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The move aims to lower the entry barriers for private investors to institutional-grade private equity.



The Geneva-based private bank strengthens its Middle East leadership as it seeks to capture a larger share of the region&#8217;s booming wealth management market.

While US tech giants dominate the spotlight, Steve Alain Lawrence says the overlooked AI opportunities in 2026 lie in Asia&#8217;s supply chain and real-economy applications.

The private bank says Beijing&#8217;s reluctance to launch massive stimulus is actually good news for the country's tech sector. Here is why.

Asia-Pacific wealth managers are leading global peers in AI confidence while increasing allocations to private assets, MSCI says in its latest report.

Investors are beginning to rotate out of South Korea and Taiwan's high-flying tech markets, pivoting toward Hong Kong-listed Chinese tech firms as they anticipate a new wave of artificial intelligence catalysts. 

HKMA and Swiss finance officials join industry leaders to discuss AI, virtual assets and cross-border collaboration as partnership between two wealth hubs strengthens.

Veteran risk management professional joins from DBS China to oversee credit and risk functions across Hong Kong, Mainland China and Taiwan

Private wealth and ultra-high-net-worth investors are shifting allocations toward income-generating illiquid strategies like private credit and music royalties, while Partners Group's Asia head sees more opportunities in China and India despite market scepticism.

The wealth manager's Asia and Middle East chief investment officer is positioning portfolios with a US underweight and value tilt while cautioning that private credit's apparent stability may prove illusory during market stress.

Leading asset managers are setting a cautious yet opportunistic tone for 2026, emphasizing a strategic pivot away from broad diversification toward more deliberate and selective exposures in private markets. 

The investment case for Asian equities is being rewritten by global AI infrastructure needs and the rise of local Gen Z consumers, according to Allianz Global Investors. 

The coming decade will be a critical test for Asia's entrepreneurial families. Those who proactively bridge the generational divide and professionalize their approach will see their legacies endure. Those who don't risk seeing a lifetime of work dissipate.

In an industry built on long-term lock-ins and opaque fees, Klay Group is betting that the ultra-wealthy want a simple right most firms won't give them: the right to leave. 

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