Asian Private Banker is delighted to present Final Word 2025, our year-in-review feature featuring regional heads from wealth management players across APAC. Click here to read Final Word 2025 In this exclusive feature, top executives reflected on what kept them up at night in 2025, covering everything from digital transformation to regulations, and business strategy to investment performance. Below are some […]

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Asian Private Banker is proud to present Final Word 2024, our annual year-in-review segment that highlights all of the crucial issues occupying the minds of the top regional leaders from the likes of UBS Global Wealth Management, HSBC Global Private Banking and Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Management. Click here to read Final Word 2024 In this exclusive feature, top executives […]

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The ‘Final Word’ series is a year in review by the region’s private banking leaders as they share their thoughts and opinions on key issues around industry trends, business performance, investments, regulations, and technology. For this instalment, Asian Private Banker asked: Both Singapore and Hong Kong are placing a strong emphasis on cultivating a competitive and supportive environment for family […]

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The ‘Final Word’ series is a year in review by the region’s private banking leaders as they share their thoughts and opinions on key issues around industry trends, business performance, investments, regulations, and technology. For this instalment, Asian Private Banker asked: How is your bank optimising the utility of the relevant digital tools to prepare frontline staff for client engagement […]

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The ‘Final Word’ series is a year in review by the region’s private banking leaders as they share their thoughts and opinions on key issues around industry trends, business performance, investments, regulations, and technology. For this instalment, Asian Private Banker asked: Where do you see the best application of data analytics/machine learning in private banking? Lok Yim, Deutsche Bank We […]

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The ‘Final Word’ series is a year in review by the region’s private banking leaders as they share their thoughts and opinions on key issues around industry trends, business performance, investments, regulations, and technology. For this instalment, Asian Private Banker asked: What important steps did your bank take to drive the sustainable investing agenda and to increase access to sustainable […]

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The ‘Final Word’ series is a year in review by the region’s private banking leaders as they share their thoughts and opinions on key issues around industry trends, business performance, investments, regulations, and technology. For this instalment, Asian Private Banker asked: What key investment themes shape your bank’s 2021 outlook — and why? Tan Siew Meng, HSBC Private Banking Asia […]

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The ‘Final Word’ series is a year in review by the region’s private banking leaders as they share their thoughts and opinions on key issues around industry trends, business performance, investments, regulations, and technology. For this instalment, Asian Private Banker asked: From a portfolio perspective, how important will (a) Chinese assets and (b) alternative investments be for delivering clients’ objectives […]

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The ‘Final Word’ series is a year in review by the region’s private banking leaders as they share their thoughts and opinions on key issues around industry trends, business performance, investments, regulations, and technology. For this instalment, Asian Private Banker asked: NNA gathering and account opening have proven challenging in a pandemic-affected world. If we continue to experience lockdowns and […]

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The ‘Final Word’ series is a year in review by the region’s private banking leaders as they share their thoughts and opinions on key issues around industry trends, business performance, investments, regulations, and technology. For this instalment, Asian Private Banker asked: In what ways has the COVID-19 pandemic irrevocably changed the private banking industry and your own bank’s approach to […]

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The ‘Final Word’ series is a year in review by the region’s private banking leaders as they share their thoughts and opinions on key issues around industry trends, business performance, investments, regulations, and technology. For this instalment, Asian Private Banker asked: Few can deny the importance of Asia’s onshore wealth markets — in terms of asset pools and the need […]

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The ‘Final Word’ series is a year in review by the region’s private banking leaders as they share their thoughts and opinions on key issues around industry trends, business performance, investments, regulations, and technology. For this instalment, Asian Private Banker asks: If we can agree that effective private banking relies on the bank having a deep understanding of a client’s […]

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The ‘Final Word’ series is a year in review by the region’s private banking leaders as they share their thoughts and opinions on key issues around industry trends, business performance, investments, regulations, and technology. For this instalment, Asian Private Banker asks: How has your private bank responded to regulators’ increased emphasis on building proper banking culture? Albert Chiu, executive chairman, […]

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The ‘Final Word’ series is a year in review by the region’s private banking leaders as they share their thoughts and opinions on key issues around industry trends, business performance, investments, regulations, and technology. For this instalment, Asian Private Banker asks: What are the key investment themes that your private banking will focus on in 2020? Steven Lo, regional head […]

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The ‘Final Word’ series is a year in review by the region’s private banking leaders as they share their thoughts and opinions on key issues around industry trends, business performance, investments, regulations, and technology. For this instalment, Asian Private Banker asks: Productivity and efficiency matter more than ever in this environment. Over the past year, what key steps have you […]

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The ‘Final Word’ series is a year in review by the region’s private banking leaders as they share their thoughts and opinions on key issues around industry trends, business performance, investment solutions, regulations and compliance, and technology. For this instalment, Asian Private Banker asks: What is the single biggest challenge and the single biggest growth opportunity for your business today? […]

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‘Final Word’ is a ten-part series in which the industry’s leaders share their thoughts and opinions on key issues around industry trends, business performance, investment solutions, regulations and compliance, and technology. In this final instalment, Asian Private Banker asks: What emerging technology applications do you expect to reach an inflection point in their convergence with private banking and wealth management? […]

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‘Final Word’ is a ten-part series in which the industry’s leaders share their thoughts and opinions on key issues around industry trends, business performance, investment solutions, regulations and compliance, and technology. For this instalment, Asian Private Banker asks: What is your view on robo-advisors and is your firm developing robo-capabilities of its own? Have you observed any robo-advisory developments that […]

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‘Final Word’ is a ten-part series in which the industry’s leaders share their thoughts and opinions on key issues around industry trends, business performance, investment solutions, regulations and compliance, and technology. For this instalment, Asian Private Banker asks: Are you satisfied with how regulators interact with and solicit the industry for feedback? Pierre Masclet, CEO, Asia and Singapore branch, Indosuez […]

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‘Final Word’ is a ten-part series in which the industry’s leaders share their thoughts and opinions on key issues around industry trends, business performance, investment solutions, regulations and compliance, and technology. For this instalment, Asian Private Banker asks: What essential tool do you have in your arsenal or plan to develop that will help your firm tackle increasing regulatory stringency […]

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‘Final Word’ is a ten-part series in which the industry’s leaders share their thoughts and opinions on key issues around industry trends, business performance, investment solutions, regulations and compliance, and technology. For this instalment, Asian Private Banker asks: Ten years on from the GFC, how has your product shelf evolved and how have clients’ perceptions of structured products changed? Steven […]

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‘Final Word’ is a ten-part series in which the industry’s leaders share their thoughts and opinions on key issues around industry trends, business performance, investment solutions, regulations and compliance, and technology. For this instalment, Asian Private Banker asks: Although geopolitical uncertainty and volatility pose a challenge to DPM performance, will these dynamics ultimately prove a boon for the discretionary business […]

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‘Final Word’ is a ten-part series in which the industry’s leaders share their thoughts and opinions on key issues around industry trends, business performance, investment solutions, regulations and compliance, and technology. For this instalment, Asian Private Banker asks: What is the one revenue line that you must build up significantly in the coming few years to ensure business sustainability? And […]

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‘Final Word’ is a ten-part series in which the industry’s leaders share their thoughts and opinions on key issues around industry trends, business performance, investment solutions, regulations and compliance, and technology. For this instalment, Asian Private Banker asks: In the midst of what has been construed as an increasingly difficult macroeconomic environment, how do you think the private banking and […]

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‘Final Word’ is a ten-part series in which the industry’s leaders share their thoughts and opinions on key issues around industry trends, business performance, investment solutions, regulations and compliance, and technology. For this instalment, Asian Private Banker asks: How important is it for your business to make substantial inroads in China to ensure sustainability and growth over the next decade? […]

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‘Final Word’ is a ten-part series in which the industry’s leaders share their thoughts and opinions on key issues around industry trends, business performance, investment solutions, regulations and compliance, and technology. For this instalment, Asian Private Banker asks: What is the state of Asia’s talent pool and did your firm pay significantly higher for new talent? What is your view […]

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