Is the prime role of a private bank to provide investment expertise to its clients or to build a close relationship through a much wider range of services? Opinion is divided, but the industry is at last asking the right question

UBS and Credit Suisse may have posted disappointing results but both are doing well in Asia, the key battleground for private banking

SocGen’s sale of its Asian private banking unit to DBS marks a change of emphasis for the bank and could be the first of many

Emerging markets have underperformed global equities so far this year but investors should not be too quick to write them off

With the sale of mutual funds becoming ever-more complex, the benefits of slimming down the number of products on offer are considerable

Private bankers sense plenty of opportunity in Indonesia, but face a hard time convincing wary clients to switch to equities from the perceived safety of bonds

While there are worries about upheavals among China’s political elite, regional rivalries are a fixture of Chinese finance and government

Banks active in Asia are rethinking client offerings, to adjust to the changing mentality of the region’s increasingly currency conscious wealthy investors