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The risks are stacking up in Asian countries.

Investors in Asia are still reeling from the shock write-off of Credit Suisse’s additional tier-1 bonds, threatening future demand for the product from the region’s ultra-wealthy.

Asiamoney hosted luminaries from the finance world one May night in Hong Kong to celebrate their outstanding achievements in the region

Industrial Bank of China’s (CIB) private banking business has been growing from strength to strength over the past decade, supporting its ambition of being the leading wealth manger to the ever-expanding universe of high-net-worth Chinese entrepreneurs.

The Liechtenstein private bank means business. After a slew of strategic hires in Asia, it hopes its focus on intermediaries and access to digital investment opportunities will attract new clients in the region.

Predicting the direction of markets has never been harder than during the past two years of pandemic-fuelled worries and volatility. Asiamoney speaks with the top-rated analysts across markets in Asia to see how they navigated 2021 – and how they are positioning themselves and their clients for 2022.

Asiamoney has selected two senior women who have advanced in Asia’s highly competitive banking industry. Their stories throw light on how the sector is tackling gender diversity.

The significant acceleration in the digital transformation of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) – the engine of the global and Southeast Asian economies – in recent years is expected to drive higher revenues and increase productivity, supporting economic growth and development in the region. Christie Chu, head of emerging business and commercial banking cash, global commercial banking at OCBC Bank, explores how SMEs are navigating the opportunities and challenges in digitalisation, and how the bank is supporting them in their efforts.

Banks are pushing hard to hire more women at every level, from graduates to seasoned managing directors. Executive search firms can help, by scouring the market for top female talent. But banks must change too.

Citi proved yet again that it is the international bank of choice for Kazakh companies which want to gain a foothold outside the country.

Home Credit’s move about two-and-a-half years ago to put more emphasis on its digital banking offering paid off in 2020, when Kazakhstan was hit by an emergency lockdown due to the Covid-19 pandemic and the country’s population was forced to transition to banking remotely.

Under Damir Kakiev, managing director of small business, Alfa Bank has built its SME franchise rapidly. Its market share was roughly 7% in 2019, whereas four years ago it had almost no presence in that segment.