a Southeast Asia digital financing platform for small and medium-sized enterprises, hired the former co-founder of GoBear as its chief financial officer.
India’s regulator fined Standard Chartered one billion rupees over violation of foreign exchange rules during a takeover of a local bank in 2007.
While the firm's net portfolio value fell by S$7 billion from the year before, it also achieved carbon neutrality as a company.
The Securities and Futures Commission in Hong Kong will go after Tianhe Chemicals Group overstated sales figures and help recover the $450 million raised from IPOs.
As part of its ongoing commitment to stewardship and responsible investing, Singapore-based active manager Maitri will provide its expertise and guidance to members of the Swiss-based Family Business Network (FBN).
Standard Chartered’s global head of commodities has left the bank as part of a broader restructuring of the division.
Every day seems to bring the hunkered down city a fresh batch of issues related to the U.S.-China stand-off. They add to a growing, messy pile of links and unintended consequences that seem to determine the city’s fate.
The newly created role is a key element of Milestone Group's refreshed global strategy, which puts additional weight and attention on APAC markets.
Even private banking in Asia – awash with not only the usual posh amenities but also various other characteristics that make it uniquely more high-touch – was not immune digital disruption during the pandemic. finews.asia takes a look at the numbers and highlights.
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