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Intesa considers float of private banking arm

Intesa Sanpaolo is considering a flotation of its private banking

Baer CEO Collardi Says Not Among Bidders for RBS’s Coutts Unit

Asked whether the bank is considering a bid for Coutts International, he said, “we are looking from the outside for the time being.”

Does fund administration need a new name? by Ian Kelly Chief Executive Officer Augentius

Reliability, expertise, and reputation have always been important factors in how funds select administrators, but the benefit provided was essentially a ‘negative’ one: its primary purpose was to remove a problem from the fund manager’s

The growing issue of social media for wealth managers

Undoubtedly firms have to preserve their image and the episode once again underlined the fact that most companies do not yet have a formal procedure in place for dealing with social media.

The 2015 General Election is making business uneasy, says wealth management firm Vestra Wealth

Wealth manager David Scott says the oil-price crash caught people on the hop but now investors are concerned about the approaching election

AFH Wealth reaches £1bn milestone

Since it listed on the Alternative Investment Market in June 2014, in excess of £100m FUM were added through the acquisitions of Knight O’Byrne

Amundi Says Investors Should De-Carbonize to Boost Return

Amundi considers itself Europe’s biggest asset manager, with about 850 billion euros ($984 billion) in investments.

Swiss Lenders Pitch 'Superior' Banking Services

Swiss bankers are now pitching 'superior banking' services to their prospective clients

Aberdeen Asset could make small acquisitions

Aberdeen Asset Management is not looking for any major acquisitions following its purchase of Scottish Widows Investment Partnership

European ETF growth levels to be sustained in 2015, says Deutsche AWM

The European ETF market is expected to expand 15-20% in 2015 according to Simon Klein of Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management.

UBS Seen Winning London Space Race as Rents Soar: Real Estate

Since then, a rebounding financial industry has collided with a dearth of new offices, pushing average rents up to about 8 pounds a square foot more than UBS will pay.

Belgian private banks to merge

The new group will offer private banking, institutional asset management and investment banking, principally in Belgium, Luxembourg and France. It will also have operations in Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and Switzerland.

Intesa Sanpaolo open to list private banking, asset manager

Asked about Coutts International after the Italian bank said in November it was looking at the wealth management arm of Royal Bank of Scotland, Messina said he was not interested in buying only the international division of the company.

Why Online Portals and Mobile Applications Are Only as Good as Their Foundation by Bob Leaper, SS&C

Opportunities in new geographies and asset classes, a rise in the mass affluent, and aging high net worth baby boomers are sparking new demand for wealth management services.

Wealth firm to buy embattled adviser network in £2.7m deal

Tavistock's shares were down 49.3% at 2.66 pence early Monday, making it the worst-performing stock on the AIM All-Share index

European Wealth Group's services added to Adviserzone.com

The inclusion on the web site is another milestone for European Wealth, which has not allowed the grass to grow under its feet since listing on AIM in May of last year.

Bahrain-based Gulf Ventures acquires an 8.3% stake in digital wealth management e-commerce platform

"We welcome GVC's decision to be the first investor among many GCC-based corporate and high net-worth investors who are at an advanced stage of discussions to acquire equity stakes in GWM as part of its UK crowdfunding campaign. We expect to ma

BNY expands multi-asset fund range with income strategy

It will be offered through Newton Investment Management – a subsidiary of BNY Mellon – which currently oversees several multi-asset funds.

Roll back the red-tape on wealth managers and don’t lump them in with banks, says CISI

Wealth managers, whose focus is on individuals, are badly served by being lumped in with “banks” and are straining to cope with aggressive compliance requirements from the FCA

Attivo to double number of staff in major expansion

Stephen Harper has confirmed he intends to double Attivo’s staff numbers over the course of the year.

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