Noble Apex is known as an industry innovator. Besides the traditional IFA advisory and brokerage business, the company offers fee-based portfolio management and holistic financial planning services since Dr. Chan founded Noble Apex Advisors Limited in 1998. <\/span><\/p>\n Today, the brand also houses a trust company providing personal trust service to high net worth individuals. Noble Apex has also expanded to non-financial wealth management areas such as property investment, immigration, art collection and quality of life services.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cChange is inevitable and not all change is welcome,\u201d says M.F. Chan, the company\u2019s founder. \u201cThe challenge is to understand the factors that bring about change and re-structure suitably. The key to staying on top of the industry is finding game changing ideas earlier than others, and transforming the organization to take advantage of it.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n A long-standing champion of industry ethics, Chan agrees that regulation is good medicine for an industry that perhaps walked too far out on the edge. <\/span><\/p>\n \u201cMalpractice is self-defeating. You will end up sacrificing long term success for short term gain and eventually bring disaster upon us all,\u201d he says of the industry. So, given the situation now, where\u2019s the light at the end of the long tunnel?<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cTechnology enabled businesses will prevail,\u201d says Chan. He should know. With a master degree in E-commerce from HKU, Dr. Chan is one of the few financial professionals well versed in FinTech applications. <\/span><\/p>\n Noble Apex Advisors Limited had soft-launched an online fund supermarket, iFund.com.hk, with more than 1000 SFC authorized funds on shelf and stateof-art analytical tools.<\/span><\/p>\n Noble Apex plan to develop mobile app version, and to add other financial products onto the platform over time to make it a comprehensive hub of financial products. Development of robo-advisor tools is also on the action plan. <\/span><\/p>\n \u201cMoving with the times is not an option. The language we speak today is a reflection of the new reality that we have no choice but to embrace. Few IFA companies are moving with such vigor in this direction so it is up to us to lead the way and bring our customers a wider range of investments to exceed their expectations.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThe Internet has changed the way we live and work so investing online is the next frontier. Customers today want global opportunity and the safety of working with a responsible investment partner. Furthermore, informed investors today want quality, fact-based, competitive product platform at a moment\u2019s notice. They want a 24\/7 IFA to help them respond to new opportunity timely,\u201d says Chan. <\/span><\/p>\n Speaking of markets that Noble Apex finds interesting, Chan emphasizes the need for financial services in China where reputation, performance and transparency are greatly valued. <\/span><\/p>\n \u201cHong Kong is the de facto offshore financial centre of China,\u201d says Chan, adding that \u201cas China\u2019s economy grows, Hong Kong is becoming more, not less, important to China as an internationally recognized financial centre.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThe offshore RMB, Shanghai Hong Kong Stock Connect, the Mutual Recognition of Funds (MRF) and the near-future Shenzhen Hong Kong Stock Connect arrangements are policies enhancing Hong Kong\u2019s position as the de facto offshore financial centre of China.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n Noble Apex had built up an extensive network of strategic alliance in mainland China, and will ride on the resources to capture opportunities there. One example is to offer investment advisory services on A-share market to foreign fund houses, financial institutions and HNW individuals who do not know China market well.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThe challenge is to move in tandem with our partners while keeping up our commitment to best business practices. China markets can be as lucrative as they can be unforgiving. Pragmatic expansion is the way forward.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\nFinTech Revolution <\/span><\/h3>\n
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