On Monday, in a statement, Citadel, a Chicago-based hedge fund and Citadel Securities, which provides trading services to asset managers, banks, broker-dealers and hedge funds, said, it will open a new office in Singapore. Both businesses, which have offices across… Read More ›
Asia Pacific
Kaleem Rizvi appointed as Citigroup’s Asia Pacific head of corporate banking
According to an internal memo, Citigroup Inc named veteran banker Kaleem Rizvi as its Asia Pacific head of the corporate banking business. Rizvi, who joined Citi in Pakistan in 1996, will replace Gerald Keefe, who in February was promoted to… Read More ›
Passenger airlines industry could lose up to $113 billion revenues in 2020 because of Coronavirus: IATA
On Monday, in a statement the Airports Council International (ACI) Asia-Pacific stated, airport passenger traffic in the Asia-Pacific region is likely to shrink by 24% due to China’s coronavirus, thus causing a loss of $3 billion in airport revenues. Cancellation… Read More ›
Coronavirus outbreak in Asia-Pacific could erase $211 billion from combined economies
On Friday, in a statement S&P Global Ratings stated, if China’s coronavirus were to spread extensively in the Asia-Pacific region, it could wipe out $211 billion off the combined economies in the region with Japan, Singapore, Australia and Hong Kong… Read More ›
JPMorgan Chase & Co names Filippo Gori as its new Asia Pacific CEO
On Thursday, JPMorgan Chase & Co named veteran Filippo Gori as its new Asia Pacific CEO; he will oversee strategy and operations across seventeen markets in the region. Gori, who has stuck with the bank for the last twenty years,… Read More ›
Israeli defense firm Elbit Systems Ltd wins $136M contracts in Asia-Pacific region
On Monday, Israeli defense firm Elbit Systems Ltd stated, it has won contracts worth $136 million to provide customers in Asia-Pacific with airborne laser direct infrared countermeasure (DIRCM) systems. The DIRCM systems are designed to protect aircraft against heat-seeking ground-to-air… Read More ›
USD slips to Nov. 2019 low midst Middle East tensions
On Friday. following a U.S. air strike on Baghdad airport which killed a senior Iranian military official, the Japanese yen led other safe-haven assets higher even as the price of crude oil jumped by $3. Gold prices as well as… Read More ›
Citigroup names Peter Babej as its Asia Pacific CEO
Babej joined Citi in 2010 as its co-head having previously worked at investment bank Lazard and Deutsche Bank. On Thursday, in an internal memo Citigroup Inc stated, it has named Peter Babej, who currently is its current global head, as… Read More ›
AB InBev to list its Asia-Pacific business in Hong Kong in $9.8 billion IPO
The IPO values Budweiser Asia, AB InBev’s Asia-Pacific business, at 16-18 times its enterprise value (EV) to EBITDA. This will be the biggest IPO to hit the market in 2019. In a significant development, Anheuser-Busch InBev NV stated, it is… Read More ›
Credit Suisse expands family office services for Greater China
With an increase in wealth in Greater China, there is a significant rise in the number of clients wanting family office services. Credit Suisse aims to tap this emerging market. In a move aimed at increasing its services among wealthy… Read More ›