06/12/2015
JTC Wealth Management Expertise Recognised In Citywealth Leaders List
The expertise of five senior private wealth management professionals at JTC has been recognised in the latest Citywealth Leaders List.
Wealth and Asset Management
06/12/2015
Standard Chartered could compensate new boss with £6.5m in shares
Bill Winters could earn payments to cover possible losses from quitting the hedge fund Renshaw Bay he set up
06/12/2015
Private investor buys John Gunn's family office business
Global Investment Strategy is a financial services business offering a wide range of services to institutional, family office and high net worth clients.
06/12/2015
Anti-benchmark firm finds UK wealth manager traction
Anti-benchmark asset manager Tobam is experiencing rapid growth in assets under management from UK wealth managers
06/12/2015
New Standard Chartered Chief to Cut More Costs as Review Begins
The bank enjoyed a decade of unbroken profit growth until 2013
06/12/2015
Ex-Brewin trio and Barclays Wealth man set up own firm
Three former Brewin Dolphin directors have joined forces to launch their own investment management firm, Brighton Capital Management
06/12/2015
Mirabaud launches corporate bond fund
The team’s approach is to identify relative value opportunities across sectors
06/12/2015
Ex-Killik man launches new venture
Three Killik partners, including ex-chief investment officer Paul Kavanagh , have received the green light from the regulator to launch a stockbroking and asset management business
06/12/2015
Rothschild Terminates Plans for Commodities Fund
An investment advisory arm of Anglo-French investment group Rothschild has pulled the launch of a commodity finance fund, “despite significant work on this project,” according to company filings.
06/11/2015
Winters’s Vow to Focus on Capital Puts Pressure on Cryan, Thiam
Winters in a letter to employees promised to focus on capital strength to reinforce the bank’s position.
06/11/2015
Two European private banks on collision course
Two small, private and respected European wealth management banks find themselves on a collision course in 2015
06/11/2015
'I want Britain to be the best place for global bank HQs' - George Osborne
The full transcript of George Osborne's Mansion House speech
06/11/2015
HSBC will need a ‘Leader’, not just a good banker
That worked for 143 years, but the banking industry changed forever after the near meltdown in the global financial crisis
06/11/2015
Vistra Depositary Services approved as depositary in the Netherlands
Earlier this year, VDS received the ISAE 3402 Type I certification. Developed by the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board, the ISAE 3402 is a global assurance standard that auditors can use to ensure the integrity of an organisation’
06/11/2015
Family Business: The bonds that bind by Penny Lovell, Close Brothers
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06/11/2015
Historic F&C name survives major BMO rebrand
We will continue to provide relevant, best-of-breed products to investors across the region.
06/11/2015
RLAM's Cholwill: Why I'm still backing wealth managers
Success has brought challenges of its own
06/11/2015
Intesa Sanpaolo CEO says not interested in Julius Baer
Intesa has long expressed an interest in buying private banking and asset management assets. Messina said there were no news on that front.
06/10/2015
Bill Winters facing four key challenges at Standard Chartered
Questions over capital base, costs and relocation fill in-tray of new CEO
06/10/2015
23 year-old M&A banker ruins career in one move
Separately, the Financial Times has a profile of John Cryan which seems to confirm suspicions that he will preside over some serious pay cuts at Deutsche Bank.