J. Safra Sarasin has acquired a majority stake in Saxo Bank, presenting a potential challenge in merging two distinctly different corporate cultures. While Saxo Bank is known as an extroverted fintech ...

HSBC Singapore unveils a lifestyle and entertainment platform for its premier customers in Singapore. HSBC Singapore has launched an online platform for its HSBC Premier Mastercard cardholders, ...

The corporate and investment banking arm of Crédit Agricole has appointed a regional head of international trade and transaction banking based in Singapore. Crétot’s stint with Crédit Agricole Group ...

Swiss-listed Youngtimers has expanded into Australia with the acquisition of an asset manager that invests on behalf of large institutions, family offices and high net worth individuals.

A large part of the 2024 reporting season has come to an end: finews.asia compares the performance of the major Swiss private banks. Global market conditions were exceptionally favorable last year. In ...

Singapore-based OCBC’s wealth management business saw robust growth in 2024 with income and assets under management reaching a new high. OCBC’s wealth management income rose 13 percent year-on-year to ...

A former Goldman Sachs executive has joined US investment manager Capital Group’s Hong Kong office. In the newly created role, Madduri will drive the asset manager’s work to advance partnerships with ...

UK-based Standard Chartered reported that it added nearly $100 billion of wealth assets in 2024. This occurs shortly after its recent announcement of ambitious net new money targets. Standard ...

In recent years, Forvis Mazars has made several strategic leadership appointments to expand its financial services capabilities in the APAC region. A long-serving partner has now moved to Singapore.

Stellar income across the board led Singapore-based OCBC to register a record net profit for the third consecutive year. In 2024, net profit at OCBC grew 8 percent year-on-year to a record S$7.6 ...

The former Asia philanthropy services head of Swiss private bank Pictet has joined a US-headquartered environmental organization. Anthony Gao has joined the APAC arm of The Nature Conservancy (TNC) as ...

Maybank partners with ASME to support SMEs’ ambitions to expand in the Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone and accelerate their sustainability journey. Maybank Singapore (Maybank) has signed a ...