05/27/2014
Friends Life to receive offers to buy Lombard business
Philadelphia Financial targets high net-worth families through a network of intermediaries, and it views Lombard as an attractive opportunity to expand that area of its business, Sky News said.
05/27/2014
Bestinvest name to be dropped for B2B market
It has also been announced that Bestinvest’s current chief executive Peter Hall will lead the combined group, while Tilney Investment Management director Miles Robinson will head up Tilney for Intermediaries.
05/27/2014
ABN AMRO Private Banking wins ‘Best Overall European Private Bank’ and ‘Best Domestic Clients Team’
We are quite unique in pursuing a multi-domestic, multi-brand strategy
05/27/2014
We want to avoid something that is happening in larger companies where they apply an investment process
05/26/2014
Martin Gilbert has accused the pay committees at some leading companies of stubbornly failing to consult shareholders
05/26/2014
The wealth manager, which declined to comment on plans for a new service, said in its year-end results for 2013 that “there is growing demand for a simplified, lower cost service.
05/26/2014
But in his five years as head of the LSE, the Frenchman has established a record of diversification.
05/26/2014
Lansdowne Partners, Odey Asset Management and Brevan Howard are among the stellar hedge funds to have had a poor start to the year
05/26/2014
The new plans are expected to be unveiled tomorrow when Brewin announces its interim results.
05/26/2014
The Asia-focused bank said in February it was looking to sell the Swiss private bank as part of a plan to shed several businesses as it sharpens its focus on Asia, Africa and the Middle East.
05/23/2014
There was a good result in Banking with the loan book now £5.1bn, up 10% year to date.
05/23/2014
Buying a home in London’s most affluent areas is becoming unattainable for anyone without a billionaire’s bank balance
Home prices in the capital’s most desirable areas have jumped more than 60 percent since 2009
05/23/2014
Elevate also halved prices for assets over £5 million, from 0.22% to 0.10%
05/23/2014
Buying a home in London’s most affluent areas is becoming unattainable for anyone without a billionaire’s bank balance.
05/23/2014
Brown Shipley incoming head of private banking Hugh Titcomb is keen to avoid this fate.
05/22/2014
River & Mercantile has confirmed its plans to float in a move which the asset manager expects to raise £12 million of new money.
05/22/2014
A successful initial public offering by Saga, the company focusing on the over-50s market in the UK, will help to boost the company’s wealth management arm, Michael Hewson has predicted.
05/22/2014
Human activity has already degraded Earth’s resources
05/22/2014
‘Acquisitions are certainly something we will consider here and we regard it as part of our growth strategy, but our growth strategy is not based on a requirement to make acquisitions,’ he says.
05/22/2014
An individual income protection contract is set to be introduced by Cirencester Friendly