Singapore’s Income Insurance Weighs Partnerships or Stake Sale for APAC Expansion May 24, 2024 By Denise Wee, Elffie Chew and Manuel Baigorri Singapore’s Income Insurance Ltd. is exploring options as it looks to expand across the Asia Pacific region, including possibly tying...
Global Financial Firms Reassess Risks of Operating in China if Taiwan Tensions Escalate September 26, 2022 By Ambereen Choudhury, Natasha White and Denise Wee Global financial firms, still smarting from multi-billion dollar losses in Russia, are now reassessing the risks of doing business in...
HSBC’s New Insurance Chief Executive Eyes ‘Crucial’ New Deals in China April 1, 2022 By Denise Wee Greg Hingston, who took over as global chief executive of HSBC Holdings Plc’s insurance unit in January, has had a...
Hong Kong’s AIA Group Sells Nearly $10 Billion of Coal Investments December 7, 2021 By Denise Wee AIA Group Ltd. has sold off almost $10 billion of investments in coal mining and coal-fired power businesses as pressure...
HSBC Buys AXA Singapore for $575M in Push to Fuel Expansion Across Southeast Asia August 16, 2021 By Denise Wee HSBC Holdings Plc agreed to buy AXA Singapore for $575 million in a push to build a global wealth hub...
Philippines Taps Catastrophe Bonds to Help Pay for Natural Disasters November 25, 2019 By Siegfrid Alegado and Denise Wee The Philippines, among the world’s most disaster-prone nations, sold its maiden foreign-currency catastrophe-linked bonds to help cover costs of major...