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A sneak peek to the future of private equity in Southeast Asia

Global private equity (PE) firms are stepping up their focus on investment opportunities in Southeast Asia, with deal-making in the region expected to pick up in 2013.

A sneak peek to the future of private equity in Southeast Asia

Global private equity (PE) firms are stepping up their focus on investment opportunities in Southeast Asia, with deal-making in the region expected to pick up in 2013.

Check out what BNP Paribas' Sameer Sopori will do differently in high yield capital markets

As the bank's new head of high yield capital markets, Sopori aims to reallocate resources to deliver flawless service.

Asia Pacific banks resilient to risks in 2013

But China and India are the weak spots.

Standard Chartered launches Islamic version of Straight2Bank

Shariah compliant Straight2Bank will be available to customers across all segments.

RBS appoints Joseph Braitsch as head of futures and options for AsiaPac

He will also head the Electronic Futures Execution team.

3 reasons why Asian treasurers must ditch the spreadsheet

A recent study reveals that corporate treasurers are most concerned about liquidity and funding. But should this really be their biggest worry?

Asian bankers reveal massive opportunities in Asia’s premium cards market

It’s an exciting market as Asia Pacific beats North America with the largest number of HNWIs.

A quick guide to BNP Paribas' newest service for the LSE-SGX cross-trade project

Find out how its post-trade service will benefit Singapore-based brokers unlikely to hold memberships of any UK-based clearing house.

Why Asian banks must revamp their SME divisions

The latest strategy to aggressively grow unsecured loans to the SME segment, underpinned by the hopes of earning mega bucks to make up for the falling margins is bold but could well be the cause for the next disaster.

Flat earnings growth looms for OCBC in FY13

Markets income is reverting to norm.

DBS and UOB poised to surprise in 2013

An earnings growth of 5.5% awaits.

OCBC launches Singapore's first mortgage insurance plan with premium refund feature

The bank shared with Asian Banking and Finance why Singaporeans do not buy mortgage insurance in the first place.

How to rise from the ashes of the Arab spring to grow business

With political turmoil and economic upheaval in many parts of the world, the need for closer interaction and trade between Muslim and non-Muslim countries has never been greater.

Singapore banks must be thankful for these loans

They pushed October loan growth to 13%.