{"id":1129805,"date":"2026-08-04T12:24:22","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T12:24:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1129805\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T12:24:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T12:24:22","slug":"hlb-wins-six-wealth-management-awards-amid-transformation-push","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1129805\/","title":{"rendered":"HLB wins six wealth management awards amid transformation push"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>KUALA LUMPUR: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com.my\/business\/marketwatch\/stocks\/?qcounter=HLBANK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Hong Leong Bank Bhd<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/charts.thestar.com.my\/?s=HLBANK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"go-chart\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/chart.png\"\/><\/a> (HLB) has won six regional and international wealth management awards as it accelerates its wealth management transformation strategy.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, the bank said HLB Private Bank was named Best Private Bank\/Wealth Manager in Malaysia and Singapore at the WealthBriefingAsia Awards, while HLB Priority won Best Bank\/Wealth Manager for Emerging Affluent Clients at the Global Mass Affluent Banking Awards.<\/p>\n<p>HLB Private Bank also received the Rising Star Private Bank Award for Malaysia and Best Private Bank for Wealth Creation &amp; Preservation at the Global Private Banking Innovation Awards.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, HLB Priority was recognised for Best Value Proposition for Emerging Affluent Clients at the Global Mass Affluent Banking Awards.<\/p>\n<p>The bank said the awards follow the rollout of its three- to five-year transformation plan, which places wealth management as a key growth pillar with a focus on innovation and personalised services.<\/p>\n<p>Group managing director and chief executive officer Kevin Lam said strengthening the bank&#8217;s wealth management capabilities is central to its strategy of supporting clients throughout their wealth creation journey while diversifying non-interest income.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTraditionally, the banking industry has kept wealth services, business banking and personal wealth in completely separate silos.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to change that by providing a continuous pathway that supports clients throughout their wealth building journey,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>HLB also highlighted its recent Private Markets Summit 2026, where it announced plans to launch the Global Private Equity Fund-of-Funds II and the Private Markets Evergreen Income Fund (Resilient Income Generation) to provide eligible clients with greater access to private market investment opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>The bank added that HLB Private Bank has partnered with Lombard Odier to enhance portfolio advisory and succession planning services, while equipping relationship managers with AI-powered tools to deliver more personalised client advice. HLB Priority also continues to engage clients through investment forums and market outlook events.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"KUALA LUMPUR: Hong Leong Bank Bhd (HLB) has won six regional and international wealth management awards as it&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1129806,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3093],"tags":[3427,307487,51,474,307486,307485,2499,16,15,17917],"class_list":["post-1129805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-personal-finance","tag-banking","tag-best-private-bank","tag-business","tag-finance","tag-hlb-private-bank","tag-hong-leong-bank","tag-personal-finance","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-wealth-management"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1129805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1129805"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1129805\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1129806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1129805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1129805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1129805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}