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Business Moves
Otkritie Capital to open in Hong Kong
Senior management at the Russian investment bank outline plans for opening their first Asia-Pacific office in the second half of the year. Sberbank, however, maintains focus on ...
By Nick Lord | 10 February 2012
Business Moves
Citi streamlines upper management in Asia
Rodrigo Zorrilla has been appointed chief operating officer, while Anthony Nappi becomes chief administrative officer and Michael Zink will lead the Asean business.
By Lara Wozniak | 9 February 2012
M&A
HSBC sells Thai retail business to Bank of Ayudhya
Bank of Ayudhya agrees to pay $112 million for HSBC’s Thai retail banking business.
By Nick Ferguson | 27 January 2012
Business Moves
RBS: A sale or are more cuts in Asia imminent?
RBS is cutting 3,500 jobs at its investment bank — how many will be in Asia? Or will there be a sale first?
By Lara Wozniak | 13 January 2012
Co-published
Government support underpins Standard & Poor's ratings on Asia-Pacific’s larger banks under revised rating criteria
Naoko Nemoto, managing director for financial institutions ratings at Standard & Poor’s, examines the themes that have emerged in Asia-Pacific from the application of its ...
By Standard & Poor's | 16 December 2011
Cash
Mandates and payments roundup, November 1
SunGard opens a new office in Jakarta, while Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation implements a regulatory reporting solution.
By Jonathan Wong | 1 November 2011
Macro & Markets
Asia's banking industry poised for growth
Asia's banks have plenty of room for growth — once they overcome the challenge of finding the right expansion strategy, says Accenture.
By Ivan Zhang | 19 October 2011
Macro & Markets
Asia’s banks in good health (for now), says S&P
A Standard & Poor’s report says Asia’s banking outlook is stable, despite broad challenges.
By Nick Ferguson | 29 June 2011
Equities
Filinvest postpones follow-on share sale
The Philippine conglomerate says the proposed offer price didn't reflect the true value of the company. Meanwhile, India's Tata Steel fixes the price of its follow-on at the ...
By Anette Jönsson | 24 January 2011
View Point
Indian banking during the past decade
The founder, executive vice-chairman and managing director of Kotak Mahindra Bank, formed by converting Kotak Mahindra Finance into a commercial bank in 2003, discusses banking ...
By Uday Kotak | 3 June 2010
Business Moves
HSBC to speed up expansion in China
Richard Yorke, HSBC's China president and CEO, talks to FinanceAsia about the expansion of the lender's network and the competition among local and foreign banks in the world's ...
By Lillian Liu | 27 May 2010
Corporate
Banks in US still under fire
Bank of America, Ken Lewis and Joe Price face a law suit related to the Merrill Lynch merger, while Goldman Sachs pays each of its head honchos a $9 million bonus for 2009.
By Sameera Anand | 9 February 2010
People Moves
Nomura snaps up banking analyst from Deutsche Bank
The Japanese firm adds a new banking analyst as it continues to expand its China equity research team.
By Lillian Liu | 3 February 2010
People Moves
Shailendra Bhandari takes top job at ING Vysya Bank
The Indian private sector bank ING Vysya appoints Shailendra Bhandari, a veteran banker who has held senior roles at Centurion, Prudential ICICI and HDFC.
By Sameera Anand | 7 August 2009
Awards
Photos from the Awards Dinner in Sydney
Issuers and dealmakers turned out this week to honour the winners of FinanceAsia's annual Achievement Awards for Australia and New Zealand. Following is a selection of ...
By FinanceAsia Editors | 6 February 2009
People Moves
RBS appoints head of Indian private clients
Shiv Gupta takes control of a team of 30 private bankers in India.
By Daniel Inman | 3 February 2009
View Point
Japan suffers massive stock sell-off
A combination of factors is hurting the Japanese stockmarket. Even the conservative banking sector is suffering, threatening further international expansion.
By Dan Slater | 8 October 2008
Business Moves
Malaysia becomes base for ING Islamic funds unit
The new unit will sell Shar’iah-compliant funds to investors across the Asia-Pacific.
By Edward Russell | 12 September 2008
People Moves
ING Private Banking reinforces China team
Mark Chan is appointed managing director and head of marketing China.
By Lara Wozniak | 26 August 2008
Business Moves
Banking on a green world
A roundup of news about environmentally linked investments and products on offer by financial institutions.
By Lara Wozniak | 15 July 2008
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