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IRESS sees profit in wealth management

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2015
... Profit was also down 1.8% to UK$3.8 million compared with the same period. "Our wealth management business in the United Kingdom is experiencing increased demand where customer growth is focused on technology," Walsh said. "We have continued to observe ...

One down, two to go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2015
... the middle of July, I'm pretty sure they were concerned about the sharp volatility prompted by the mayhem in the Middle Kingdom's stock markets. That calmed but was replaced by the People's Bank of China's (PBOC) surprise devaluation of the yuan on Tuesday ...

Lift-off on Carney's mind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2015
... suggesting the BOE will push the lift-off button earlier than the Fed - because one, inflation is lower in the United Kingdom and two, and perhaps more important, Carney would want to "learn" from the Fed the economy's "sensitivity as rates begin to ...

Chexit, Checcident and Chimbo

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2015
... better than "Chexit", "Checcident" or Chimbo although these applies to the goings-on in the stock market of the Middle Kingdom at about the same time as Greece. Retail investors have been "chexiting" the stock market in droves, risking a "checcident" ...

APAC fastest growing region for millionaire investors

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2015
... world's top 10 countries for the number of HNW in a list that also includes the United States, Japan, Germany, China, United Kingdom, France, Switzerland, Canada and Italy. Ultra-HNW population in APAC grew by 14.3% and reached a total of 34,000 individuals. ...

BOJ in (tactical) retreat

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2015
... A deal would kick the Greek debt can further down the road for now and perhaps... for all eternity. Yes, perhaps until kingdom come. Last week, I mused on this space that, "it's now 'the institutions' themselves that don't want this to happen". Frau ...

Australia a priority for HSBC despite job cuts

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2015
... and Taiwan. Other growth areas for HSBC will be China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, UAE and the United Kingdom. "The world is increasingly connected, with Asia expected to show high growth and become the centre of global trade over the ...

SG Hiscock appoints head of research

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2015
... investment research division. He has over 16 years' experience in institutional equity research in Australia and the United Kingdom with JBWere and Goldman Sachs, as well as seven years in professional services. "The primary goal for SGH20 is to achieve ...

Mocking Maastricht

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2015
... the can down the road. And then... the compromise, the deal, the extension. So it was since 2010, so it shall be till kingdom come. While I've penned a long, long time ago that 'bankruptcy would be bliss" for Greece and more recently, the Greek themselves ...

Who's scared of Grexit or lift-off?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2015
... after-reports that European Commission Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis' comment to the contrary. Never mind too, the kingdom of Angela Merkel - Forbes' most powerful woman on the planet - and Greece's biggest creditor said it isn't so. As the Wall ...