Asia
chilling effect on cold calling seen
Financial advisers, brokers and others with products and services to sell in Singapore are altering their business models ahead of the launch of a “Do Not Call Registry” in the city-state.
sgx thomson reuters unveil sgd bond indices
The Singapore Exchange and Thomson Reuters have launched a suite of Singapore dollar bond indices.
city financial names kay to head up
City Financial Investment, a London-based independent investment manager, has named Philip Kay to head up its Asia operations.
stanchart bank faces investigation
Standard Chartered Bank is facing an investigation by the police and regulators in Singapore, after the February 2013 account statements of some 647 its private bank clients were stolen.
two major hk banks reported reviewing ilas
Two of Hong Kong’s ‘big four’ banks are “said to be reviewing their policies on the sale of investment-linked assurance schemes” with a view to promoting them more actively, in one case, and resuming their sale in the other, a Hong Kong daily is reporting.