

Hong Kong Investment Co names managers for revived investor visa fund
Hong Kong Investment Corporation has named four fund managers and a service provider for the New Capital Investment Entrant Scheme, part...
Dec 31, 2024


Malaysian regulator reprimands Bybit over unregistered exchange
Malaysia’s Securities Commission (SC) reprimanded Bybit Technology Limited and CEO Ben Zhou for operating a digital asset exchange...
Dec 31, 2024


Vietnam’s big four banks report strong 2024 results
Vietnam’s four largest banks—BIDV, Vietcombank, VietinBank, and Agribank—reported positive preliminary results for 2024, with asset...
Dec 31, 2024


Hong Kong banks chase relationship managers, due diligence & data professionals
Relationship managers, customer due diligence officers and data analysts rank among Hong Kong’s hottest roles, say human resource...
Dec 30, 2024


South Korean main business lobby solicits support for local economy
South Korea’s main business lobby has sent letters this week urging support for the Korean economy from 33 global counterparts amid...
Dec 30, 2024


Vietnam approves new credit rating providers
Vietnam's Ministry of Finance has granted credit rating certificates to five companies, including the newly added Thien Minh Credit...
Dec 30, 2024


ByteDance founder’s fund secures HK asset management licence
Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has granted a type 9 asset management licence to Cool River Venture HK, a private...
Dec 23, 2024


Financial industry leader to head Japan’s Keidanren for first time
Japan’s biggest business lobby, Keidanren, plans to appoint Nippon Life Insurance Chairman Yoshinobu Tsutsui as its next head, current...
Dec 23, 2024


Losses widen at Singapore’s digital startup banks
Singapore’s digital banks remain loss-making despite increased revenues since their launch about two years ago. GXS Bank, backed by Grab...
Dec 23, 2024


OECD urges easing of Philippine IPO requirement
Regulators should consider easing listing requirements and reducing fees to boost the number of Philippine companies going public, the...
Dec 16, 2024


Central bank chair post under scrutiny in Thailand
Thailand’s finance minister is examining whether Kittiratt Na-Ranong meets all necessary criteria before recommending him for the Bank of...
Dec 16, 2024


Nippon Life to ink largest Japanese insurance takeover deal
Japanese insurance major Nippon Life has agreed to acquire all the shares it does not own in Resolution Life for about USD8.2bn, the...
Dec 16, 2024


South Korea’s Hanwha launches financial AI centre in US
Hanwha Group’s financial subsidiaries have opened the Hanwha AI Center in San Francisco, marking the first AI research hub in the city by...
Dec 12, 2024


South Korea, Indonesia deepen general insurance partnership
South Korea’s and Indonesia’s general insurance industries are strengthening ties following a new memorandum of understanding (MOU)...
Dec 10, 2024


HKMA fines CITIC unit for AML violations
Hong Kong’s banking regulator fined China CITIC Bank International HKD4m (USD510,000) for breaching anti-money laundering regulations,...
Dec 10, 2024


ING names new chief economist for APAC
ING has appointed Deepali Bhargava as head of research and chief economist for Asia Pacific. Bhargava rejoins the Netherlands-based bank...
Dec 6, 2024


Wealth manager Indosuez announces Asia leadership change
Indosuez, the wealth management arm of Credit Agricole Group, said it will appoint Laurent Proutière as Asia chief executive and...
Dec 6, 2024


State Street appoints new head of Japan operations
State Street Global Advisors, the asset management division of US-based State Street Corp, announced the immediate appointment of Dohei...
Dec 4, 2024


Asset management firm Apollo opens Seoul office, names Korea head
US-based asset management firm Apollo announced the opening of its Seoul office as part of its expansion in the Asia-Pacific region. The...
Nov 22, 2024


Hana Financial to enhance wealth services for Hong Kong seniors
Hana Financial Group Chairman Ham Young-joo has pledged to enhance wealth management services tailored to senior generations in Hong...
Nov 19, 2024







