Financial Services news in Asia | Page 2

An overview of news, trends and research in the Financial Services industry in Asia:

Tough road ahead for asset managers in Asia despite inflow boom Economic growth in emerging Asia has seen increasing asset management inflows to the region, but a new report from McKinsey outlines that it’s not just global businesses which have found it tough to
27 May 2019
Avril Rae appointed as director and head of fintech for KPMG in China
24 May 2019
Henrik Naujoks brought in to head Bain's APAC financial services practice
03 May 2019
Accenture Fintech Innovation Lab applications open for Asia Pacific With over half a billion dollars raised by its alumni to date, Accenture’s FinTech Innovation Lab is back for another round in the Asia-Pacific.
08 April 2019
Financial risk expert Tsuyoshi Oyama joins Promontory from Deloitte Japan
26 March 2019
EY launches six-month financial services start-up incubator in Singapore
19 March 2019
PwC and EY fintech leaders to speak at Money20/20 event in Singapore The respective Asia fintech leaders of Big Four professional services firms PwC and EY will appear among the featured speakers for next week’s Money20/20 event in Singapore.
12 March 2019
Accenture and nCino expand digital banking alliance to Asia Pacific Accenture and the cloud-based digital banking provider nCino are expanding their alliance to the Asia Pacific and EMEA.
05 March 2019
IOHK CEO Charles Hoskinson teams up with predictive analytics firm Ethereum co-founder Charles Hoskinson has joined predictive analytics firm Endor as a senior advisor, while continuing in his current role as CEO of Input Output Hong Kong.
12 February 2019
Synpulse expands its partnership team in Singapore and Hong Kong International management consultancy Synpulse has expanded its partnership in Asia with the admission of Salomon Wettstein and Prasanna Venkatesan, while Singapore-based Yves Roesti has been promoted
08 February 2019
Blockchain consultancy Moonwhale picked for bitcoin ATM project Odyssey Financial Group has partnered with Singapore-based blockchain consultancy Moonwhale Ventures to develop a new hybrid ATM and blockchain remittance system.
05 February 2019
FTI recruits compliance expert Rod Francis to forensics team in Hong Kong FTI Consulting has recruited Rod Francis to its forensics and litigation team in Hong Kong, where as a Senior Managing Director he will lead FTI’s newly created Financial Crime Compliance offering in
30 January 2019
PwC veterans among speakers for 12th Asian Financial Forum in Hong Kong The Asian Financial Forum has kicked off for another year, with a team of senior PwC experts among a range of headline speakers.
14 January 2019
BlackRock names ex-McKinsey partner Geraldine Buckingham head of APAC
27 November 2018
Leading global consultants grace the stage for Singapore Fintech Festival
14 November 2018
Synechron launches state-of-the-art financial innovation lab in Singapore Global consulting and technology services firm Synechron has brought its state-of-the-art FinLab concept to Singapore.
02 November 2018
Finance institutions in Malaysia most digitally evolved in ASEAN A recent industry survey conducted by Ernst & Young has revealed that the financial organisations of Malaysia have progressed further on their digital transformation journeys than their counterparts
10 September 2018
EY and the big banks exchange executives with new Asia appointments Professional services firm Ernst & Young and the big banks are exchanging executives in Asia according to recent reports, with ex-CIMB co-head of wholesale banking Mah Kah Loon inbound, and former EY
04 September 2018
Alvarez & Marsal examines anti-money laundering compliance in Asia In the latest issue of Alvarez & Marsel’s disputes and investigations insights series Raising the Bar, the management and consulting firm’s director of anti-money laundering and counter terrorism fin
27 July 2018
Synechron CEO Faisal Husain outlines the state of play for fintech in Asia In an ongoing series of articles on the future of fintech, the energetic CEO of technology and business consultancy Synechron, Faisal Husain, has outlined his views on the disruptive technology’s cur
25 July 2018
Bank of Guam awarded for corporate social responsibility programme The Asian Banking & Finance Retail Banking Awards have honoured the Bank of Guam with a Corporate Social Responsibility silver nod for its high school financial literacy programme ‘Mad City Money,’ d
24 July 2018
BearingPoint in Singapore to help implement tax solution for Standard Chartered Banking behemoth Standard Chartered has selected BearingPoint’s FiTAX offering as its global client tax reporting solution for QI, FATCA and AEoI/CRS reporting.
19 July 2018
Rising Asian affluent class keenest on Big Tech wealth management The latest global wealth report from digitally-minded consulting firm Capgemini has found that the fortunes and number of wealthy individuals are growing most rapidly in the Asia Pacific, with the we
02 July 2018
BearingPoint to expand EasyTax offering in Asia's private banking market In a bid to deepen its presence in Asia’s banking community, international consulting firm BearingPoint has agreed a partnership with Asian Private Banker, an Asia-based intelligence, data and inform
04 May 2018
Favourable conditions for fintech sector surge in Vietnam in next two years Like elsewhere around the globe, the financial industry of Vietnam is in the midst of serious disruption, with the local fintech market expected to push from $4.4 billion last year to $7.
02 May 2018
Booming blockchain will open new doors in the Asia Pacific financial sector The technology of blockchain has a huge potential for positive social impact in the future.
18 April 2018
Regulatory reforms will see doubling of assets under management in China China fund managers can expect to benefit greatly from new government regulations in the financial sector according to a new report.
10 April 2018
Synpulse wins third Asian banking technology award for integration advisory Financial services management consulting specialists Synpulse has scored a trifecta at the Asia Private Banker Technology Awards, winning the Best Integration Advisor title for the third year running
04 April 2018
Deloitte posits regulatory outlook for APAC financial services sector Big Four assurance and advisory firm Deloitte has set out the leading regulatory themes that it believes will dominate this year’s financial services agenda in the Asia Pacific, with issues surroundi
16 February 2018
Finastra selects McKinsey for Banking Center of Excellence in Hong Kong FinTech company Finastra has established a new Center of Excellence for the banking industry in Hong Kong. McKinsey & Company has been tapped as the knowledge and consultancy partner of the wing.
22 January 2018
Affluent Chinese looking to diversify risks and rebalance portfolios The increasing number of wealthy households in China save an average of 30% of their total income, and investing a further 20% across various fronts.
19 December 2017

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