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St James's Place organise Oscars evening

Wealth management experts St James's Place organised an Oscars-themed evening at the King Power Stadium.

RBC urges Hargreaves Lansdown to take big bank opportunity

Hargreaves, led by chief executive Ian Gorham is currently looking at a range of options for its cash, with management reluctant to go down the bank route as it would increase its regulatory burden.

Hargreaves Lansdown chief Gorham sees pay jump to £10.6m

Gorham's basic pay remained static at £412,000

Broadstone sells wealth management arm

Broadstone provides wealth management services to private clients, pension funds, charities and companies.

Meridian Private Client associate singled-out as rising star

The accolade, awarded by eprivateclient, a prestigious private client web site serving private client advisers, is called the eprivateclient’s Top 35 Under 35 2014

RHJ International completes conversion of co-investors' interest in Kleinwort Benson Group into RHJI shares

RHJ International today announced that it completed the conversion of the co-investors' interest of 35.13% in Kleinwort Benson Group into RHJI shares.

London-based wealth management firm to charge percentage of profit

The new pricing regime has been implemented after the company had achieved maximum investment growth for clients over the past two years by investing in top-performing funds.

How experienced investors view their wealth

The last decade has created an inflection point for wealth owned by investment professionals, as they now account for a significant proportion of the ultra-high-net-worth segment of the UK wealth management industry

‘Dinosaur’ Private Banks Losing to Startups, ABN Amro Exec Says

Digital financial companies are increasingly poaching clients

Three challenges facing Barclays’ new head of wealth

Barclays announced on Monday that Akshaya Bhargava will become the new head of the firm’s wealth and investment management business.

BCEE stays among world's top ten safest banks

Luxembourg's Banque et Caisse d'Epargne de l'Etat maintained its classification as the ninth safest bank in the world, in the latest edition of the Global Finance magazine ranking.

Walker Crips eyes acquisitions and regional expansion in centenary year

‘There are obvious gaps in our branch network. We are not going out aggressively to fill those gaps, but we will be opportunistic.’

Wealth managers take profits after frontier markets reshuffle

Fund buyers are taking profits in frontier markets after the recent reshuffle of constituents and a strong run of performance.

UK mortgage clampdown threatens to put squeeze on rich buyers

James Fleming, Arbuthnot Latham chief executive, said the proposals would have “a disproportionate impact on smaller specialist lenders and would restrict us from being able to provide some elements of our banking services which are important to our

Net Promoter Score confirms Private Bank’s standing with its clients

The Net Promoter Score is a loyalty metric which gives an indication of how clients represent a company to their family, friends, colleagues and associates.

Lombard Odier in £2.7m legal row with ex-London hedgie

He is said to be looking for £2.7 million in compensation in relation to the management of a $500 million hedge fund, LO AOG Energy.

Old Mutual Wealth scraps Skandia brand

The company’s offshore investment business Skandia International will be rebranded to Old Mutual International early next year.

Julius Baer eyes Coutts international arm, wary of bidding war

Swiss private bank Julius Baer is interested in acquiring Coutts International, a unit of Royal Bank of Scotland, but will not get into a bidding war for the venerable British bank's overseas arm

Barclays picks hedge fund platform founder to head wealth unit

With over 35 years' experience in the financial services industry he joins from InfraHedge which he founded in 2010 and was acquired by State Street Corporation at the end of 2013

Rise of the new private banking clubs

Some banks still operate that way, but high street brands have also entered the market, offering “premier banking” and a relationship manager.

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