03/11/2013
Credit Suisse on verge of selling JO Hambro IM
After a series of talks the investment bank has now whittled down the list of interested suitors to just one.
Wealth and Asset Management
03/11/2013
Arbuthnot launches commodity trading desk
‘It is a pure, non-advised execution-only service for clients, and we will not be trading our own book.’
03/11/2013
UBS seeks to expand private banking in Italy with acquisition
The Italian wealth manager said last week that it’s reviewing a report by the Bank of Italy into the reserves it set aside for deteriorating credits that are backed by real estate.
03/10/2013
WealthBriefing Awards - Taylor Wessing's Private Client team shortlisted for 'Law Firm of the Year'
Winners will be announced at a ceremony taking place on 2nd May 2013 at the Royal Courts of Justice.
03/10/2013
This is how Ireland's super-rich are now investing their billions
"They realise that they need to invest their money in something where it will beat inflation."
03/10/2013
HNW investor confidence surges to three-year high
The group reports that 53% of its HNW clients - who each have investable assets of more than £1m
03/08/2013
Raiffeisen Bank Considers Buying Citibank Romania Part
Raiffeisen is interested in the unit's private and corporate business
03/07/2013
Van Lanschot to review strategy after major loss
Underlying profit of € 2.0 million in difficult market conditions
03/06/2013
Will RBS sell Coutts?
Sir Mervyn King has suggested splitting RBS in two.
03/06/2013
Expectations low for UBS bankers awaiting bonus awards
Staff in UBS's investment bank waiting to be told by their boss what they have earned expect to be particularly hard hit.
03/06/2013
Private banking arm drags down Schroders profits for 2012
Financial markets and investor sentiment fluctuated sharply in the first half of 2012, with early gains in equity markets given back in the second quarter as concerns grew over the Eurozone and faltering economic growth.
03/06/2013
Barclays Wealth to open city office
The new office – which will be based at St Paul’s Place, in Norfolk Street, Sheffield
03/05/2013
London & Capital signs platform partnership agreement with AVIVA
The deal will see London & Capital’s suite of ten actively managed and risk-graded growth portfolios, and three income portfolios, made available to advisers using the Aviva platform.
03/05/2013
Bankinter, Apollo in joint-bid for Generali's Swiss private bank
Brazilian bank Safra and Chinese rival ICBC are also bidding for BSI, two of the people said.
03/05/2013
World’s wealthy set to grow by 50% in the next decade - RESEARCH
London and New York remain the top destinations for the world’s ultra-high net worth individuals to live and invest in but Asian cities are fast catching up, says Knight Frank’s seventh annual Wealth Report.
03/05/2013
EU hints at curbs on bank salaries after Osborne defeat
I can’t support the proposal currently on the table
03/05/2013
Wealth manager unveils plans to buy 20 IFAs
"We believe that the fact that these acquisitions will be internally funded provides us with a far more robust and secure framework.
03/04/2013
George Osborne takes on EU to battle for bankers' bonuses
UK will find it hard to block EU decision to cap City bonuses
03/04/2013
Standard Chartered posts tenth year of record profits
Standard Chartered has announced a tenth consecutive year of income, profit and dividend growth.
03/04/2013
RLAM inflows rise 66% boosted by fixed interest
At the end of 2012 assets under management had risen to £47.6 billion, an increase of 8% from 2011.