Banks Withstand Contactless Push with Red Packet Roots
Even in the broader banking industry, there have been efforts to digitalize the longstanding custom.
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Commentary: Singapore's game plan to court more billionaires to come here is paying off
Besides low tax rates, Singapore’s regulatory changes are attracting more family offices to set-up here and that could have a multiplier effect on the economy, says David Kuo.
Convenient exit or client sacrifice? Private equity's £3bn march into advice and wealth management
Nucleus latest firm in PE takeover
Covid-19 has made wealth managers’ IT advance 10 years
If you have a clear digital strategy and are advanced digitally then the past year will not have been bad.
Retail trading triggers questions around market values
That forced the hedge funds specialised in short selling the names to cover their short positions by buying stocks, reinforcing the price rises.
Chinese New Year: These three funds offer investors “reliability and strength” as we enter year of the Ox
The re-opening of the economy early means that China is well placed to gain market share in exports, a key driver of GDP growth.
Asia Pacific property in the Year of the Ox
New retail concepts, such as Burberry’s ‘social retail’ store in Shenzhen created in partnership with Tencent, are likely to prove a new trend
Views From the Floor – The End of the Big Short?
Are we witnessing the end of returns to big shorts?; wage inflation remains the missing piece of the inflation puzzle; and the surprising trend of earnings revisions.
Modern challenges for the modern central bank: perspectives from the Bank of England – speech by Andrew Bailey
He then talks about how central banks can act, whilst maintaining their reputation for independence.
Stranger than fiction by Tim Price
After 30 years in the capital markets, you think you’ve seen everything – and then something like Wallstreetbets and the great short squeeze of 2021 come along.
Longest-Reigning Bank CEO in Europe Has One of Its Worst Records
An uneasy silence fell over the room as Oudea berated the gathering, people with knowledge of the meeting said, signaling the power he held over the board members who are meant to oversee him.
Speculative Fictions: Gamestop, Bitcoin and Beyond by Coutts
Investors are reportedly making fortunes from their sofa using online trading apps to pursue highly speculative assets and trading strategies.