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FINANCE Monday, 6 July 2020 12:21

Swiss Bank Joins With Major Crypto Exchange

Switzerland’s Incore Bank is expanding the digital assets’ strategy through an agreement with Kraken crypto exchange. Clients are getting easy access to both currency spaces.

FINANCE Monday, 6 July 2020 10:50

HSBC Exec Had «No Choice» But to Support Security Law

HSBC’s top regional executive in Asia was pressured not only to publicly support the national security law in Hong Kong but also to provide documented evidence for having signed the petition, according to sources.

PEOPLE Monday, 6 July 2020 10:06

StanChart Officially Welcomes Global Wealth CEO

Standard Chartered officially welcomes the new successor to the bank’s global wealth management business.

FINANCE Friday, 3 July 2020 21:58

Peter Schmid: «Normal Clients Get Scant Attention»

Bank clients’ hopes that their aims and aspirations are being shared by relationship managers have all too frequently been dashed. This is why they are more than ever looking for advice from family offices, lawyers, and independent wealth managers, writes Peter...

FINANCE Friday, 3 July 2020 17:08

SFC Calls for Better «Chinese Wall» at Hong Kong Exchange

The Securities and Futures Commission called for better separation between business executives and the listing department in a report that found lacking prevention of internal conflicts of interest at the bourse.

FINANCE Friday, 3 July 2020 17:03

Wealth Fintech Completes Funding Round

Data aggregation fintech firm Canopy has closed its latest funding round, which saw the participation of a combination of private and institutional investors.

FINANCE Friday, 3 July 2020 16:35

DBS and Schroders Launch Income Fund for Retiree Investors

The multi-asset Schroder Asia More+ fund includes a unique decumulation share class targeted at retiree investors.

FINANCE Friday, 3 July 2020 15:52

Trust Firm Acquires BNP Unit

Zedra, a global provider of active wealth, corporate and fund solutions, has completed the acquisition of BNP Paribas Wealth Management’s trust business in Singapore, after receiving regulatory approval.

FINANCE Friday, 3 July 2020 12:58

John Woods: «Many Reasons to Further Invest in Digitalization»

Technology and digitalization will unfold at a speed not yet realized by most, Credit Suisse's APAC chief investment officer, explains in an exclusive interview with finews.asia, saying that they will drive business opportunities and investment performance for...

FINANCE Friday, 3 July 2020 12:08

Banks Fear Squeeze in Second Corona Wave

Banks are weathering the initial months of the coronavirus. The risk of a banking and financial crisis looms in a flare-up of the pandemic.

PEOPLE Friday, 3 July 2020 11:42

J.P. Morgan Asset Management Bolsters Intermediary Business

The American asset manager adds a head of retail distribution to the intermediary business in Hong Kong.

FINANCE Friday, 3 July 2020 11:31

BNY Mellon Appoints APAC Head of Treasury Services

He brings nearly two decades of experience living and working throughout the APAC region, with a proven track record of success during that time. 

FINANCE Friday, 3 July 2020 10:46

Banks Unite to Avoid Repeat of Hin Leong Blunder

Three months removed from the beginning of the Hin Leong scandal, banks in Singapore are joining to establish better commodity financing standards to avoid a repeat.

FINANCE Friday, 3 July 2020 10:21

Sanne Strengthens Asia Pacific Business Development

Based in Hong Kong, she will drive Sanne's alternatives and corporate offering, in addition to exploring new strategic business development opportunities across the Asia region, as the firm's client base grows.

FINANCE Friday, 3 July 2020 09:09

Spain Fines ICBC Bankers over Money Laundering for Gangsters

Spain’s top criminal court issued fines and jail sentences to four staff from a Spain-based branch of Chinese state-owned ICBC over money laundering, including for Asian criminal groups.

FINANCE Thursday, 2 July 2020 17:46

Former UBS Private Banker to Head Japan Unit of Credit Suisse

The appointment underscores the importance of the Japan market to the firm's private banking ambitions in Asia Pacific. 

FINANCE Thursday, 2 July 2020 17:18

Leonteq Leverages Cloud to Scale Platform

Derivatives boutique Leonteq will be collaborating with Google Cloud to support its platform scalability by extending its infrastructure to the cloud.

FINANCE Thursday, 2 July 2020 16:20

Schroders Nets Majority Stake in Asian Real Estate Fund Manager

The acquisition bolsters its private assets and real estate capabilities, following recent purchases of Munich-based real estate specialist Blue Asset Management, and Europe-focused hotel investment and management firm Algonquin.

FINANCE Thursday, 2 July 2020 15:43

U.S. One Step Away from Enacting Bill With Bank Sanctions

The U.S. House of Representatives passed the «Hong Kong Autonomy Act» with on the same day the city official introduced the controversial national security law into effect.

FINANCE Thursday, 2 July 2020 14:14

U.K.: Don’t Trade Hong Kong Freedoms for Banker Bonuses

The U.K.'s foreign secretary recently condemned lenders supporting the recently passed national security law, adding that Hong Kongers’ freedoms should not be sacrificed for banker bonuses.

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