

AS fines SG firm over suspicious transactions
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) fined Atrium Asia Investment Management (AAIM) SGD1.9m for violating anti-money laundering and...
Oct 30, 2024

AIA prepares to open branch in China’s Anhui province
AIA Group has secured approval from China’s National Financial Regulatory Administration Anhui Bureau to prepare for the launch of a new...
Oct 28, 2024


HSBC names Pam Kaur as first female finance chief
HSBC Holdings has appointed insider Pam Kaur as its first female finance chief, replacing Georges Elhedery who became CEO earlier this...
Oct 23, 2024


Temasek, Saudi's PIF lead Moody's intrinsic credit quality rankings
Singapore's Temasek Holdings and Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF) have the strongest intrinsic credit quality among 11...
Oct 22, 2024


Ping An Insurance posts 36.1% rise in nine-month net profit
Ping An Insurance Group Co of China Ltd reported a 36.1% increase in net profit for the first nine months of the year, driven by higher...
Oct 21, 2024


Chubb Names Jon Longmore as country president for Malaysia
Zurich-based US insurer Chubb has appointed Jon Longmore as country president for Malaysia, effective November, pending regulatory...
Oct 21, 2024

Digital wealth platform Arta Finance launches in Singapore
Arta Finance, a digital wealth platform aimed at democratising access to investment capabilities traditionally reserved for the...
Oct 14, 2024


Vietnam's insurance premiums rebound in Q3
Vietnam's insurance premium revenues rose 6.9% year-on-year to VND56.4tr (USD2.2bn) in Q3 2024, marking the first growth since the second...
Oct 14, 2024


Standard Chartered, Citi announce key appointments in Malaysia
Standard Chartered has appointed Harmander Mahal as head of wealth and retail banking for Malaysia and Indonesia, effective October 14,...
Oct 14, 2024


OCBC’s private bank appoints transformation lead
Bank of Singapore, the private banking arm of OCBC, has appointed former Credit Suisse executive Karthik Shenoy as head of platforms and...
Oct 10, 2024


BNP Paribas appoints new CEO for Taiwan branches
BNP Paribas has appointed Bruno Boussard as CEO of its Taiwan branches, effective October 1, 2024, pending regulatory approval. Boussard,...
Oct 8, 2024

Wealth Management Alliance names industry veteran Knabl as managing partner
Singapore-based multi-family office Wealth Management Alliance (WMA) has appointed industry veteran Steve Knabl as managing partner. WMA,...
Oct 8, 2024


BNP Paribas names Laure Ly head of Hong Kong securities services
Paris-based BNP Paribas Securities Services has announced the appointment of Laure Ly as the new head of its Hong Kong operations. Ly,...
Oct 3, 2024


Asset manager BlackRock targets Asia’s infrastructure growth
BlackRock Inc is pursuing substantial infrastructure investments in Asia to support the booming artificial intelligence (AI) sector and...
Oct 1, 2024


South Korean credit cooperatives host UN forum on digital financial inclusion
The Korean Federation of Community Credit Cooperatives (KFCC) partnered with the United Nations to hold an international forum in Jeju...
Sep 30, 2024


Morgan Stanley faces probe over SK hynix share trades
Morgan Stanley is under investigation by South Korean authorities over alleged suspicious trading of SK hynix shares before releasing a...
Sep 25, 2024


Singapore Exchange names Daniel Koh as chief financial officer
Singapore Exchange (SGX) has appointed Daniel Koh as its new chief financial officer (CFO), the bourse announced on Monday. Koh will...
Sep 24, 2024

Competition heats up for Thailand’s virtual bank licences
Thailand’s competition for virtual banking licences is intensifying as applications have exceeded the number of licences the central bank...
Sep 24, 2024

Record China fine on PwC shifts focus to Hong Kong’s accounting watchdog
The focus of a prolonged investigation into PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) shifts to Hong Kong after the accounting firm received a record...
Sep 17, 2024


Asset manager BNY Investments names Sakakibara as Japan head
Global asset manager BNY Investments has appointed Masaaki Sakakibara as the new head of its Japan operations, effective September 9....
Sep 13, 2024