Alfred Liu
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HSBC to push ahead with hiring plans for Asia wealth business
The bank is on track to hire over 600 staffers by the end of 2022 for the business in the Asia-Pacific region.
HK sees hiring spurt in fintech as new virtual banks snap up talent
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority expects the virtual banks to begin offering retail and commercial services within nine months and is processing four
Hong Kong sees more and more women holding top jobs in private banking
Wealth management is a business area where global banks including UBS, JPMorgan and HSBC, facing greater scrutiny as to gender diversity, have added m
HK issues online banking licences to three firms including StanChart
The new licences will give the lenders access to a lucrative banking market, but one where many consumers are unhappy with their current options.
HSBC putting together a team to tap assets of Asia’s ultra-rich
Goldman Sachs, Citigroup and JPMorgan are among the private banks already catering to the richest wealth management customers in Asia.
JPMorgan ropes in Oliver Brinkmann from Lloyds to head Asia corporate banking
Based in Hong Kong, he reports to Sjoerd Leenart for corporate banking duties and Nicolas Aguzin from a regional perspective.
Online lender WeLab said to delay $500m Hong Kong IPO
WeLab has asked bankers to suspend preparation citing current market volatility.
Hong Kong-based fintech firm TNG said to plan US IPO
The company, whose investors include billionaire Henry Cheng’s NWS Holdings Ltd., is working with advisers on preparations for the proposed share sa
Wealth managers getting ‘crazy’ pay hikes in HK, Singapore
Competition to manage the money of Asia’s burgeoning army of millionaires has pushed pay hikes for wealth managers to the highest in more than a dec
Private banks are starting to breach wall around China’s wealthy
The collective fortunes of China’s uber-rich grew a staggering 65 percent, or $177 billion, last year, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index
