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Malaysia opens family-office regime to multi-family model as indicative assets hit RM20.8bn

Private Wealth

16 Oct 2026

Malaysia opens family-office regime to multi-family model as indicative assets hit RM20.8bn

Securities Commission Malaysia has disclosed that the Single Family Office Incentive Scheme now holds RM20.8 billion (US$5.09 billion) in indicative assets under management. Budget 2027 simultaneously introduces measures to enable a multi-family office model alongside the existing single-family framework, expanding the jurisdiction’s capacity to intermediate regional UHNW capital.

Hana Securities caps family-office service at ten families, with succession at the core

Private Wealth

15 Oct 2026

Hana Securities caps family-office service at ten families, with succession at the core

Hana Securities has formally designated its first ten ultra-high-net-worth families for a closed family-office service. The deliberate capacity constraint and the inclusion of succession strategy as a core deliverable indicate a shift from open product platforms toward gated, multi-disciplinary advisory models in the Korean market.

Samsung Securities’ family office grows to ₩55tn as exit-owner families triple

Private Wealth

15 Oct 2026

Samsung Securities’ family office grows to ₩55tn as exit-owner families triple

Samsung Securities’ family-office platform has scaled to 200 families and ₩55 trillion in client assets. The composition of that book (exit owners now three times the level of three years earlier) signals a structural shift in Korean UHNW liquidity that private banks and managers must price into product and capacity planning.

Standard Chartered’s VCC platform reaches $2.6 billion AUM with tenth sub-fund launch alongside BNY Investments.

Private Wealth

8 Oct 2026

Standard Chartered’s VCC platform reaches $2.6 billion AUM with tenth sub-fund launch alongside BNY Investments.

Standard Chartered has launched its tenth sub-fund under the Variable Capital Company platform, an enhanced cash management strategy managed by Insight Investment within BNY Investments. The platform has accumulated $2.6 billion in assets under management since its 2024 inception and now forms a core delivery channel for differentiated solutions to the bank’s affluent and high-net-worth clients across Asia and selected international markets.

APAC HNW anxiety is high. Comprehensive asset allocation is still rare.

Private Wealth

2 Oct 2026

APAC HNW anxiety is high. Comprehensive asset allocation is still rare.

Lombard Odier’s regional work with more than 390 high-net-worth individuals across eight Asia-Pacific markets finds only about one in five guided by a comprehensive asset allocation strategy, even as more than half express deep concern about market conditions. Confidence in portfolio fitness remains high. Structure is the gap.

Hong Kong entrepreneurs are putting turnover into AI. Personal wealth is the second book.

Private Wealth

2 Oct 2026

Hong Kong entrepreneurs are putting turnover into AI. Personal wealth is the second book.

HSBC Private Bank’s Global Entrepreneurial Wealth Report 2026 finds about seven in ten Hong Kong entrepreneurs plan to invest 11 to 30 per cent of annual turnover in artificial intelligence over the next twelve months, above the global share. Most have already adjusted operations for AI. The private-bank question is how that corporate spend sits next to personal portfolio construction.

Hong Kong is leading Deutsche’s emerging-markets private bank. Mainland-linked demand is still in the room.

Private Wealth

23 Sep 2026

Hong Kong is leading Deutsche’s emerging-markets private bank. Mainland-linked demand is still in the room.

Marco Pagliara, head of emerging markets at Deutsche Bank Private Bank, said this week that Hong Kong has been the best-performing region in that franchise in 2026, with visible activity in high-end real estate that often carries a Chinese client link. South-east Asia is running close behind. The investment question is where UHNW liquidity and leverage are being put to work.

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