09/17/2012
The Supervisory Council of Norway’s national bank, Norges Bank, visited Singapore last week to learn more about investment strategies, capital markets, risk management and how Singapore manages its sovereign wealth.
09/17/2012
Today, Allianz unveiled the third edition of its "Global Wealth Report", which puts the asset and debt situation of private households in more than 50 countries under the microscope.
09/16/2012
The report, titled Capturing Growth in Adverse Times: Global Asset Management 2012, provides the findings of BCG's tenth annual study of the worldwide asset-management industry.
09/16/2012
Wealth-X has launched the latest edition of its World Ultra Wealth Report.
09/16/2012
Wealth management companies and private banks have cottoned on to something their cousins in institutional fund management have known for a long time: the value of a partnership with a large and steady custodian bank.
09/16/2012
London thrives as foreign art investors seek safe haven from political and financial instability
09/16/2012
The firm beat its target of becoming chartered by December 2012.
09/16/2012
Not content with advising the Queen, Coutts, the private bank, has other big ambitions: it wants to deliver the kind of investment service to its wealthy clients that sophisticated institutional investors are used to elsewhere. Its owner, Royal Bank of Sc
09/16/2012
Quilter first opened a dedicated office in Edinburgh in January 2011, soon after appointing Alan Aitchison as its head and Mark Hallam as investment manager.
09/13/2012
Williams de Broe moved on to Investec’s IT platform at the end of last month and the business has been rebranded as Investec Wealth & Investment with 15 offices around the UK.
09/13/2012
They focus on facts, not forecasts, looking for strong balance sheets, low debt and simple business models.
09/13/2012
UBS is looking at capping bankers’ bonuses as the Swiss bank joins its European peers in cracking down on remuneration schemes following regulatory and investor pressure.
09/13/2012
“Every business unit, and every individual, will have a balanced scorecard derived from the group’s, and against which they are measured. Compensation will be based on the balanced scorecard,” he explained.
09/13/2012
AXA Wealth has removed its commission-related charges it retains on top-ups to reflect the fact commission will not be paid after the retail distribution review (RDR).
09/13/2012
WealthInsight, specialists in data on high net worth individuals, have released the latest figures on UK multimillionaires - defined as having net assets of more than US$30m - broken down by where they live.
09/12/2012
"A strong investment bank franchise in Asia, Eastern Europe and the Middle East gives the bank access to entrepreneurs and other wealthy individuals."
09/12/2012
The deVere Group, the world's largest independent financial advisory, is proud to announce that it has selected Goldman Sachs Asset Management as one of its preferred Fund Advisers to provide exclusive investment management solutions to its clients
09/12/2012
The paper outlines the digital demands next generation customers will present as they inherit the current population’s wealth in just a few years.
09/12/2012
Germany’s oldest privately owned bank is seeking to add sales staff to its two-strong New York office, as the head of its UK operations suggested that US investors could return to European equities “very quickly” in the right conditions.
09/12/2012
Pre-tax profit was £8.5m on revenue of £53.3m compared to £7.3m off £52.2m a year earlier.