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Ex-Brewin trio and Barclays Wealth man set up own firm

Three former Brewin Dolphin directors have joined forces to launch their own investment management firm, Brighton Capital Management

Mirabaud launches corporate bond fund

The team’s approach is to identify relative value opportunities across sectors

Ex-Killik man launches new venture

Three Killik partners, including ex-chief investment officer Paul Kavanagh , have received the green light from the regulator to launch a stockbroking and asset management business

Rothschild Terminates Plans for Commodities Fund

An investment advisory arm of Anglo-French investment group Rothschild has pulled the launch of a commodity finance fund, “despite significant work on this project,” according to company filings.

Winters’s Vow to Focus on Capital Puts Pressure on Cryan, Thiam

Winters in a letter to employees promised to focus on capital strength to reinforce the bank’s position.

Two European private banks on collision course

Two small, private and respected European wealth management banks find themselves on a collision course in 2015

'I want Britain to be the best place for global bank HQs' - George Osborne

The full transcript of George Osborne's Mansion House speech

HSBC will need a ‘Leader’, not just a good banker

That worked for 143 years, but the banking industry changed forever after the near meltdown in the global financial crisis

Vistra Depositary Services approved as depositary in the Netherlands

Earlier this year, VDS received the ISAE 3402 Type I certification. Developed by the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board, the ISAE 3402 is a global assurance standard that auditors can use to ensure the integrity of an organisation’

Family Business: The bonds that bind by Penny Lovell, Close Brothers

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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.

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