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Historic F&C name survives major BMO rebrand

We will continue to provide relevant, best-of-breed products to investors across the region.

RLAM's Cholwill: Why I'm still backing wealth managers

Success has brought challenges of its own

Intesa Sanpaolo CEO says not interested in Julius Baer

Intesa has long expressed an interest in buying private banking and asset management assets. Messina said there were no news on that front.

Bill Winters facing four key challenges at Standard Chartered

Questions over capital base, costs and relocation fill in-tray of new CEO

23 year-old M&A banker ruins career in one move

Separately, the Financial Times has a profile of John Cryan which seems to confirm suspicions that he will preside over some serious pay cuts at Deutsche Bank.

Church of England and Crown Estate Braced for Cooling London Property

Church of England, Crown Estate and Grosvenor Group have been big winners in the past

How top bankers ease themselves into new jobs.

Nor has he ever run a global universal bank– although he was deputy head of the investment bank at J.P. Morgan.

Barclays to sell offshore trust and fiduciary business

Barclays offshore trust business is based in Jersey, Guernsey, the Isle of Man, the Cayman Islands, Singapore and Switzerland.

Schroders launches its first emerging markets multi-asset income strategy

The fund will be managed by the same team that run Schroder ISF Global Multi-Asset Income

Succession strikes £2.9m deal for wealth advice firm

Succession Holdings has acquired another of its network members, buying DNG Financial Solutions in a £2.9 million deal.

Coutts International looks to add multi-asset funds in Asia

The Singapore-based private banking business sees increasing demand for multi-asset solutions from its Asia clients,and is looking to beef up its product range accordingly.

Coutts one of the first banks to offer Apple Pay to clients

Coutts clients will be amongst the first in the UK to use Apple Pay when it launches in the UK.

HSBC Investor Update

HSBC is undertaking a significant reshaping of its business portfolio

Platforum: Piecing together the vertical integration puzzle

Vertical integration, a term much bandied about, is a devil’s child to some and a saving grace to others.

First speakers confirmed for Channel Islands Funds Forum 2015

Representatives of the Channel Islands Securities Exchange, the Financials Services Commissions from both Jersey and Guernsey, and the islands’ leading funds and law firms are among the speakers who have confirmed for this year’s Channel Islan

Old Mutual to bolster funds by selling stake in asset manager

Old Mutual, the FTSE 100 listed insurer, is to bolster its funds with the sale of a tranche of shares in Old Mutual Asset Management in the US

Weatherbys boss: 'We have records on every horse going back to 1791...that sort of data is invaluable, it gives us an edge'

Riding a horse in the Derby comes with its own pressures but that’s nothing to being the latest member of the Weatherby family to run the 245-year company which bears your name

Osborne to signal bank levy retreat in olive branch to HSBC

George Osborne is set to review the bank levy to keep Britain’s biggest banks in the country

Britons scared of seeking financial help due to high costs

INDEPENDENT financial advisers have been accused of making it too hard for customers to see how much their services cost, even though they are obliged to set out their rates clearly in advance of doing any work.

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