Manulife and Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (M&M) today announced the appointment of Suresh Agarwal as the MD & CEO designate of its proposed life insurance JV, subject to regulatory approvals.

Manulife Financial Corp. has sold a life insurance policy worth USD300 million in Singapore, setting a new Guinness World Record for the most valuable policy ever issued. This surpasses the previous ...

Apex Group Ltd., a global financial services provider managing over USD3.5 trillion in assets, has officially licensed and launched its new office in Qatar, marking a key step in its Gulf region ...

HSBC has appointed Rishabh Verma as head of alternative investments for its wealth and premier solutions division in Singapore. Verma, who joined HSBC in 2023 as an investment counsellor advising ...

Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation (OCBC), Singapore’s second-largest bank, posted a 3 percent rise in fourth-quarter net profit to SGD1.74 billion (USD1.28 billion), driven by a 37 percent increase ...

Dubai attracted nearly 9,800 new millionaires in 2025, the highest net inflow globally, supported by its stable regulatory environment and tax advantages. DIFC hosts over 1,289 family-related entities ...

The Crypto Fear and Greed Index lingers in extreme fear after Bitcoin's 50% drop from its late-2025 peak, with record U.S. "Bitcoin to zero" searches, negative funding rates favouring shorts, and a ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) has rapidly become the most cited strategic priority across India’s asset management landscape. Yet beneath the confident references to machine learning, large language ...

As AI adoption accelerates across financial services, Indian wealth managers are increasingly viewing the technology less as a distant disruption and more as an immediate operating lever. In a recent ...

Eton Solutions, managing over USD1.3 trillion for family offices and firms, has launched a direct-to-consumer (DTC) service alongside its traditional business-to-business model.

Standard Chartered has collaborated with Temasek-owned Seviora Capital to launch the Signature Select Seviora Titans Absolute Return fund, a fund of hedge funds targeting high net worth private ...

DBS Bank and Granite Asia have launched a USD110 million artificial intelligence (AI)-focused IPO fund targeting high-growth AI companies in Asia. The fund, available exclusively to DBS wealth clients ...