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Private bank Coutts prepares for bear market in bonds

Expects end to 20-year bull run

SG Private Banking named Best Private Bank in France and Monaco and for its Structured Products in Europe

Societe Generale Private Banking has won a number of awards from Euromoney Magazine in its Euromoney Private Banking Survey 2013

F&C trusts to merge due to 'significant change' in WM sector

The boards of ISIS Property trust and IRP Property Investments are seeking approval to merge the funds

Wealth tax removal sees sharp rise in Swedish repatriations

The tax was removed by the governing coalition in 2007

Survey shows where wealth managers are most bullish

Reveals that investors are increasingly moving away from taking a regional approach to emerging markets.

Heartwood Wealth gets new owner

“Handelsbanken is steadily growing and maturing in the UK, particularly amongst customers with high requirements for qualified asset management. This acquisition makes it possible for us to widen our offering to current and future customers,”

Hargreaves Lansdown profit up 30%, lifts dividend

Operating profit GBP92.1 million

Euromoney publishes 10th annual Global Private Banking Survey – UBS returns to the top

The private banking industry has had to modernize as never before to keep pace with the global needs of clients, new regulation and rebuild trust.

Sanlam targets wealth acquisitions as it sheds Punter stake

Sanlam UK has sold its 21.6 per cent stake in actuarial consultants Punter Southall Group

Baring Swiss Bank for Rich Athletes Buys Asset Manager Coges

“We share the same values and ethics.”

UBS overhaul bearing fruit despite hefty quarterly loss

Wealth management businesses’ full-year net new money up CHF 11.3 billion to CHF 46.9 billion

Can Old Mutual Global Investors become a top 5 player in the UK?

OMGI is the result of a merger between Old Mutual Asset Managers UK

A Guide to the Family Office Employment Market

They may not quite resemble Winston Churchill’s concept of the former Soviet Union as “a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma.” At the very least, however, it would very difficult to disagree with the notion that family offices

Number of millionaire Brits hits 13,000 despite recession

New figures show the number of Britons earning at least £1million a year has increased to 13,000, thanks to the coalition government’s April tax cut, local media reported.

European average household financial wealth declines - RESEARCH

The report, Bringing Europe Back to Savings, analyses household savings, investment and debt across 22 European countries, interpreting differences in the propensity to save and incur debt, household investments and the overall financial wealth of Europea

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