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Lion Global Investors to provide retail investors access to 'private banking' solutions
Curated Portfolios were previously available only to LGI's high-net-worth clients.
October 20, 2020
How investor portfolios are evolving to prepare for volatility's return
SINGAPORE (Apr 25): Despite long-running investor expectations of a spike in volatility, professional fund buyers are remaining split over the consequent impact on their portfolios.
April 25, 2018
UOB discretionary portfolio management helps boost wealth AUM to $104 bil in 2017
SINGAPORE (Feb 21): United Overseas Bank (UOB) says assets under management (AUM) from total wealth management in private banking hit $104 billion last year.
February 21, 2018
How Asia Pacific's top private banks fared in 2016, according to Private Banker
SINGAPORE (Oct 13): Total assets under management (AUM) of high net worth (HNW) clients under Asia Pacific’s top 20 institutions have hit a high of US$1.53 trillion ($2.1 trillion) up 4.5% from US$1.46 trillion in 2015, and almost on par with the high o
October 13, 2017
Credit Suisse probe puts Swiss authorities on back foot again
GENEVA/ZURICH (April 4): The latest probe into Credit Suisse Group AG is a blow, not just for the firm but also for the Swiss attorney-general, who didn’t know some of the bank’s offices were going to be raided. This week, Swiss authorities are ba
April 04, 2017
Bank of Singapore to set up shop in London
SINGAPORE (Dec 19): Bank of Singapore, the private banking arm of Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation, is planning to set up a private bank in London.
December 19, 2016
ABN AMRO to sell private banking business in Asia, Middle East to LGT
SINGAPORE (Dec 6): ABN AMRO has reached an agreement to sell its private banking operations in Asia and Middle East to LGT, an international private banking and asset management group, for an undisclosed sum.
December 06, 2016
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Julius Baer said to hire nearly 20 bankers from BSI Singapore
SINGAPORE (Nov 23): Swiss private bank Julius Baer Group Ltd. is pushing ahead with a recruitment drive in Asia, hiring close to 20 Singapore-based bankers from BSI SA, the wealth manager caught up in the scandal surrounding 1Malaysia Development Bhd., ac
November 23, 2016
Julius Baer, DBS said to mull buying ABN AMRO Asia Private Bank
SINGAPORE (Oct 25): Julius Baer Group, DBS Group Holdings and LGT Bank are considering bids for ABN AMRO Group NV’s private-banking business in Asia, people with knowledge of the matter said.
The banks have expressed interest in the ABN AMRO unit and
October 25, 2016
Should Asian investors shun Singapore?
SINGAPORE (Aug 5): HSBC Global Research is downgrading its view on Singapore’s equities from “overweight” to “neutral”.
August 05, 2016