Managers of Wealth

Managing Asia’s Wealth The HSBC Way

HSBC’s Bernard Rennell wants to work with Asia’s wealthy families on both corporate & private banking.

Singapore steps up as a global wealth capital

City-state increasingly seen as a regional ‘centre of expertise,’ says Canadian who heads up BMO private banking there

Coutts launches pilot scheme that enables customers of the bank to video call their advisor

Customers will be able to speak to several advisors from across the Bank simultaneously and also invite other parties such as joint-account holders additional account signatories or even external professionals to join.

Swiss reject plan to hoard gold, limit immigration

The plan would have forced the Swiss National Bank to buy massive amounts of gold

Swiss to end role as tax haven?

WEALTHY foreigners who have sought tax exile in Switzerland could be tempted to find a new home elsewhere — many in Britain — if Swiss voters back a referendum today abolishing their special status.

Old money chases the new, new thing – again

Tech bubble worries shadow markets

NCB Capital wins best research house award in Euromoney poll

NCB Capital, a major provider of wealth management services in the GCC and claimed to be Saudi Arabia’s largest asset manager, has been named the best overall research house in the annual Euromoney Middle East Equity Research awards for 2014.

Hong Kong's future as financial hub under threat from mainland China

Hong Kong will have to reinvent itself again because it underestimated mainland's ability to evolve

Jersey private client professionals lead the way in Powerful Women list

36 of Jersey’s most influential women have been named in the Citywealth’s IFC Power Women Top 200 list, which was published last week and features women working in a wide range of areas including government, private wealth, private client advi

The Banker Names Butterfield “Bank Of Year”

On Friday, 28 November, international banking industry publication, The Banker, named The Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son Limited and Butterfield Bank Limited the recipients of its Bank of the Year 2014 Awards in Bermuda and the Cayman Islands.

Bellpenny pushes £3bn in assets after £300m IFA deal

Bellpenny’s 23rd acquisition will see Unizone’s financial planners and more than 20 support staff join the firm.

Banking on the nod from an elite club

At 1.30pm on the first Wednesday of this month, Stephen Lewis received the call he and a select bunch of his colleagues had been nervously awaiting for months

UBS Group Starts Trading as Switzerland’s Top Bank Reorganizes

UBS Group became the bank’s majority owner with over 90 percent of voting rights today after investors swapped their original UBS AG stock.

FCA: the three risks facing wealth management industry

The Financial Conduct Authority’s wealth head has highlighted three key risks facing the private client industry.

ARC launches Swiss franc private client indices

Independent investment consultancy Asset Risk Consultants has launched four Swiss franc denominated private client indices.

Saunderson House sponsors the Global Law Summit

It is supported by organisations including The Law Society of England and Wales, The Bar Council, ComBar, Ministry of Justice, TheCityUK and UKTI.

Switzerland's bank staff shun aid fund for U.S. tax case

Only a handful of staff at Swiss banks have drawn on a $2.6 million fund set up to help bankers and other employees who have fallen on hard times because of a U.S. crackdown on tax evasion through hidden offshore accounts.

New UK investor visa measures could damage investment

Earlier this month the Home Office doubled the minimum threshold for a UK investor visa to £2m

How are Africa's millionaires giving back to society?

The World Bank's World Wealth Report for 2014 revealed a 3.7 per cent rise in the number of wealthy individuals in Africa.

Diamonds are forever

Top reason for borrowing against wedding rocks includes to cover divorce settlement costs

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