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Vontobel Chairman: «When in Doubt, Hire a Woman»

He conceded these parameters narrow the choice, as candidates with no real affinity with Switzerland would not be considered.

Transfer pricing post-Brexit: a simpler solution for brokerage firms

In the wake of Brexit, many British headquartered brokerage groups were required to restructure their businesses and transfer pricing arrangements - with mixed results.

Family feuds ‘no longer among top worries of super-rich’

Early insights into a wide-ranging study by Stonehage Fleming reveal how the attitudes and concerns of ultra-high-net-worth families have changed over five years

UBS plans to gut Credit Suisse by laying off 35,000 workers after buying the struggling bank in a fire sale

Three months after UBS agreed to buy Credit Suisse in a government-brokered rescue, the full extent of the job cuts is starting to become clear.

Klaus Biermann: «Those waiting to see at Credit Suisse are living on hope»

UBS mustn't lose any time in the integration and realignment process.

Where Women's Advancement is and isn't Working

Advancing women is being embraced because, in the many companies that continue to be male-dominated

Ivan Chang, Regional Head for Institutional Business at Saxo on “True Value for Wealth Managers”

The main challenge is defining what is true “value” in the services sector especially in wealth management, and subsequently attribute the right cost to pay for it.

Watch now: Sustainable Retrofitting for UK Property

Our latest property event brought together an expert panel featuring Kevin McCloud MBE to discuss how to sustainably retrofit your home

Retail resilience will be challenged by higher interest rates – EY ITEM Club comments

This will add to the debt service costs of the 2.5mn households exposed to higher mortgage rates during 2023.

Too much caution kills performance

This is good news for our financial sector as active wealth management and portfolio risk management happen to be in its DNA.

Bank of England increases interest again: what next?

The BoE is unlikely to clearly signpost how high rates will go at this stage, because the recent rapid pricing is disruptive for UK businesses and homeowners.

Brown Shipley: Market and Investment Update

Taking stock at the midpoint

What advisers need to know about the Luxembourg life industry

Its financial sector has ‘never stood still’

‘Entrenched’ inflation remains at 8.7%, higher than forecast

Core CPI increased in May to 7.1%, the highest it has been in more than 30 years.

Wealth managers refocus to respond to women

Female clients tend to think differently about money

Investing in times of inflation

In a world where permacrisis ended up being the word of the year, it becomes hard to think beyond fear and even harder to see opportunities in hard times.

UK economic resilience offers mixed outlook

The UK economy is proving resilient, and its growth prospects have improved thanks to lower energy costs, more predictable fiscal policy, and better relations with its European Union trading partners.

Another rate rise looks almost certain, but market view further out is too pessimistic – EY ITEM Club comments

Evidence of more persistent pressures in services inflation and pay growth was set out as being key.

Lloyds, NatWest among banks to make billions as mortgage and savings rates grow apart

Savings and mortgage rates offered by banks have grown apart, prompting lenders to likely earn billions as margins grow

CS' troubled past is now UBS's present

At least in theory – because in practice, with the CS takeover last March, UBS also took on the legal risks of the ailing big bank.

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