07/29/2015
Barclays on track to buy African operations from mother company
Barclays Africa Group was also looking to enter the Nigerian market. It had submitted licence applications in the west African country but was awaiting a response.
Wealth and Asset Management
07/29/2015
Providing Wealth Management Services To Middle-Market Commercial Banking Clients
The amount of additional revenues that are likely range from increases of 50 percent to as much as quadrupling it – a function of the products provided.
07/29/2015
Rowan Dartington on hiring spree after SJP acquisition
Rowan Dartington will use the next few months before its acquisition by St James Place closes to review teams and bulk up staff.
07/29/2015
Firms See Increasing Need to Serve Global Families
Family Office Increases Resources To Serve International Families
07/29/2015
Envestnet recognized as a leader in transforming wealth management
Envestnet, Inc. continues to earn top wealth management industry awards.
07/29/2015
St James's Place blames levy increase for first half profit drop
Total funds under management at June 2015 were up 6.7%
07/29/2015
The growing wealth gap that nobody is talking about
Young people have always been poor, but today's young people are poorer than most
07/28/2015
HighTower Welcomes Guggenheim Wealth Management Business
Guggenheim has been a provider of alternative investments on the HighTower platform since 2011.
07/28/2015
High-Net Worth Huddle: Teaching Venture Capital To The World's Wealthiest
In a downstairs conference room in San Mateo, Calif., a dozen businessmen from around the world are listening to the nitty gritty about venture capital investing.
07/28/2015
Former Barclays Wealth advisers launch firm
Dynasty is a New York firm founded in 2010 by former Smith Barney and Citigroup Inc executives
07/28/2015
M&G lends Rathbones £20m to fund ‘medium-sized’ acquisition
The deal follows Rathbones purchase of Jupiter's wealth arm and part of Deutsche Bank's private client business last year.
07/28/2015
UBP says integration of Coutts International on schedule
Not including assets from Coutts, UBP posted assets under management of 93.1 billion francs at the end of June.
07/27/2015
VP Bank promotes Liechtenstein’s future as a finance hub
While many countries in Europe still contend with mounting debt and low investor confidence, Liechtenstein offers a sophisticated banking system and an unrivalled investment fund centre that is successfully encouraging long-term investments
07/27/2015
UBS Is Unifying Disparate Advisor-Service Platforms
UBS’s U.S. wealth-management division is the latest big advice firm to jump on the platform-unification bandwagon, unveiling the combination of its separately managed account
07/27/2015
Credit Suisse sees small cuts for investment arm in Asia
Asia-Pacific chief Helman Sitohang says that above-average returns justify retaining a strong investment bank presence in the region
07/27/2015
Meet the biggest winner in the history of Formula One
The American private equity house has earned more from the rise of the grand prix circuit than anyone else – even the sport’s supremo, Bernie Ecclestone
07/27/2015
AFH Financial buys two IFAs for £1.1m
IFA consolidator AFH Financial has bought Quest Financial Management and Phoenix Independent Financial Services for a combined £1.1m.
07/27/2015
UBS CEO says US wealth unit is not up for sale
UBS said on Monday its U.S.-based brokerage business, formed when UBS bought broker-dealer PaineWebber in 2000, is not up for sale.
07/27/2015
Vontobel of Switzerland Profit Surged 33% on Asset Management
Vontobel Holding AG, a Swiss bank and asset manager, said first-half profit rose 33 percent as revenue from managing client money surged.
07/27/2015
BHF Kleinwort Benson to review €675m Fosun takeover offer
The move is the most aggressive so far in a push by Fosun to acquire assets across Europe’s financial services industry.