05/06/2015
Standard Chartered says HQ under review amid rising UK bank tax
Standard Chartered said it continued to keep its domicile under review
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05/06/2015
City stockbroker swoops for Charles Stanley's broking business
The group sold its financial solutions business last month and has closed several regional offices in an attempt to focus more closely on wealth management.
05/05/2015
Business jet group Luxaviation to buy rival ExecuJet Aviation
ExecuJet has operations in Asia, Australasia, Africa, Latin America and the Middle East as well as in Europe.
05/05/2015
Is this a new golden age for London's private banks?
The ascendance of the super rich and crackdowns on foreign havens has been good news for Britain's bespoke financial institutions
05/05/2015
Royal Couple Welcome Newest Arrival, New Coin Celebrates Latest Addition
The Royal Mint have announced that a gold, silver and cupro-nickel crown coin has been issued which celebrates the newest arrival for the Duke & Duchess of Cambridge family, whose second child was born on the 2nd May.
05/05/2015
HSBC: 'The UK has rejected the concept of universal banking'
Chief executive Stuart Gulliver gives further hints that bank will move abroad as bank's profits rise
05/05/2015
International trust and corporate services provider acquires Lloyds Trust Company (Channel Islands)
Equiom now operates across five jurisdictions; Isle of Man, Jersey, Guernsey, Malta and Hong Kong
05/05/2015
Head of Coutts International set to exit following UBP deal
The purchase of Coutts International, which is based in Switzerland, is part of an aggressive expansion by UBP, but the bank is reliant on retaining key private bankers to make a success of the deal.
05/05/2015
Private Banker International - London Award finalists announced
Now in its second year, the PBI London Awards, dedicated mainly to the UK and European markets, have been created to identify leading institutions that are setting new standards in the private banking and wealth management industry.
05/04/2015
Britain’s richest man has entered the fight over Asia Resource Minerals
Last week his holding company, Access Industries, emerged as owner of just over 1% of Asia Resource, formerly called Bumi.
05/04/2015
India-origin billionaires to build 1,200 houses in Nepal
Two Indian-origin billionaires in the UK have offered to build 1,200 quake-resistant houses in the affected villages of the country
05/03/2015
Taxicab Tenner: Investec Asset Management's Simon Brazier
At the titular tenner ticks down, Brazier explains why he is thinking about investing in Royal Bank of Scotland and list some of the stocks he expects to hold for the next 10 years.
05/03/2015
HSBC's HQ rethink: taxes and China relationship hold key to decision
In 1990, an assessment called Project Rainbow paved the way for HSBC to move from Hong Kong to Britain.
05/03/2015
No bigger player of financial regulation arbitrage than HSBC
By subtly threatening to move its headquarters, HSBC is playing financial regulation arbitrage
05/02/2015
Private Bank chief: Labour victory will spark exodus of wealthy
Arbuthnot Latham chief executive says Ed Miliband's plans to scrap non-dom status and introduce mansion tax will mean people leaving the country
05/01/2015
Clarion Wealth celebrates 30 years with plans to move its HQ
In 2013 Clarion Financial Planners, which was previously known as Clarion Plc, divided its financial planning and investment management activities into two separate companies
05/01/2015
Will Western Europe Create More Wealth Than the United States?
Entrepreneurs’ views about where wealth will be created are so disparate they might make one wonder if they are all looking at the same world
05/01/2015
'Anti-establishment' Ukip beats Tory donations thanks to £500k from Mayfair wealth firm
The £500,000 donation from Growth Financial Services helped Ukip steam ahead of the Tories in the third week of the election campaign
05/01/2015
AFH makes its largest acquisition to date
Wealth consolidator AFH has made its tenth deal in less than a year with the acquisition of a national advisory firm.
05/01/2015
The Love and Envy of Luxury by Toby Birch
I have also learned not to judge clients on appearance; the truly wealthy have nothing to prove and take great delight in under-statement