Editor's note: This article first appeared on our Singapore site. We spoke with Ebru Kapusiz – a woman who has been there, done that, when it comes to private banking. Her career spans more than 15 years and includes stints in asset management, fixed income securities trading and private banking in Australia, Turkey and Singapore. Most recently she was an associate director at UBS Wealth Management in Singapore. Kapusiz now runs... Read more

Up, up and away. That’s the steady chorus from different banks as staff compensation climbs in Asia. Last month, HSBC’s full-year earnings fell short of analysts’ estimates as increased staff expenses outpaced revenue growth, according to Bloomberg. eFC's Singapore site also reported on how Standard Chartered’s staff costs rose by 17 percent last year compared with 2009. Now UBS has joined the club. Last week, Alex Wilmot-Sitwell, co-head of UBS’s Asia-Pacific... Read more