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DBS appoints Helge Muenkel as chief sustainability officer
DBS appoints Helge Muenkel as chief sustainability officer
Muenkel was ING’s head of APAC for sustainable finance and GCM.
South Korea completes first phase of digital currency feasibility test
The second phase of the test will be carried out until 22 June.
Talent crunch threatens Hong Kong’s financial sector as expats flee: report
Inconveniences in overseas travelling may reportedly turn away much-needed talent.
Citi names new head of Global Subsidiaries Group for APAC
And the search for a new head of corporate banking for Australia and New Zealand is on.
China’s new foreign-friendly financial market brimming with opportunities, but limits still abound
If authorities remove the “execution-only” restriction in WM Connect, money flows in the channel could grow ten times bigger than the $22.5b quota...
Malaysia’s Kenanga Investment Bank appoints non-independent non-executive director
Choy Khai Choon also serves as independent non-exec chairman at Zurich Life.
Climate Risk and the Role of the Finance Sector
Climate change is the most urgent threat facing the world. It affects us all. The imminent risks are spelt out in detail in the recent IPCC Report...
APAC banks' outlook stable, but face uneven recovery: Moody’s
Bank to maintain solid balance sheets with stable liquidity.
Weekly Global News Wrap: Australia iffy with digital currency; JP Morgan eases overdraft fees
And UBS Switzerland to propose a new board chairman.
New COVID outbreak, inflation, rising interest rates pose risks to Singapore’s financial stability: MAS
Banks should have enough buffers and find climate transition risks manageable.
Deutsch Bank Wealth Management announces three new leadership appointments
Felicia Tan and Edmund Lee join from BNP Paribas; Dita Darmawan, from UBS.
Weekly Global News Wrap: JP Morgan CEO apologises for CPP joke; Leadership shake-up tests Mexico’s financial regulator
And China urges lenders to extend support to advanced manufacturers, other industries.
HSBC appoints co-heads for commercial banking business in Asia: report
Amanda Murphy will lead South Asia and SEA whilst Frank Fang, the GBA.
Deutsche appoints ex-UBS exec as wealth vice chairman in APAC
Mahesh is rejoining Deutsche after leaving in 2017.
Why a hybrid approach could help wealth managers to reduce client churn
Attributed to Gery Dachlan, Managing Director, South Asia and Australia, Avaloq.
Swiping away bank fraud
Authentication and verification of consumers require flexibility, convenience, and security. But the onus has always been on the customer to prove...
Singapore to invest S$180m for AI research
Heng kicked off the SFF 2021 and announced two new national AI programmes.