02/18/2016
HSBC effectively scraps pay rise for managers at UK retail bank -source
The latest change was first reported by the Financial Times on Wednesday.
Wealth and Asset Management
02/18/2016
Mattioli Woods plans soft launch of family office
He added it was a “fairly big project” that would start off with a relatively low number of clients, which the firm hopes to grow exponentially.
02/18/2016
Five years of service excellence and technology innovation - Multrees Investor Services
Multrees Investor Services, a leading independent custody and consolidated reporting specialist for wealth managers and family offices, is celebrating its five year anniversary this month.
02/18/2016
SANNE enters into agreement to acquire Dublin based corporate services business
Employing fifteen staff, CCS has a broad range of clients including a number of large financial institutions, investment funds and corporates.
02/18/2016
Can Malta become the ‘Bermuda of the Mediterranean’?
It would be great to look back in four or five years’ time and see several other property casualty insurance companies here.
02/18/2016
Credit Suisse poised to cut 200 jobs at its London office
Credit Suisse is not the only financial institution to streamline its operations.
02/18/2016
Credit Suisse Investor Herro Backs Thiam on Overhaul Plans
It should be managed to generate consistently solid returns, not “recklessly abandoned.
02/18/2016
How could Brexit affect expatriates
The issue said to be the trickiest to iron out relates to restricting the right to ‘in-work benefits’ for new arrivals from the EU for up to four years.
02/17/2016
Wealth managers consider removing sterling hedges
Yen and euro stronger
02/16/2016
London private bank to close
Strategy is focused on markets where it has a substantial presence and can achieve economies of scale.
02/16/2016
“It’s great teamwork, I just happen to be in the CEO seat”
Almost a year on from the acquisition and less than six months into his new role, Mr Loudon feels the often-difficult process of combining businesses has not prevented the company from looking “in such good shape” in the present day.
02/16/2016
Your do-it-yourself front page financial Armageddon story b Tim Price
The media select, they interpret, they emotionalize and they create facts..
02/16/2016
Multi-family office inks Partnership Agreement
The partnership will enable the firm to expand their global reach and provide clients with access to multiple HNW and commercial insurance markets here in the UK and internationally, providing unparalleled global protection for personal and business asset
02/16/2016
St. James's Place - "Markets are ignoring the fundamental improvement in bank balance sheets”
One of the most significant fears on markets is the state of the financial sector – and memories of what troubles in the sector meant for the global economy back in 2008.
02/16/2016
BMO GAM expands product range to 'regain reputation' in EMs
Working with emerging market specialist LGM
02/15/2016
Charles Stanley Targets ‘small pot’ Investors With MA Range
Charles Stanley is developing four multi-asset funds that it plans to roll out in mid-2016.
02/15/2016
A rational investor shares his thoughts about the stock market by Penny Lovell
“The conventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking.” John Kenneth Galbraith
02/15/2016
Nordea wins 2016 Euromoney award for best private banking
Nordea Private Banking ranks among the top 20 Private Banks in Europe.
02/15/2016
Another Week Another Lurch Downward by Justin Urquhart Stewart
These are strange days, ones when the great responsibility of being given the privilege to look after client's hard earned assets, rests heavily on our shoulders and consciences.
02/15/2016
Have cash to splash? Margaret Thatcher's London home is on the market for £30m
The six-bedroom Grade II listed house in Belgravia comes with a bomb-proof door and the original doorstep house number installed by Baroness Thatcher.