05/18/2015
Weekly Close Up - Close Brothers
They were all invented in China during the Song dynasty (960-1127 A.D.) Another - albeit less famous - invention also took place at that time.
Wealth and Asset Management
05/18/2015
St James’s Place warns of ‘buy-to-regret’
Pensioners planning to invest their savings into the buy-to-let market should be careful of the tax implications, a director at St James’s Place has warned.
05/18/2015
Female chiefs may be unfairly targeted but, just like the men, they're overpaid
Outlook Is the fuss over Katherine Garrett-Cox – the way in which she has been running Alliance Trust, and her pay – yet another example of sexism in the City, as she has claimed?
05/18/2015
Minerva Honoured Twice at 2015 Fund Awards
These prestigious awards highlight not only fund performance, but also the firms and people working tirelessly behind the scenes to successfully form, manage and advise on all aspects of funds in the current market.
05/18/2015
Rathbones opens Glasgow office for former Brewin team
Rathbones' Glasgow office is now open for business after the firm hired a number of investment managers from rival Brewin Dolphin
05/18/2015
Thomas Miller Wealth Management welcomes trade body
Trade body will bring benefits to the financial advice sector
05/17/2015
Julius Baer Jumps on M&A Speculation Before Four-Month Statement
Julius Baer rose as much as 4.8 percent, the most in more than five weeks
05/15/2015
Independent fund, corporate and private client service provider enhances fund servicing capabilities
It has been granted an extension to its licence to offer an enhanced level of fund servicing capabilities in the UK.
05/15/2015
HSBC is right to look at moving out of Britain, admits Bank of England deputy governor
Andrew Bailey said the bank should weigh up the benefits of shifting its headquarters
05/15/2015
Jersey described as ‘one of the best and first’ in shaping transparency landscape at London conference
Jersey's positive role in helping to drive forward and shape the international transparency landscape has been praised by a senior OECD tax expert at this year’s Jersey Finance Annual London Private Client Conference.
05/14/2015
Firing Line: Nick French, Russell Investments
The parent company is based in the US and is known as a substantial institutional investor, but it has been in the UK since 1979.
05/14/2015
Intesa Seeks Private Bank Acquisition of Up to EU15 Billion
Intesa Sanpaolo SpA, Italy’s second-largest bank, is seeking to buy an international private bank with a market value that’s similar or lower than its own division to retain control.
05/14/2015
Alliance Trust to buy Stocktrade from Brewin Dolphin
For the year ended 28th September 2014, Stocktrade had income of £9.6m and contributed approximately £1.3m of pre-tax profit.
05/14/2015
Old Mutual's Feeney: Pension reforms are 'shot of adrenaline' for financial services
Old Mutual Wealth's CEO has said the government's pension reforms have been like a 'shot of adrenaline' for the financial services sector
05/14/2015
Wealth management firm buys four businesses
Discretionary and financial planning firm Attivo has added four advisory businesses to its network.
05/13/2015
HSBC’s Geneva bank ‘no longer a place to hide untaxed assets’
Switzerland CEO Franco Morra says mentality has changed a lot
05/13/2015
Northern Ireland-based wealth manager swoops on Irish wealth firm
The deal marks the sixth acquisition to date
05/12/2015
Schroders signs up to corporate access platform
ingage has announced that Schroders UK and European Equity team will be using the ingage IR platform to help with their corporate access requirements
05/12/2015
Ultra high net-worth Chinese investors set to pile into UK property following David Cameron election victory
The British government has been wooing big business and high net worth individuals in the country in a big way.
05/12/2015
Manchester United: Glazers' takeover has been 'dispassionate' but 'staggeringly executed,' says Red Knight Jim O'Neill
One of the world's most respected economists pays tribute to United’s majority American owners' business sense, but says they are lacking when it comes to running 'human side' of club