Many private banks are eager to expand their front office teams in view of the growing wealth creation in Asia. However, banks’ expansion plans in the past 12 months have been hampered by stringent quarantine measures in Hong Kong and mainland China, in addition to the relatively shallow private banking talent pool in Singapore. Asian Private Banker reached out to […]

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Bank of Singapore turned to artificial intelligence to help scour through applications for its management and technology associate programmes in a bid to improve the efficiency and fairness of the selection process, according to the bank’s head of human resources. As of January 2019, more than 450 fresh graduates and final-year undergraduates had applied for Bank of Singapore’s Management Associate […]

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Bank of Singapore is encouraging employees to make the most of reskilling opportunities amid a wave of rapid technological change that could render pockets of the bank’s workforce obsolete. Jeffrey Chiam, the private bank’s global head of human resources, said it is “mission critical” that employees are provided with the means to upgrade their skillsets so they can help drive […]

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