Managers of Wealth

Asia's Wealth Industry Booting out Clients in Costly Clean-Up

The clean-up is mainly focused on problematic clients in the Asian financial hubs of Singapore and Hong Kong, which manage more than $1 trillion of managed assets combined.

SPW Global High Quality Fund: Our winning strategy is to bet big, be dynamic... and hold lots of cash

A phalanx of investment funds are set up in this way in the hope of benefiting from the success of global brands spreading their wings further and generating higher profits.

Safra National Bank of New York acquires Bank Hapoalim's Private Banking Business in Miami

The acquisition is expected to be completed during the course of the first quarter of 2017

Julius Baer celebrates 40 years in Bahrain

Julius Baer announced the hiring of four relationship managers, thus doubling the number of RMs onsite

Wealthy Americans have a new attitude about traveling and it should terrify hotel chains

Travelers want to sample a destination's food, take in its art scene, and go out where the locals do.

Bank Hapoalim to sell Miami portfolio to Safra Bank

$16.5 million deal subject to regulatory approval; client services expected to be transferred by March 2017

Netwealth partners for new private label

The feedback from our clients to date has been extremely positive, particularly around our ability to react quickly to changing market conditions and to better manage downside risk.

HSBC to accelerate hiring in China next year, defying challenges

HSBC is starting its credit-card business in China on Monday after receiving regulatory approval to issue cards by itself, having previously done so in partnership with Bank of Communications Co.

Finding a niche in Asian asset management

The big challenge for providers is coming up with funds that embody good ideas.

Children of Chinese billionaires may inherit wealth in next decade

The Hurun Research Institute has predicted that in the next five years.

Fairstone adds £140m FUM with My Wealth Management acquisition

Fairstone has made four other acquisitions in the last three months

Barclays named best Overall GCC Private Bank

WealthBriefing rewards Barclays with its most prestigious private banking award in the region

UBS picks Frankfurt over London for wealth management business

The choice of a societas Europaea as the corporate structure for the entity provides UBS with strategic flexibility.

Credit Suisse sees Brazilian reforms spurring repatriation of assets

Executives and bankers said the government's ability to nudge lawmakers into passing pension and budget bills is key to help Brazil's economy decouple from global volatility.

Asia's wealth industry booting out clients in costly clean-up

Bankers expect a new round of consolidation among small wealth managers, as the costs of client due diligence and surveillance become unsustainable.

How Wealth Managers Can Ride the Fintech Wave

Innovation in the fintech sector is being driven by many of the same trends

South Africa must tackle dominant firms to achieve better wealth distribution

But this narrative keeps the country trapped in the past.

DBS, Bank of Singapore ready for acquisitions in wealth mission

DBS Group Holdings and Bank of Singapore have already announced at least US$400 million of acquisitions

RBC Wealth Management net income up 55% from a year ago

Results were driven by strong results in Wealth Management, which includes City National Bank (City National), and higher earnings in Insurance, which includes the Q3/16 gain on the sale of our home and auto insurance manufacturing business.

Expert comment: £10m financial services poaching case dropped

Financial services firms are paying the price for failing to give proper consideration to restrictive covenants

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