03/22/2012
How do Charitable Foundations Decide Their Longevity? - Coutts & Co
A new guide published by Coutts today explores the debate around the longevity of charitable foundations and the impact they have.
Wealth and Asset Management
03/22/2012
Number Of French Tax Exiles 'Marginal'
The union was presenting its findings to the Senate inquiry into the flight of capital and assets abroad.
03/22/2012
Top Merrill dealmaker to leave for UBS
"It's a great hire. He is a relationship man, not a manager and (UBS's chief executive Sergio) Ermotti knows him well", said a top UBS banker in London.
03/22/2012
Philanthropy tax: Charities enraged as Chancellor targets big donations
Rich philanthropists will be deterred from making large donations to charities following a change to tax relief rules, the Government was warned last night.
03/21/2012
Deutsche Bank's Anshu Jain earns 10 million euros in 2011
Jain earned 9.77 million euros in 2011, when the lender missed its ambitious full-year profit targets, compared with 11.9 million a year earlier, Germany's flagship bank said in its annual report on Tuesday.
03/21/2012
Scotland’s premier private bank relocates HQ
The was founded in Edinburgh in 1983 by a group of influential Scottish business people who were committed to the core values of a traditional Scottish banking service.
03/21/2012
Wealth manager creates non-executive board as it targets growth
The Wealth Management (UK&I) Advisory Committee, chaired by Sir Nigel Rudd, is comprised of experienced leaders
03/21/2012
Golden goodbye for Ackermann at Deutsche Bank
Deutsche Bank handed its out-going chief executive Josef Ackermann a total pay package of €9.36m for his last full year in charge of the German bank, a period in which a contraction in investment banking banking meant his successor Anshu Jain took a
03/20/2012
Coutts reveals how family business owners can improve the odds of successful succession
The report, entitled ‘Governance in Family Business’ identifies key challenges faced by family businesses, and suggests guiding principals that can help them improve the odds of longevity.
03/20/2012
Deutsche Bank maintains a strong commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility
Dr. Josef Ackermann: “We can only remain successful over the long term if people see us as being responsible and place their trust in us”
03/20/2012
Societe Generale Private Banking launches innovative wealth management tool
Dialogue & Asset Allocation is an innovative approach created by Societe Generale Private Banking for managing its private clients' financial and non-financial assets
03/20/2012
Arbuthnot aborts Swiss venture, sells operation
The Board of Arbuthnot Banking Group PLC has today agreed terms for the sale of Arbuthnot AG.
03/20/2012
Deutsche to open gold vault in London
In London, centre of the global bullion market, vault space is running low and numerous companies are attempting to break into the market.
03/20/2012
AES International Opens First Office in Zurich
AES International operates in several jurisdictions around the world, providing financial planning, wealth management and private banking services to expatriates living and working in Europe, the Middle East and other international markets.
03/20/2012
Royal Bank of Canada to Acquire RBS Private Banking Assets
The business to be acquired includes clients who reside in Latin America, the Caribbean and Africa, as well as key private banking staff based primarily in Geneva, Switzerland and also includes a team in the Cayman Islands.
03/19/2012
Barclays to drop Barclays Wealth brand
Barclays will drop the Barclays Capital name from its securities unit after 14 years as it tries to offer clients more services from across the bank.
03/19/2012
French investment house out to conquer the City
The French are coming. One of France's leading asset management houses, Carmignac Gestion, launches in Britain this spring.
03/19/2012
Affinity founder Stearn on why he left the security of Fairbairn
Throw in an ongoing eurozone debt crisis, volatile markets and growing regulation simmering in the background and you have definitely set yourself a challenge.
03/19/2012
Barclays Wealth launches intermediary DFM service
Barclays Wealth has launched a discretionary portfolio management service to be offered through the intermediary market.
03/16/2012
Platinum Wealth CEO given community order for train assault
Croydon Magistrates' Court confirmed 45-year-old Kevin Fowler, CEO of Platinum Wealth Management, was sentenced to a one year community order, with 200 hours of unpaid work, after the incident which reportedly left another man with a cut under his ey