Latest Comment & Analysis
Are Debt, Digital And Climate Transforming Central Banking, Broader Economy?
Climate change, aka global warming, affects the global economy and hence influences how central banks operate. They are handling the financial fallout of the pandemic and associated lockdowns. Inflation pressure...
Trend Of US Citizenship Renunciation To Rise "Dramatically"
The threat of higher US taxes, combined with other factors, could produce a sharp rise in the number of Americans seeking to give up their citizenship, an advisor working in the space says. ...
Recovery From COVID-19 - What Wealth Managers Say
We set out a range of commentaries from wealth and asset management groups about how the economic and market position looks more than a year after much of the world began to enter lockdowns. ...
How COVID-19 Lit A Fire Under Japanese Corporate Reform
A number of Japanese companies - and their shares - stand to benefit from a faster pace of corporate governance reform prompted by the global pandemic, the author of this article argues. ...
Boost Advice's Added Value With Goal Monitoring
Gearing advice to specific financial goals is a powerful way to demonstrate added value and increase client engagement. But this requires careful thought about advice monitoring, efficiency and - of course - com...
Get Right Balance Between Man And Machine
Wealth managers must implement efficient, scalable ways of working, while capitalizing on the human elements of their offerings that create lasting value. Darren Berkowicz, Managing Director at SS&C Technologies...
Latest News
Compliance Corner: Hong Kong
The latest compliance news: regulatory developments, punishments, guidance, permissions and new product and service offerings. ...
Taiwan Warns Over Hong Kong's Frozen Assets - Report
Freezing the of assets of a listed company crosses a new line for China's national security laws in the Asian financial centre. ...
Goldman Sachs In Mainland China, Hong Kong Hiring Drive - Report
A number of large banks have large hiring plans in Hong Kong, mainland China and the wider region over the next few years. It reinforces how developing talent to keep up with an affluent and growing middle class...
Nomura Launches E-Foreign Exchange Offering In Singapore
The Monetary Authority of Singapore is seeking to bolster the jurisdiction's status as a foreign exchange trading hub, putting it in competition with Hong Kong, among other centres. ...
Citigroup Launches Securities Lending Offering For Wealth Sector
The costs of securities lending have been too expensive for some market participants. With this wealth management-related offering, the US bank said that it hopes to fill the gap. It is partnering with fintech S...
Family Office Or Founder's Office - Sector Must Tighten Definitions
A consultant and former private banking and investment industry figure has a complaint: he reckons that some family offices should instead be called "founder's offices" because the people who build them dominate...