Investors want returns beyond Bitcoin&#8217;s price gains, but appetite outpaces deployment. Custody, liquidity and the source of yield remain central to the investment decision.

Portfolios can be inherited, but leadership cannot. As a massive generational wealth transfer looms, top private banks are partnering with elite universities to prepare the next-generation heirs for the realities of family governance and enterprise stewardship.

RBC Wealth Management has named a Singapore private banking head and expanded its regional team.LGT Wealth India has appointed an alternatives CIO to lead its private markets platform.

Assets are rising far faster than headcount across Asia&#8217;s wealth industry, forcing banks to decide whether AI-enabled productivity should drive scale or stronger client engagement.

Citi Wealth is adding equity exposure while looking to gold and natural resources for resilience as persistent inflation challenges traditional portfolio protection.

Nomura is building client coverage for Southeast Asia and the Middle East, while Schroders is extending its wealth advisory offering to Asia.

The Singapore-based single family office is examining whether surging computing demand will create new opportunities across power generation, energy infrastructure and critical industrial supply chains.

Real assets are gaining favour over private credit among the region's wealth advisers, but client adoption remains stubbornly low, new report finds.

The partnership will offer access to private assets, infrastructure and venture investments through a range of evergreen private markets funds.


The multi-trillion-dollar scramble to fund AI infrastructure is driving up borrowing costs, deepening the rout in government bonds. 

Private equity continues to navigate an evolving market environment, with deal activity, competition and exits remaining in focus. In KKR&#8217;s latest insights piece,  <i>A Clearer View of Private Equity</i>, KKR looks beyond the headlines to examine the broader dynamics shaping the asset class and the considerations for investors today. 

Artificial intelligence (AI) is redefining global equity markets, with the US and China at the centre of a multi-decade innovation cycle. For private wealth allocators, capturing this opportunity requires more than thematic exposure &#8211; it demands deep sector expertise, high-conviction positioning and a disciplined, research-led process, explains Wan Chengshui of Global Value Chain Investment Corporation (GVC).

The wealth management industry is ignoring the surviving wives who will inherit Asia's fortunes first, leaving these crucial decision-makers unprepared to manage family empires, the firm's Asia chief says.

As central banks resume tightening, James Durance touts 'career-high' yields and daily liquidity to family offices, while warning that a flood of AI-driven debt could trigger a market event.

Family offices are piling into liquid hedge funds for downside protection and venturing deep into the AI supply chain for growth, says Pictet&#8217;s top fund selector for Asia.

Family offices and private investors are keeping their risk appetite firm, piling into multi-asset products, tech stocks, and gold.

After a $250m Blackstone buyout, one tech family faced a new challenge: how to invest the windfall. They hired Ricardo Beninatto to build an institutional-grade portfolio from scratch.

China wants a 20% cut of offshore trust assets. Wealthy families now have 90 days to find the cash.

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