Private Banks

The firm’s latest survey shows rapid adoption plans for tokenised funds and digital cash settlement among wealth and asset managers.

The multi-trillion-dollar scramble to fund AI infrastructure is driving up borrowing costs, deepening the rout in government bonds.

Lina Lim drives BlackRock’s customised portfolio services for ultra-high-net-worth clients, while Koh Pi Hann takes charge of Zedra’s regional fund operations.

As the ultra-rich across Greater China increasingly diversify assets into European jurisdictions, the Geneva-based bank is strengthening its offshore advisory capabilities.

As younger family members shift capital into private markets and tech, a reluctance to discuss money with older relatives is complicating succession planning.

Barclays, Julius Baer and HSBC are bolstering their senior ranks to capitalise on the region's booming family office and private wealth sectors.

The wealth management industry is ignoring the surviving wives who will inherit Asia's fortunes first, leaving these crucial decision-makers unprepared to manage family empires, the firm's Asia chief says.

The two wealth managers have appointed senior executives from Azura, J.P. Morgan and CrimsonOx Capital to bolster their regional wealth businesses.

As central banks resume tightening, James Durance touts 'career-high' yields and daily liquidity to family offices, while warning that a flood of AI-driven debt could trigger a market event.

The launch reflects intensifying competition to connect Singapore’s growing family office sector with direct investments and institutional-grade private-market opportunities.

Barclays has launched a local private banking booking centre in Singapore to target Asia’s projected $5.8 trillion intergenerational wealth transfer.

Major wealth managers are doubling down on talent to capture accelerating ASEAN and Australasian wealth flows.