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Global Economy
Asia wealth management have wings clipped with bankers stuck at home
Already, the likes of UBS Group AG and JPMorgan Chase & Co. have seen the growth of new money in Asia take a hit.
August 20, 2020
Finance
Covid fears are pushing the world’s mega rich to set up in Singapore
MAS says the world's rich are setting up family offices in greater numbers in Singapore, as the pandemic brings to light their individual mortality and succession plans for future generations.
July 29, 2020
Financially Savvy
Raising the barbell in factor investing
Raising the barbell in factor investing
June 12, 2020
Family business
Singapore gets new multifamily office with launch of Envysion
Envysion will provide a range of services to clients from helping them structure deals to lifestyle offerings such as yacht and private jet charters.
March 12, 2020
M&A
Grab makes foray into retail wealth management with acquisition of robo-advisory Bento Invest
With this acquisition, Bento will be rebranded as GrabInvest with products launched on the Grab app in the first half of the year in Singapore. GrabInvest will be the fifth core business vertical under Grab’s financial services arm, Grab Financial Group.
February 04, 2020
Zest
Morgan Stanley plans to hire dozens for Asia wealth buildup
The New York-based bank is looking to add 30 to 35 private bankers in the two cities this year, Asia-Pacific wealth head Vincent Chui said in an interview.
January 17, 2020
Hong Kong protests
Family office advisers see rising interest in leaving Hong Kong
SINGAPORE (Oct 10): Service providers to some of Asia’s wealthiest families say they are fielding a rising number of calls about shifting away from Hong Kong, with some already moving money to Singapore-based banks.
October 10, 2019
Startups, Entrepreneurs, Digital economy
Ping An-backed Lufax to ditch P2P lending amid regulatory woes: sources
(July 18): Lufax, one of China’s largest online wealth management platforms that is backed by financial giant Ping An Insurance, plans to exit its once-core peer-to-peer lending (P2P) business, three sources with direct knowledge of the matter told Reut
July 18, 2019
Disruption and Digitalisation
More than a third of wealth management clients plan to switch providers in next 3 years: EY
SINGAPORE (May 9): More than a third of wealth management clients across Asia-Pacific have plans to switch providers over the next three years, the EY 2019 Global Wealth Research report found.
May 09, 2019
Commentary
Revamp of DBS Vickers a sign of things to come; can brokerages, remisiers maintain their relevance?
SINGAPORE (Mar 15): During a recent trip to Kuala Lumpur, I ran into an old friend whom I knew from my days in the brokerage business back in the 1990s. To my surprise, he told me that he still worked in the industry and appeared to be making a good livin
March 15, 2019