

J.P. Morgan appoints new CEO for Japan asset management arm
J.P. Morgan Asset Management has appointed Kaguya Komatsu as CEO of its Japan business, effective March 2025, succeeding Shoichi Ohkoshi,...
Feb 5, 2025


Asset manager PineBridge names Angie Ng as Malaysia CEO
Global asset manager PineBridge Investments has appointed Angie Ng as Chief Executive Officer for Malaysia and Managing Director,...
Feb 4, 2025


Tech billionaires lose USD108bn in AI sell-off
The world’s 500 richest people lost a combined USD108bn on Jan 27 as a tech-led sell-off tied to Chinese AI developer DeepSeek sent...
Jan 31, 2025


Hong Kong’s FSDC announces new committee appointments
The Financial Services Development Council (FSDC) has announced new appointments and reappointments to six advisory committees. The...
Jan 30, 2025


Standard Chartered names new private markets head
Standard Chartered has appointed Khoo Kian Jin as head of private markets for South and Southeast Asia, strengthening the product...
Jan 28, 2025


Morgan Stanley boosts Asia banker bonuses by 40%
Morgan Stanley is raising bonuses for top investment bankers in Asia by up to 40% after a 50% surge in regional revenue, excluding Japan,...
Jan 23, 2025


Barclays names Paul Johnson APAC equities head
Barclays has named Paul Johnson head of equities for Asia-Pacific, focusing on equity derivatives, financing, electronic trading, and...
Jan 21, 2025


JP Morgan Asset Management names Supreet Bhan as HK intermediary business head
JP Morgan Asset Management (JPMAM) has appointed Supreet Bhan as head of intermediary business for Hong Kong, effective April 1, pending...
Jan 20, 2025


Hong Kong family office association re-elects chair
The Family Office Association Hong Kong (FOAHK) has re-elected Chi-man Kwan of Raffles Family Office as chair, with Grant Ko and Jim Kwok...
Jan 14, 2025


Macquarie Asset Management expands in Southeast Asia with New MD
Macquarie Asset Management has appointed Gabriel Ho as managing director to strengthen its investment activities in Southeast Asia. With...
Jan 14, 2025


Hong Leong Bank names Jeffrey Yap head of wealth management
Jeffrey Yap, a former HSBC banker, has joined Malaysia’s Hong Leong Bank as regional head of wealth management, overseeing its wealth and...
Jan 14, 2025


Fidelity names new Southeast Asia head
Fidelity International has appointed Wildon Goh as head of Southeast Asia and country head of Singapore, subject to regulatory approval....
Jan 10, 2025


Morgan Stanley eyes expansion in Asia wealth team
Morgan Stanley plans to increase its Asia wealth team as it focuses on ultra-high-net-worth clients in the region. The firm’s 140...
Jan 10, 2025


Manulife WAM appoints Fabio Fontainha as head of Asia operations
Manulife Wealth and Asset Management (WAM) has named Fabio Fontainha as its head of WAM Asia, effective February 2025. Fontainha will...
Jan 9, 2025


Citi Wealth’s Asia family office advisory head joins JP Morgan
Faye Ong, previously Citi Wealth’s Asia head of family office advisory, has joined JP Morgan Private Bank as head of its Philanthropy...
Jan 8, 2025


Blue Owl Capital appoints Yoichi Nakamura to lead Japan Private Wealth
US-listed Blue Owl Capital Inc. has named Yoichi Nakamura as Managing Director and Head of Japan Private Wealth. Based in Tokyo, Nakamura...
Jan 8, 2025


Farro Ventures expands with senior hires in Singapore and Dubai
Farro Ventures, the parent company of multi-family office Farro Capital, has strengthened its team with key appointments. In Singapore,...
Jan 7, 2025


Singapore’s Clifford Capital expands into asset management
Singapore-based infrastructure credit platform Clifford Capital has launched a new asset management division, Clifford Capital Asset...
Jan 7, 2025


Asia First and Startups Community Asia Ltd Unite to Empower Entrepreneurs and Investors
Startups Community Asia Ltd , which operates leading platform for entrepreneurs, StartHub Asia, and Asia First , a prominent source for...
Jan 3, 2025


Ex-oil tycoon OK Lim declared bankrupt in Singapore
Former oil tycoon Lim Oon Kuin, founder of Hin Leong Trading, has been declared bankrupt in Singapore alongside his children, who were...
Jan 1, 2025

