Investment Banking
China's Industrial Bank to digitise private banking unit
It has tapped on Swiss provider Avaloq.
China's Industrial Bank to digitise private banking unit
It has tapped on Swiss provider Avaloq.
Celent's Eiichiro Yanagawa to make the case for digital at ABF's Priority Banking & Wealth Management Conference 2018
He will discuss how new technologies can impact the wealth management value chain.
Hong Kong's asset and wealth management business hit $24.27t in 2017
The private banking unit and fund advisory business performed strongly.
Hong Kong's private banking assets hit $7.81t in 2017
More than half of total assets came from overseas locations.
Singapore banks turn to China's wealthy to offset slumping stock markets
Some banks are eyeing family offices to serve Chinese entrepreneurs.
Credit Suisse's Hong Kong unit ordered to pay $369.08m to settle hiring corruption probe
The bank reportedly made preferential hires to win business.
MUFG Bank to add 100 private bankers in securities venture with Morgan Stanley
The bank aims to have around 280 financial advisers in the next three years.
Weekly Global News Wrap Up: SocGen snaps Commerzbank's derivative and AM unit; BofA sued over second mortgages
And a Maltan regulator has pushed for the withdrawal of Pilatus Bank's license.
HSBC Singapore rolls out investment advisory platform for high net worth depositors
Clients with at least $1.2m in deposits also gain access to a luxury lifestyle concierge.
JPMorgan to beef up Chinese investment banking team by up to 50%
It seeks to expand investment banking coverage to tech firms.
Union Bancaire Privée's Eric Morin reveals the bank's fierce ambition to thrive in Asia
Should local Asian private banks be threatened as the major Swiss player enters the scene?
BOC (Hong Kong) moves to beef up private banking business
The bank aims to boosts the number of relationship managers by at least 20%.
Tech giants pose threat to Asian private banks as they lure the region's ultra rich
The likely target will be individuals shunned by private banking and pushed into premium retail banking models.
BNP Paribas Securities Services appoints Diana Senanayake as head of Singapore
She will report to Philippe Benoit, head of Asia Pacific, and Pierre Veyres, CEO for Singapore.
Singapore and Hong Kong lead Asia's asset management charge
Their combined assets under management (AUM) hit $91.5b in 2017.
Asia beats Europe and America in private banking gains in 2017
Assets under management grew 15.2% which is almost double Europe’s 7.5%.
Asian investment banking fees plunge to four year low after hitting $4.62b in May
However, robust deal-making activity may buoy the sector from its slump.