Asian Private Banker is excited to launch the Power List Singapore to celebrate the city’s most influential private bankers shaping one of Asia’s fastest-growing wealth hubs. Not just managing wealth, these leaders are redefining their craft by combining expertise with empathy, innovation, and a commitment to lasting relationships. Click here to see the full Power List Singapore. The Power List […]

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Private banks in Southeast Asia have been seeing record growth across the region, according to private banking leaders at the APB Summit 2025 in Singapore. The panel discussion, Southeast Asia focus: Gearing up for 2026 – growth, strategies, and expansion, delved into what has been driving growth in the wealth space over the past year and how banks are working […]

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While private banks are working hard to attract clients and garner AUM, the competition goes beyond financial metrics, transcending into client experience and staff engagement. Previously, APB highlighted a selection of the most impressive private banking offices in the region, showcasing their unique features. With over two thousand votes, APB’s readers crowned UBS Singapore at Penang Road, featuring an extensive […]

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Insurance provider Utmost Group has entered into an agreement to acquire Lombard International Assurance Holdings Sarl, the former said in a statement on Thursday. Subject to regulatory and other approvals, the acquisition will merge wealth solutions provider Lombard International and Utmost International, the insurance-based wealth solutions arm of Utmost Group. The expected completion date is end-2024. Utmost, which has a […]

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J.P. Morgan Private Bank has been boosting its teams in APAC over the past few months amid an otherwise quiet hiring market among its US peers. In Hong Kong, rather than hiring externally, the US bank has promoted its Hong Kong-based UHNW banker Ernest Ho to the position of head of Hong Kong and the Philippines (HKP) at the private […]

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