Genevieve Cua

Genevieve Cua

WEALTH EDITOR

Genevieve Cua is wealth editor for The Business Times. She covers wealth management, focusing on issues relating to portfolios, retirement, insurance and healthcare. She writes a fortnightly column, Mind the Gap, and hosts WealthBT podcasts.

Artificial intelligence is making it possible for banks to offer bespoke advisory not only to affluent clientele but also to the vast majority of customers who need financial advice.
FUTURE OF FINANCE

Pushing the boundaries of AI

THE power of artificial intelligence (AI) to drive transformation in finance, business and industry is unprecedented. In the finance sector in particular,...

For financial institutions, AI is an enabler that can help to build scale and maintain customers' trust.
FUTURE OF FINANCE

Unlocking the vision for AI in banking

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A resilient portfolio is one that can endure short-term market turbulence while remaining focused on long-term goals.
ASIA WEALTH IN SIGHT

Seeking portfolio resilience amid structural shifts in markets

It’s all about managing risk effectively, maintaining diversification and staying invested through different market cycles

Justin Muzinich, chief executive of Muzinich & Co, says the firm is in preliminary discussions with investors for a second Asia Pacific private debt fund, which will likely begin fund raising next year.

Private debt specialist Muzinich expects ‘exponential’ growth in Apac

The firm is gearing up to launch its second Apac private-debt fund sometime next year

JP Morgan Asset Management managing director Hamilton Reiner believes options should be used for outcomes, and not for leverage.
MIND THE GAP

Derivative-income funds offer attractive yields – if you can accept the trade-off

[SEOUL] Vetaran fund manager Hamilton Reiner, who pioneered equity premium income funds for JP Morgan Asset Management (JPMAM), speaks with a kindly,...

gold, ingots, treasure
THINKING ALOUD

Gold strength is likely intact, even with volatility

The prudent path is to refrain from chasing gold’s price action, and instead keep a modest allocation as a strategic holding in...

A study by Mercer Marsh Benefits has found that financial pressures on employer-sponsored health plans are intensifying due to inflation and more costly treatments.

Rising medical claims pressure employers to reduce cover: Mercer Marsh Benefits survey

Insurers forecast an average global increase of 11.1% in medical trend rates in 2026

Anuj Arora (left), JPMorgan Asset Management head of emerging markets & Apac equities, and Alexander Treves, head of investment specialists (Apac). Arora says the valuation gap between the top 10 tech hardware names iin US and Asia is nearly 50 per cent.

Look to Asia for AI-themed investments, says JP Morgan Apac equities head

The region’s equities are buttressed by a substantial valuation gap against US peers and a macro environment of lower interest rates

Ted Maloney, CEO of MFS Investment Management, says the dominance of the Magnificent Seven stocks is "less US exceptionalism" and more AI investment hype.

Time to focus on downside risks in markets: MFS chief

Markets have over-returned and there is likely to be a correction, says Ted Maloney

Morningstar suggests the concept of "dynamic" withdrawals, where a retiree could adjust his withdrawals based on portfolio performance.
MIND THE GAP

New glidepath funds debut, but withdrawal rate in retirement remains a puzzle

Investors have to decide how much to withdraw, and are caught between the fear of outliving their funds or delaying joy too...