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Smith & Williamson posts profit increase

The group's operating income was also on the rise

Issues resurface with DFMs using in-house products

There isn’t an effective way to benchmark these portfolios and assess them.

Prince Andrew's former girlfriend could buy a Premier League club with slice of enormous £28bn in Middle East wealth under her management

Leading financier Amanda Staveley is interested in purchasing a top-flight club

LSE students announced as winners of the St. James's Place Prize in Accounting

The prize was awarded for students who achieved the highest marks in a 6,000-word essay, which accounts for 50% of the mark for one of the compulsory courses on the MSc programme.

Hargreaves buys £90m client bank from BlackRock

4,300 clients will transfer over to the Hargreaves platform

Walker Crips' underlying profits near double to £1.1m

Across its brokerage, advisory and discretionary channels the business noted that it had reached its target of £5 billion in total assets under influence a year ahead of expectation.

Private bank returns to first-half profit

Net assets were down compared with the first half of 2016, falling from £282m to £234m as of June 30.

EFG International Ends BSI Haggling

The bank was in the process of being acquired by rival EFG when the scandal hit last May.

Bruce Hemphill, Old Mutual CEO: breaking up the group

The chief executive on dismantling the FTSE 100 company and axing his own job

Chinese Conglomerate Eyes Luxembourg bank

The potential price could be up to $1.7 billion.

Polar Capital funds hit £10bn mark

A third consecutive quarter of net inflows continues the encouraging trend of the final two quarters of our last financial year.

Deutsche Bank Targets Saudis in ‘Massive’ Wealth Management Push

Peter Hinder is hiring relationship managers for Saudi Arabia

Rowan Dartington drops Signature name in rebrand

We know that every client is different and every investment decision is personal.

Tackling the Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge

Coutts staff raised £81,000 in a fundraising trek for our new Charity of the Year.

Northern Ireland's biggest wealth firm buys DFM

The deal involves the transfer of the management of more than 1,100 Danske Bank customer investment portfolios, which are currently managed by the bank’s Belfast-based investment centre.

Sanlam UK begins ‘herculean’ charity cycle challenge for CASCAID

The Sanlam team will be joined on the route by professional cycling outfit ONE Pro Cycling, headed up by chief executive and former English international cricketer Matt Prior, who himself will join the challenge for three legs of the journey.

Lombard Odier Wins 'Western Europe's Best Bank for Wealth Management'

They seek to celebrate banks that are truly world class in their management and in the services they deliver to clients

Service Awards: huge selector response shows quality is crucial

Probably they have too many clients and they cannot cope at all.

Fidelity tops list of UK fund-pickers’ favourites

Fidelity comes top of consultancy's annual list of funds popular with UK retail buyers

Steering impact investing toward a 2020 tipping point

‘United Nations’ of impact investing in Chicago draws national advisory boards from 16 countries

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