However, more support is still needed for women entrepreneurs in the region. Such are the findings of two new studies.
Tag : hnwis
If Asia becomes the world's private-wealth hub, it may also set the pace in terms of wealth management tech solutions, suggests Scorpio Partnership.
Indians, Indonesians, Malaysians and Thais seem more content about their life-wealth balance than Hong Kongers, Singaporeans and South Koreans.
The ranks of the truly wealthy have swelled, with Asia leading the recovery, according to the Merrill Lynch Global Wealth Management/Capgemini World Wealth Report.
And appetite for risk among wealthy Asians is set to rise in the next two years, with many likely to seek financial planning and advisory asset-management services, according to a Datamonitor survey.
Perhaps understandably, Asian high-net-worth individuals are more bullish about their prospects than their Western counterparts, according to a Barclays Wealth survey.
Hong Kong and Singapore top the list of Asian locations to which wealthy UK residents would move to avoid higher taxes and regulatory uncertainty, according to law firm Withers.