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Do small wealth firms still have a place?

The £600m combination marks a new level of deal

Aberdeen Asset Management on the attack as BP pay row hots up

News that one of the loss-making oil giant’s top 10 investors was planning to vote against it is likely to embolden other shareholders to register their anger at Thursday’s AGM.

It's not a crime to do business offshore

hang the rich, shut down offshore financial centres, and, if you’re an imperialist like Jeremy Corbyn, colonise them too.

Wealth firm set to complete triple acquisition

Courtiers has bought out Oxford adviser JRH Asset Management, the first of three impending acquisitions the company said it is hoping to complete soon. The purchase of high net worth-focused adviser, for a price tag above £1 million, will bring &a

Asset managers eye €8bn of Italian bank capital

This has caused problems for some of Italy’s 88 bank foundations, which collectively hold €46.8bn of assets. They have traditionally held a high proportion of their assets in their parent companies.

Make every penny count: next generation philanthropy by Penny Lovell

Effective philanthropy requires a lot of time and creativity - the same kind of focus and skills that building a business requires. – Bill Gates

A Happy New Financial Year to us all by Justin Urquhart Stewart

Well it may not be exactly a great cause for celebration, but it is still a vital date for us all to be aware of - from remembering to wrap up our tax papers for the past year

Rothschild says Ukraine president's trust up to international standards

Rothschild said Poroshenko had appointed it as a trustee of a blind trust to hold his shares in Roshen.

Why are old banks hooking up with younger models?

Fresh-faced financial technology start-ups (fintechs) are coming up with new mobile-first services - payments, loans, money transfers, digital currencies - and threatening to steal customers, particularly younger ones.

JTC has formed a partnership with INDOS Financial

The partnership means that JTC’s range of private equity, real estate, hedge, infrastructure and other alternative fund clients will now have access to a specialist depositary, which can help managers meet the requirements of the EU Alternative Inve

Man in the Middle

Deutsche Bank's supervisory board chairman is under fire for decisions some say steered Germany's largest bank into one of its biggest crises ever. In an exclusive interview with WirtschaftsWoche magazine, he takes on his critics.

Wealthy Hong Kong family to plough £200m into UK real estate

The company was established in 1959 by Yeung Pui Kam

Brooks Macdonald to rebrand from next week

“We currently have six underlying businesses and we will still have six underlying businesses, but each of them is currently branded separately,” he said.es are part of the same group.

Barclays to sell Asia wealth division to OCBC

While an attractive business with strong growth potential, this Barclays WIM business, serving high net worth and ultra high net worth clients in Singapore and Hong Kong, was confirmed as no longer central to Barclays’ strategy and became part of Ba

Norris takes full ownership of Argonaut; Polin made chair; Russ and Income funds move to Liontrust

As a result, Liontrust will acquire Argonaut's £169m European Income and £131m Enhanced Income funds, with manager Oliver Russ moving to the group.

HSBC to roll out simplified advice to investors with £15k

The move comes as banks prepare to return to the advice market after scrapping services following a series of hefty fines issued several years ago.

Schroders under scrutiny over link with CPP founder

Schroders, which owns a 10 per cent stake in CPP, wrote to its board last month requesting the removal of four directors

Deutsche Bank suspends five wealth management executives

No clients suffered damage due to their actions, the source said.

Beware the overseas bandits of wealth management

This transparency forces them to be clear about their services and justify the value they provide.

JM Finn head of research Geordie Kidston dies

Prior to joining JM Finn he worked at Mercury Asset Management before founding Ruffer Investment Management.

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