Service Industries

10 Dec 2012

The city's economy was stagnant in 2003, before a new policy allowed mainlanders to visit Hong Kong as individuals. The resulting increase was dramatic.

7:37AM

Business Digest, December 6, 2012

6 Dec 2012

Chinese insurers freer to invest in banks

3:16AM

Always consider 'what if' scenario

7 May 2012

Popular wisdom in Hong Kong tends to enshrine property ownership as the key element in any investment portfolio, but one of the repeated mistakes in managing personal wealth is to get swept along...

2:19PM

Cakes and regular calls to find and keep clients

23 Mar 2012

Johnny Cheng Kong-pang (left), an AIA associate financial planner, had a successful career as a pastry chef before he entered the financial services industry. One day some time ago, Cheng...

10:57AM

Sun always shines for planners

10 Mar 2012

The recession forced individual investors to rethink all kinds of assumptions about risk, returns, and the relative importance of different wealth management products in their portfolios.

9:40AM

Insurers pull back from disclosure policy as Commissioner defers issue

5 Mar 2012

The initiative to provide more transparency on fees changed for investment-linked insurance products has had a setback

9:13AM

Opinion

Alex Lo

Chen Guangcheng misled by his new right-wing 'friends'

1:26AM

Tom Holland

The yuan hasn't overtaken the HK$ quite yet, Mr Chan

4:40AM

Cost in the mists of time

A common but poorly understood category of investments has had some harsh scrutiny recently.

8:31AM

Raising the bar, crossing the border

Catering to the growing wealth management needs of Hong Kong's well-heeled also includes extending the boundaries of wealth management excellence.

4:45AM

Mainland insurers seen as safe bet despite jitters

Mainland insurers are expected to see double-digit growth in premiums next year on the back of a projected 8.8 per cent economic expansion, according to Swiss Reinsurance.

2:56AM

Champions champion client focus

The top prize winners at the SCMP/IFPHK Financial Planner Awards 2011 deserved all the plaudits they received at the presentation dinner on 11 October attended by 400-plus industry leaders and...

10:09PM

Fonts of excellent financial planners

The spotlight naturally falls on the individual finalists during the SCMP/IFPHK Financial Planner Awards, but within the industry another category is watched almost as closely.

10:09PM

Success a result of teamwork

There was nervous tension and heightened emotions all round as the SCMP/IFPHK Financial Planner Awards 2011 reached their climax at what has become the industry's biggest night of the year.

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