As the summer vacation season - in this most extraordinary of years - gets under way and some of the more conventional newsflow slackens, this news service is republishing features that the editorial team thinks made an impression so far in 2020.      

A trend has been of Western banks, such as those from Switzerland, forming joint ventures and other pacts with local Asian players to tap the emerging wealth management market there. One such market is Vietnam. We spoke to Bordier & Cie, and how it is approaching this market.