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Banking Crisis
7 January 2026

UBS Sells $3 Billion Of AT1 Bonds – Media

Additional Tier 1 bonds are a form of "bail-in" instrument designed to avoid taxpayers being...

M and A
7 January 2026

Mercer Intensifies Retirement, Investment Focus In Australia

The lift-out deal helps Mercer, it said, concentrate on its "core wealth businesses". ...

Investment Strategies
7 January 2026

Wealth Managers Positive On Emerging Markets, AI, Gold, Defence

After emerging market equities outperformed many developed markets in 2025, led by a broad rally in...

People Moves
7 January 2026

Standard Chartered Builds Out Private Bank's Greater China, Regional Reach

The newly-appointed figure will grow another team to support Greater China clients, in addition to...

Real Estate
7 January 2026

The Changing Map Of Cross-Border Capital Flows Into UK Commercial Real Estate

How Asian and Middle Eastern capital has shifted post-Covid and post-Brexit, and what it signals...

Tax
6 January 2026

Andersen Frowns At US Relief From Minimum Corporate Tax Regime

A carve-out for US-based corporates from elements of a proposed global minimum tax regime suggests...

Investment Strategies
6 January 2026

Wealth Managers Ponder Venezuela Fallout

The Trump administration certainly began 2026 in dramatic fashion, announcing the capture of the...

Company Profiles
6 January 2026

Expanding Klay Sets Sights On Swiss Entry, Explains Business Model

The rise of such firms highlights how HNW and ultra-HNW individuals, often with multiple bank...

People Moves
6 January 2026

Standard Chartered Adds To Chief Investment Office Capabilities

The bank has made two senior hires – in Singapore and Hong Kong – spanning equities, fixed...

People Moves
6 January 2026

Who's Moving Where In Wealth Management? – HSBC, Bank Of Singapore

The latest moves, appointments and personnel changes in Asia-Pacific wealth management. ...

Comment & Analysis results for Archive

ESG
3 December 2025

EXCLUSIVE: The Positive Side Of COP30 – Edmond De Rothschild AM, Gresham House

After the 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) in Belém, Brazil, which took place...

Strategy
17 November 2025

Let's Walk Down The Wealth Corridor

A term that arises in discussions about banks' and wealth managers' geographic strategy is the...

Investment Strategies
3 October 2025

Bankers Fear "Bitcoin Treasuries" Are An Accident Waiting To Happen – Here's Why

Regardless of what the latest tech or investment enthusiasm is, a danger that goes back centuries...

Investment Strategies
26 September 2025

Wealth Managers Use Derivatives, Hedge Funds To Manage Volatility

Continuing our look at ideas on asset allocation and the approaches wealth managers take, we...

Wealth Strategies
22 September 2025

Changing Asset Allocation Frontiers - An Overview

We take a dive into different approaches to how asset allocation should be handled, examine various...

Compliance
19 September 2025

From Cryptos To Singapore’s COSMIC World – New Frontiers In Compliance

This news service discusses establishing sources of wealth, the challenge of cryptos in a market...

Company Profiles
2 September 2025

How Tiger Brokers Plays Into Asia's Wealth Growth Story

We talk to Tiger Brokers in Singapore about the global firm's TradingFront platform, its wealth...

Strategy
1 September 2025

Swapping Singapore For London – Reflections From Lombard Odier's Vincent Magnenat

A senior private banker for Lombard Odier, working for many years in Singapore, has made the move...

Art
16 July 2025

Fires, Floods And Other Hazards: Managing Risks To Fine Art

This news service recently talked to the head of art advisory of Citi Wealth – appointed to the...

Asset Management
7 July 2025

Index Investing Has A "Reconstitution" Problem: How To Fix It

We talk to Dimensional Fund Advisors about why index investing in the conventional sense raises a...