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Wealthy Hong Kong family to plough £200m into UK real estate

The company was established in 1959 by Yeung Pui Kam

Brooks Macdonald to rebrand from next week

“We currently have six underlying businesses and we will still have six underlying businesses, but each of them is currently branded separately,” he said.es are part of the same group.

Barclays to sell Asia wealth division to OCBC

While an attractive business with strong growth potential, this Barclays WIM business, serving high net worth and ultra high net worth clients in Singapore and Hong Kong, was confirmed as no longer central to Barclays’ strategy and became part of Ba

Norris takes full ownership of Argonaut; Polin made chair; Russ and Income funds move to Liontrust

As a result, Liontrust will acquire Argonaut's £169m European Income and £131m Enhanced Income funds, with manager Oliver Russ moving to the group.

HSBC to roll out simplified advice to investors with £15k

The move comes as banks prepare to return to the advice market after scrapping services following a series of hefty fines issued several years ago.

Schroders under scrutiny over link with CPP founder

Schroders, which owns a 10 per cent stake in CPP, wrote to its board last month requesting the removal of four directors

Deutsche Bank suspends five wealth management executives

No clients suffered damage due to their actions, the source said.

Beware the overseas bandits of wealth management

This transparency forces them to be clear about their services and justify the value they provide.

JM Finn head of research Geordie Kidston dies

Prior to joining JM Finn he worked at Mercury Asset Management before founding Ruffer Investment Management.

Schroders takes stake in Dutch SME loan company

Launched in 2012, NEOS Business Finance provides institutional investors access to an alternative debt financing platform for Dutch small and medium-sized enterprises.

Wealth management firm merges with law firm for one-stop shop

It has been merged with Progeny Private Law and Mark Burns Legal Services, now known as Progeny Corporate Law.

Queen’s bank and HSBC set up offshore companies

There is nothing unlawful about using offshore companies.

St. James's Place Academy sponsors prizes for academic excellence in Accounting at the LSE

The 6,000-word essays account for 50% of the mark of one of the compulsory courses on the MSc programme.

St. James’s Place - “The majority of companies have seen their profits improving and their balance sheets are in really great shape”

Figures released last week for UK GDP showed stronger than expected growth in the last three months of 2015. “The majority of companies we see have seen their profits improving and their balance sheets are in really great shape,” said Richard

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