Macquarie snaps up ING’s Asian equity business
(9 March 2004 – Hong Kong) Macquarie Bank is set to buy ING Group’s Asian equities business with the deal expected to take place before July.The deal will […]
(9 March 2004 – Hong Kong) Macquarie Bank is set to buy ING Group’s Asian equities business with the deal expected to take place before July.The deal will […]
(9 March 2004 – Hong Kong) Standard Chartered has been given a banking license to operate in Hong Kong as a locally incorporated unit and is set to […]
(24 February 2004 – Hong Kong) ING has appointed Gopal Menon to head up the bank’s Financial Institutions Group for the Asian region.Menon replaces Grenville Thynne who moved […]
(9th December 2003 – Australia/Hong Kong) Banks continue to struggle with online security issues with both HSBC and St George being affected by internet fraudsters over the past […]
(2nd December 2003 – China) Payment network China Unionpay (CUP) has flagged plans to allow bank cards issued in China using the yuan currency to be used in […]
(Singapore) JPMorgan has said it plans to hire up to 150 new staff each year across its Asian operations in a bid to capitalise on an expanding mergers […]
(Hong Kong) Just several days after HSBC said it intended relocating jobs from its Hong Kong operation to mainland China, the Bank of America has announced it is […]
(Hong Kong) HSBC’s Hong Kong operation plans to shed more than 300 jobs in Hong Kong this year but create some 500 new ones in mainland China.The move […]
(Hong Kong) Former UK based group general manager Michael Smith will take the place of retiring veteran Aman Mehta in the bank’s Hong Kong operation.Smith steps up from […]
(Australia) Private banks/wealth managers should concentrate on achieving sustainable, long-term growth and avoid setting unrealistic growth targets, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).A PwC survey of 29 private banking/wealth management […]