DBS Private Bank Mulls Hong Kong DPM Venture

Editorial Staff

10 September 2025

Yesterday, is keen to pursue business from affluent and high net worth clients in both places and the surrounding region.

The bank has been tracking the view of affluent Hong Kong investors. For example, a survey by DBS in Hong Kong of 1,517 such investors found that this year they expect their portfolios to generate a return on average of 9 per cent. Investors’ priority is to preserve wealth: 69 per cent said it is their primary investment goal for 2025. Most of them (61 per cent) plan to increase their investment allocations over the next 12 months.

In early August, DBS said its consumer banking/wealth management arm logged pre-tax profit of S$2.397 billion ($1.87 billion) in the first six months of 2025, versus S$2.346 billion a year earlier.