07/08/2012
IFG Group completes £70m sale of international division
The division was sold to private equity firm AnaCap for £70m.
Wealth and Asset Management
07/08/2012
Aberdeen Supports Its Scottish Open Sponsorship With TV Commercial
Aberdeen Asset Management is supporting its sponsorship of the Scottish Open with a 30 second television advertising campaign that will run in the United States, UK, and Europe.
07/08/2012
Veteran financial advisers team up to create new wealth management firm
The pair have already worked together on Nucleus, the Edinburgh-based “wrap” platform operator owned by IFAs, who use it to manage assets on behalf of clients.
07/05/2012
Swiss private banking unit looking for new owner
"I don't think the process will start until after he arrives, but they want to have something ready for him to sell," one of the sources said.
07/05/2012
Europe’s top 25 family businesses and leaders
The winners will be announced on 9 July at an awards ceremony in Amsterdam, which will be held at the Heineken Brewery, one of the Netherlands’ most iconic family businesses.
07/05/2012
Swiss private bank to cut jobs
Spokesman Reto Giudicetti confirmed comments by Chief Executive Zeno Staub in an interview with the Handelszeitung newspaper on Thursday that the bank would have to lose an unspecified number of positions.
07/05/2012
German institutions reveal high demand for absolute return
Read in this Roundtable about the amusing if not silly proposals to “slow down the market”, and why a financial transaction tax would kill the markets.
07/05/2012
Charity Bank reports 200% increase in new depositors
Charity Bank invests all of its money in charities and other organisations whose mission is to improve the community or the environment.
07/05/2012
2plan wealth management offers new lifeline to Honister advisers
“from weeks or months to just hours in many cases”
07/05/2012
Global Corporate Giving Initiative Answers Question, “What Counts?”
The Global Guide provides corporations with a much needed tool to allow more efficient measurement of corporate giving on a global scale.
07/05/2012
Ex-Adam & Co boss' new private bank raises £5m
New private bank Scoban is entering its next stage of development after successfully raising £5 million after two rounds of fund raising.
07/05/2012
Raymond James partners with HSBC for onshore bond
The HSBC Onshore Investment Bond allows advisers and wealth managers to manage clients’ assets using Raymond James’ technology.
07/05/2012
Rothschild family: a new vision of philanthropy
With its twelve foundations spread all across the world, the Edmond de Rothschild Foundations Network focuses mainly on education
07/05/2012
Discontent grows as clients demand Coutts' AIG answers
The payment follows the completion of an independent third party review
07/05/2012
Norwich-based SG Wealth Management unveils new stockbroking service
In September 2011 SG Wealth Management bought Ipswich firm of Stan Gaskin Ltd and it said the new stockbroking arm supports its growth as a leading player in the financial management sector.
07/04/2012
HNWIs more altruistic than advisers think
High net worth individuals are more altruistic than wealth advisers think, according to a global study published by Liechtenstein-headquartered private bank Kaiser Partner.
07/04/2012
Aberdeen crowned best group in the What Investment Trust Awards 2012
Aberdeen had the largest number of trusts achieving first quartile performance in their sectors over ten years, as well as a number of stand-out performers.
07/04/2012
Preserving wealth most important aspect of managing investments - study
The study, which focused on three key topics -- structure, investing, and succession and governance planning -- was conducted to find out more about what motivates family offices and to provide a collective insight to help family offices learn from each o
07/04/2012
Manchester United: Step aside, billionaires
Professional sports franchises are often discussed in the context of money – player contracts, labour disputes, purchase prices and the like.
07/03/2012
Barclays resignations rattle U.S. wealth unit
The venerable British bank was halfway toward completing a $500 million, five-year plan to build a brokerage franchise aimed at wealthy Americans when Robert Diamond, the Massachusetts-born chief executive who authorized the plan, resigned.