ASIA: Asia’s next-gen want fulfilling jobs from venturing to family offices

Discussing career development can be a softer entry point into tougher conversations around succession, according to UBS’s Thomas Ang.

Asia’s next generation is redefining their career aspirations, with a notable shift towards seeking a sense of satisfaction as they explore setting up their own ventures and getting involved in the family office.

This change presents challenges and opportunities for wealth managers, as it is no longer merely about joining the family business.

According to Thomas Ang, UBS global co-head family advisory, art and collecting, discussing career development can be a softer entry point for succession conversations, and offer opportunities to introduce wealth management solutions.

21 May 2024

US: Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen makes decision on call for global tax on billionaires

America will oppose a proposed global tax on billionaires, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has confirmed. Ministers in France, Brazil and other nations have been pioneering an idea to tip the economic

Read More
20 January 2024

EU: Greens chief warns new debt rules will strengthen EU far right, Putin

Ahead of a vote in the European Parliament on new debt rules for EU countries, the Greens co-president Philippe Lamberts warned against the “end of the European Union as we know it” in a worst-case

Read More
10 January 2025

IRELAND: Ireland boosts corporate tax intake by 18% to 28bn euros

Ireland collected 28 billion euros in corporate taxes in 2024, an 18% increase on what it collected the previous year. This does not include just under 11 billion euros in Apple back taxes which Ireland

Read More
27 June 2025

EU: EU adds Anguilla, Bahamas, Turks and Caicos to tax blacklist

The European Union added the Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands to its tax haven blacklist Tuesday, and also put Anguilla back on as a “non-cooperative jurisdiction” just a year after it was

Read More