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From Cryptos To Singapore’s COSMIC World – New Frontiers In Compliance
This news service discusses establishing sources of wealth, the challenge of cryptos in a market dramatically changed by the current US administration, suspicious activity reports (SARs), and more. ...
How Tiger Brokers Plays Into Asia's Wealth Growth Story
We talk to Tiger Brokers in Singapore about the global firm's TradingFront platform, its wealth management strategy, use of AI and where it thinks the sector is heading. ...
Swapping Singapore For London – Reflections From Lombard Odier's Vincent Magnenat
A senior private banker for Lombard Odier, working for many years in Singapore, has made the move to the rather more heavily taxed location of London, but one from which he sees plenty of opportunities for growt...
Index Investing Has A "Reconstitution" Problem: How To Fix It
We talk to Dimensional Fund Advisors about why index investing in the conventional sense raises a number of challenges that aren't widely appreciated. ...
Non-Dom Businesswoman Voices Anger, Plans Exit As UK Rules Change
We talk to a businesswoman, TV personality, academic and author about her annoyance, and frustrations, about the changes to the non-domicile system, and what she thinks needs to be done instead to attract tax re...
The Asian EAM Opportunity: What Bank Custodians Say
Northern Trust, Deutsche Bank, Lombard Odier, Standard Chartered and RBC Wealth Management talk to this publication about the work they do with external asset managers in Singapore and the surrounding region. ...
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PGIM Real Estate Expands Further In Australia
The investment management house said its real estate investment activities included a sizeable amount in Australia. ...
The Source Of Wealth Verification Challenge – A Selection Of Recent Coverage
As the topic of verifying "source of wealth" becomes more prominent as a regulatory technology, compliance and competition concern in different jurisdictions, we set out a summary of the main stories that we've ...
Building The “3L” Infrastructure For Asia’s New Family Offices
The surge in the number of single-family offices in Singapore counts as a major success story, but all growth brings certain tasks, and compliance rules are significant. Singapore's central bank and regulator ha...
Bank of Singapore Deploys AI To Accelerate Source Of Wealth Verification
With “source of wealth” (SoW) tests becoming increasingly important in the fight against money laundering, using technology to help in the process is speeding it up. Slow onboarding times give the process fr...
Hong Kong Vaunts Wealth Management, Market Vigour – Report
A top official in Hong Kong has reiterated the city's free port status and the attractions for wealth management. ...
Keep It Real: Seeking Safety, Returns Amid Currency Debasement, State Interference – Pictet
The Swiss wealth management firm examines the broad approaches investors should take at a time of an eroding dollar, a more activist and unpredictable set of government policies. ...