On The Lighter Side
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Justin Urquhart StewartChina, Gold, Banks & a Comet by Justin Urquhart Stewart
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Bruce RaineWhat to look for when choosing a wealth management system
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Aliya AllenCommitment, Continuity and Consistency
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David WilsonSoftware without the technology headaches
Wealth, Asset Management & Private Banking
- Private banks to outshine state-run peers: brokerage
- RBS launches real estate services for HNIs
- Bendigo Wealth launches new low-risk income fund
- Netwealth's advice group moves advice ops
- Standard Chartered Taps Asean’s Rich for Growth: Southeast Asia
- Family offices to benefit from wealth management growth
- Rothschild credit fund soft-closes after solid family office inflows
- LGBT wealth management market worth $3trn
- National Australia Bank introduces new private wealth brand in Asia
- Chinese Banks Offered Fewer Wealth Management Products In Response To Recent Regulation
On The Move
- ICICI Bank top management gets another five years till 2019
- Bravura appoints head of pre-sales
- ICBC names new president
- Henderson appoints new director of property
- Lazard Appoints new CEO for Asia Pacific
- Nomura Strengthens Global Markets Americas Sales with Senior Hires
- King & Wood Mallesons’ Australia Head Steps Down
- PIMCO Australia chief executive hangs up his boots
- RBS appoints new executive chairman for Asia-Pacific
- Willis in Asia Investment-Banking Push
Offshore
- Appleby Reports Offshore M&A Activity for Q1 2013
- BVI tax haven picks Hong Kong for drive into Asia
- Labuan FSA inks collaborative MoU with UMS
- HMRC in offshore tax evasion crackdown after receiving fresh data
- JTC Group and Kensington Trust Group create strategic alliance
- Chinese Ambassador pledges to work with Guernsey
- Guernsey concludes Double Taxation Agreement with Hong Kong
- Jersey maintains momentum in India
- G20 could step up fight against tax evasion
- Jersey-China relations strengthened at significant business conference
Legal, Regulation, Risk & Compliance
- Indonesia financial regulator expects new banking law completed in 2014
- UBS Securities fined in Hong Kong
- Ex-Lonsec MD convicted of insider trading
- India fails to make much headway for its banks: professionals at CECA
- Fund manager accused of insider trading
- Dominion Finance boss jailed
- White & Case Advises on High Yield Bond Issuance by PT MNC Investama Tbk
- Indian Bank’s ex-chief gets 1 year jail for cheating
- Chinese Communist Party Expels Former Agricultural Bank Executive -Xinhua
- New Zealand central bank gets new powers
Banking Technology
- DST’s Anova Wins 2013 FTF News Innovation Award for “Best Middle Office Solution”
- Compliance, market changes increase demand on buy side trading technology, report says
- Rubik signs agreement to purchase Visor Desktop from Macquarie
- Supercomputer joins ANZ’s wealth team
- Thailand’s SCB Asset Management Selects Charles River IMS and Integrated FIX Network
- AAM Advisory deploys XPLAN as core advice platform
- Nepal Rastra Bank goes live on the OLYMPIC Banking System
- Ascentric sells platform technology development team
- Challenger extends deal with SimCorp
- Bahamas Wealth Management Software Developer's 'Major Asia Breakthrough'
Alternative Investments
- Qatar Fund May Invest In RMZ Corp
- Australia vows improved hedge fund disclosure, seeks recognized definition
- HSBC Plans to Sell First Yuan Bond to Be Cleared in Singapore - Sources
- ICICI Lombard hopes to grow ahead of industry
- BlackRock to acquire MGPA
- Credit Suisse replaces Morgan Stanley as No. 2 Asia prime broker
- Peak6 $1bn capital raise boosted by Aussie instos
- Goldman Sachs to Invest in Japan Green Energy
- AMP’s complete insurance range gets a makeover
- Coutts Investor Insights: Gold tumble tests strength of the floor
Islamic Banking & Finance
- Indonesian Government to Establish New Shariah Bank
- Pakistan regulator sets up sharia advisory board
- Pilgrim Funds Give Indonesia Banks Booster Shot: Islamic Finance
- DIB eyes acquisitions in Asian markets
- Takaful Malaysia reports stellar results for 2012 from robust sales
- Government eyes Islamic finance growth opportunity
- Singapore Defends Expiry Of Islamic Finance Tax Breaks
- Maybank Singapore Islamic banking offers financing for properties in Malaysia
- Saudi quits Islamic finance corporation
- Malaysia: Takaful insurers to separate life, general insurance businesses
Investment Banking
- China Construction Bank Buys Stake in Russian Bank
- Singapore may give Indonesian banks more access in boost to DBS
- Goldman Is Selling The Last Of Its Stake In A Chinese Bank, And Communist Officials Are Probably Pretty Annoyed
- Former Citigroup Boss Vikram Pandit To Set Up New Indian Bank
- Qatar National Bank Group gets nod for India subsidiary
- SMFG yearly profit jumps 53 pct, sees poorer year ahead
- ICBC eyes 10% Middle East asset growth
- CIMB Australia and RBS Morgans agrees to further cooperation
- Big four a big draw for executives as investment banks lose appeal
- Deutsche hires new country heads for Singapore and Korea
Emerging & Frontier Markets
- ANZ Bank looks to Asia for growth
- Standard Chartered Seeks Banking Operations in Angola, Mozambique
- M&As show India is still hot spot for foreign investors
- The People's Bank of China : Safeguarding financial stability
- TSMC ranked 9th among top 1,000 Greater China firms
- EU drinks groups to keep spending in China amid slowdown
- People's Bank of China expands co-operation with African Development Bank
- Global fund managers bullish on outlook for Thailand, other emerging markets: HSBC
- Middle East's premier hub reaches into Africa
- Standard Chartered Seeks to Double Africa Revenue Within 5 Years
InvestmentView
- Ten IT-enabled business trends for the decade ahead
- Can we learn from the success of Singapore?
- Growth Now, Reforms Later
- Familiar names top the annual BRW magazine’s Rich 200 list.
- Aon Hewitt Analysis Shows Modest Improvement in Global Employee Engagement Levels
- Japanese hedge funds on Abenomics & the debt time bomb
- (Not So) Big in Japan by Tom Becket, CIO, Psigma Investment Management
- 10 Countries Anxiously Watching Their Massive Gold Hoards Fall In Value
- A Gold Forecast that Will Shock the World
- Comparative Information on OECD and Other Advanced and Emerging Economies
BRICS
- Closer ties between China, India to add extra glamour to BRICS
- BRICS countries might set up development bank in 2015
- "The last thing to collapse is the surface."
- A New BRICS Development Bank: Will It Work for Women?
- South Africa: The Brics Bank and World Dominance - How Real Is This?
- BRICS bank to complement, not compete with ADB: India
- BRICS Nations Plan New Bank to Bypass World Bank, IMF
- China expresses support for BRICS Development Bank
- Policy think-tank set up ahead of annual BRICS summit
- BRICS could pool foreign reserves: S. Africa
Retail Banking
- Banking Sector Fuels Singapore's First-Quarter Growth
- DBS Bank named top brand in Singapore
- NAB pushes ahead with business staff restructure
- Philippine Bank UCPB Hires Adviser for Strategic Review
- Malaysia Maybank's Q1 net profit up 11.8
- Bank Indonesia Taps Religious Groups to Expand Banking Outreach
- DBS Gets Final OK to Buy Stake in Indonesian Bank
- Indian banks enjoy trust of customers: Gallup poll
- Commonwealth Bank Profit Gains After Holding Back Rate Cuts
- E&Y urges Chinese banks to shift focus
Tax
- India, other FTA members to share offshore leaks tax info
- New tax practices unlikely to put S'pore at disadvantage: analysts
- OECD sees action on corporate tax avoidance
- International tax charter published
- Global banking major fears ‘significant’ penalty in tax evasion probe
- G7 nations agree to tackle tax evasion
- Singapore's Wealthy in Focus in Hunt for Tax Cheats
- Unexplained wealth laws set to pass in Qld
- Tax havens pose issue for I-T dept
- Soon, US to get info on Americans' assets in India
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