Last year, US$30-35 billion in AUM was widely seen as the “magic number” needed to run a sustainable private banking business in Asia. Industry leaders speaking to Asian Private Banker cited more onerous capital requirements, regulatory tightening around KYC and AML and fickle transactional revenues as inhibitors of profitability and a primary reason why the previous AUM threshold of US$10-15 billion has risen so…
Are AUM survival thresholds more myth than reality?

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