Banking & Finance

Deutsche Bank’s private bank eyes hiring push in emerging markets

Global financial wealth reached an all-time high of US$305 trillion in 2024

Hong Kong is in the midst of an IPO boom, with first-time share sales coming off a four-year high in 2025 and already off to the busiest-ever start of a year.

Hong Kong grapples with banker shortage to keep up with IPO boom

Banks are hard pressed to meet regulatory guidelines and are under increased scrutiny over the quality of IPO paperwork

The global investment giants need to work with domestic brokerages to get their products to more retail investors such as Yoda.

Blackstone leads the race to unlock US$7 trillion of cash in Japan

The firm and rivals are trying to coax them to put more of it in private equity and credit

CEO Jane Fraser will receive US$1.5 million of base salary, US$6.075 million in cash incentive and the rest in deferred incentives, the bank said on Thursday.

Citigroup CEO Jane Fraser’s pay rises to US$42 million after banner year

Fraser received US$34.5 million in total compensation in 2024

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Coinbase reported a loss of US$666.7 million, or US$2.49 per share, for the three months ended Dec 31.

Coinbase posts surprise loss on crypto trading slowdown

Its transaction revenue fell to US$982.7 million in Q4, from US$1.56 billion a year earlier

Blackstone’s move is a response to the growing use of separately managed accounts, where large hedge funds give billions of US dollars of their capital to outside traders.

Blackstone folds hedge fund seeding into US$60 billion business

SAF typically gives emerging managers locked-up startup capital in the region of US$150 million, in exchange for a cut of their revenue

The centre will support UBS’s global platform across technology, finance and shared services, with an emphasis on expanding capabilities in areas such as AI.

UBS joins foreign banks expanding India global capability hubs

The Swiss bank plans to add “2,000 professionals in the coming months” at the new facility

HSBC’s Orion platform has been used for the issuance of over US$3.5 billion in digitally native bonds globally.

UK’s digital bonds to be issued using HSBC blockchain platform

The plans also come as large financial institutions around the globe ramp up efforts to tokenise other financial instruments

Reserve Bank of Australia Governor Michele Bullock said it was, however, not clear at the moment that bringing inflation down would require more rate rises, and policymakers would be watching data closely.

Australia’s central bank will raise rates again if inflation becomes entrenched, governor says

[SYDNEY] Australia’s central bank will raise rates again if inflation becomes entrenched, its governor said on Thursday, having just delivered the first rate rise in two years last week.