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Boutique wealth managers face struggle for share of market
17 October, 2011

Boutique wealth managers are springing up across Asia, but competition from both global and regional players is fierce

Is Asia ready for an explosion of boutique wealth managers? Europe has seen a new trend of staff leaving major private banks and setting up family office-style operations, based on giving real advice to clients rather than operating a product generating factory, with associated distribution outlets. There is some evidence of such a trend also taking root in Asia.

Not all plain sailing for Ucits funds
17 October, 2011

The Ucits brand faces increasing competition from onshore funds, as regulation remains the biggest threat

Top marks for Asia’s premier wealth centres
17 October, 2011

Singapore and Hong Kong have developed into centres of global economic excellence that support innovation and wealth creation

Thomas Meier, Julius Baer

Julius Baer happy in second home
17 October, 2011

Julius Baer’s Asia CEO Thomas Meier discusses the Swiss bank’s ambitious strategy of capturing the growing wealth in the region from the twin hubs of Singapore and Hong Kong

Mark Te Riele

BNP Paribas goes native to crack Asia
17 October, 2011

BNP Paribas’ Mark te Riele believes global players must adapt to local conditions if they are to succeed in penetrating the Asian marketplace

Finding opportunity in market volatility
17 October, 2011

Institutional investors are streamlining their decision making process so that they can rise to the investment opportunities thrown up by market turmoil. Ceri Jones reports

Matching client expectations
17 October, 2011
Marc Van de Walle, Bank of Singapore

Asia has seen an explosion in the number of new millionaires over the past few years, but are the region’s wealth managers able to meet their needs?

“Every day the door opens and in walks someone who has never seen so much money in their life – it’s a bit like the Wild West.” So says Arjuna Mahendran, head of investment strategy for Asia, at HSBC Private Bank Singapore.

Increased regulation a boon for Indonesia
17 October, 2011
Simon Simarno, Bank UOB Buana

Enhanced levels of regulation are forcing wealth managers in Indonesia to raise their standards, which should benefit clients and the industry in general

The rapidly growing wealth management industry in Indonesia was recently shaken up by sanctions involving one of its leading players.

Assessing the merits of physical and synthetic ETFs
17 October, 2011

Nick Good (left), managing director, head of iShares, Asia-Pacific, and Marco Montanari, head of db X-trackers ETFs and db-X funds, Asia, Deutsche Bank, weigh up physical and synthetic exchange traded funds

Elaine Wong, Credit Suisse

Reforms pave way for the renminbi
17 October, 2011

The gradual internationalisation of the remminbi is allowing foreign investors to access mainland China through Hong Kong

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