Stephanie Li is a reporter at DealStreetAsia. Based in Hong Kong, she covers the cryptocurrency and blockchain industry, the equity market, and the startup ecosystem in Hong Kong and China, while also exploring the intersection of geopolitics and technology. Her work has been featured in BioRxiv, Visit Guangdong, The Business Herald, The Daily Californian, DealStreetAsia, Asian Private Banker, and JD Supra.
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By: Stephanie Li
Building on double-digit revenue growth in the first half of 2026, Deutsche Bank's Private Bank is deepening its market penetration across Southeast Asia beyond its footing in Indonesia and Singapore, eyeing substantial growth opportunities in Malaysia and Thailand. Indonesia is projected to lead global wealth creation with its ultra high net worth population — those holding US$30 million or more…
By: Stephanie Li
Multi-asset strategies remain the main draw for Union Bancaire Privée (UBP)'s discretionary business in Asia, attracting the most client interest by combining dynamic cross-asset allocation with tailored portfolio design, according to Paras Gupta, the firm's head of discretionary portfolio management for Asia. “Nothing we do starts with a standard mindset,” said Gupta, who also serves as the bank's head of…
By: Thomas Majewski, Stephanie Li, Susan Gault-Brown
[co-author: Grayce Burns]* On August 12, 2026, the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) Division of Investment Management issued a
UOB Private Bank has appointed a senior executive from UBS Global Wealth Management (UBS GWM) to lead the Singaporean bank's ASEAN franchise, according to a release on Tuesday. Effective 17 September 2026, Dominique Boer will join UOB Private Bank as managing director and regional market head for ASEAN. Based in Singapore, she will report directly to Chew Mun Yew, head of UOB…
Malaysia's Hong Leong Bank has appointed an interim CEO for its Singapore branch, Asian Private Banker has learnt. HL Bank Singapore has appointed Jeffrey Yap, the current regional head of wealth management at Hong Leong Bank, as interim CEO. Ng Wee Lee, the former chief executive of HL Bank Singapore, is no longer listed on the official MAS Financial Institutions…
By: Stephanie Li
Maybank is redirecting client capital toward global multi-asset and income-generating solutions for 2H26, aiming to lock in gains after tech-exposed equities dominated inflows during the first half of the year, according to Lim Eng Ping, head of wealth management Malaysia at Maybank. Despite strong equity momentum in early 2026, heightened volatility across Asian markets and recent tech sector pullbacks have…
Global infrastructure investment firm I Squared Capital is eyeing a broader Asia-Pacific private wealth buildout following its recent expansion into Australia. With over US$60 billion in assets under management, the US-headquartered firm announced the launch of the evergreen ISQ OpenInfra AUT Fund in Australia on 31 August 2026, marking the regional expansion of its global private wealth platform, OpenInfra. Linda…
By: Stephanie Li
Private bank gatekeepers are tightening manager discipline over aggressive shelf expansion, accepting cyclical underperformance when managers maintain strategy conviction and respect portfolio guardrails in a high-dispersion market. The topic of manager dispersion featured in discussions at Asian Private Banker's Funds Selection Nexus 2026 in Singapore, prompting gatekeepers to debate whether manager selection now trumps market timing for ultra high net…
By: Stephanie Li
HSBC Private Bank has added the RQI Global Value Fund to its Hong Kong private wealth platform, broadening its systematic investment suite following an initial rollout with HSBC in Singapore last month. The onboarding adds to Sydney-headquartered RQI Investors' growing list of distributors locally, including the private banking divisions of Hang Seng Bank, Bank of East Asia, and Ping An…
By: Stephanie Li
In January-February 2026, just weeks before Cheuk Wan Fan was set to retire as Asia CIO at HSBC Private Bank and Premier Wealth, Fan embarked on a five-week roadshow across Asia Pacific. “I largely worked right up until the last minute before retiring,” Fan said, reflecting on that intense final stretch, which capped a decade-long career at the bank defined…
