1. UBS' biggest investor switches focus to private equity

   23 September 2008

   The Government of Singapore Investment Corporation, which has ... Chief investment officer Ng Kok Song, speaking at ... ... The fund, which is chaired by the former ... GIC has invested a total of $18bn (€12.2bn) ... He added that while he is "confident" that...

2. Standard Chartered launches global Koreans wealth platform

   12 September 2008

   Standard Chartered Private Bank has underlined its ambition ... The bank's global Koreans initiative is being launched ... Peter Flavel, global head of Standard Chartered Private ... There are 68,000 high net worth expatriate Koreans ... The bank's global Korean private client programme follows...

3. Sarasin hires Asia private banking veteran

   02 July 2008

   The Singapore-based subsidiary of Swiss bank Sarasin has ... Reto Marx has been named as head of ... Marx brings more than 15 years experience to ... He joins Sarasin from Credit Suisse Private Banking ... Marx was responsible for the on-shore initiative in ... Enid Yip said: “We look forward to working...

4. Liechtenstein private bank has big ambitions in Asia

   05 June 2008

   Liechtenstein private bank VP Bank has ambitions of ... The bank also plans to double the size ... VP Bank is keen to target family businesses...

5. Barclays tips Singapore to become world’s millionaire hub

   09 May 2008

   Singapore will have the highest concentration of wealthy ... Almost 41%, or 436,000, of Singapore’s households will ... Singapore’s $132bn (€82.5bn) economy grew last quarter at...

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