Managers of Wealth

The adviser’s confidence trick

The Eurozone debt crisis is the main culprit for our lack of confidence.

BNP Paribas profits helped by job and spending cuts

BNP Paribas reported good performances this quarter despite a challenging environment marked by another slowdown of Europe’s economic activity and a new market crisis.

Schroders posts strong first-half inflows, profits down ‎

First half net inflows at 2.7 billion pounds, were well above forecasts of 1.3 billion pounds, buoyed by a 1.9 billion pound influx of client cash into its institutional asset management business.

Barclays bolsters Midlands Private Banking team with Coutts hire

In his last role at Coutts, he was responsible for client management and business development within the Milton Keynes region and also has previous experience in opening a new wealth management office in Oxford.

Why Women Make Boardrooms Better

The study also found that in the middle of the decade when economic growth was relatively robust, there was little difference in share price performance between companies with and companies without women on the board.

Private banking: Wonder of world wealth

The global banks are allocating more resources to private banking and wealth management in a bid to capture the growing wealth globally and switch to more stable fee-based revenues.

Asian Millionaires Firing Private Bankers Take Control of Wealth

“I am very open to private banks for their propositions, but I want them to be relevant,” said Ang, who’s cut the amount of his family’s money managed by professionals to less than 5 percent from 25 percent three years ago. &ldqu

Former HSBC chiefs faces bonus clawbacks

One-time chief executive Michael Geoghegan and Sandy Flockhart, the head of the bank’s Mexican business for much of the period covered by the US investigation, are understood to be among former senior managers who face having parts of their bonus ta

KBC closes sale of private banking division‎

KBL epb remains one of the rare international banking groups to be headquartered in Luxembourg.

Standard Chartered 'a bridge between East and West' as profits jump 9pc

Standard Chartered said in its results statement that it has assisted clients in UK, Europe and the Americas, who are suffering with a debt crisis and government austerity measures, "to access the growth markets of Asia".

Asset Allocation Report - Rothschild

Is gold set to shine once again?

Modern Wealth Management Launches Model Portfolios for UK Clients

The Model Portfolios are now accessible to all clients as an integral part of the Saxo MWM platform.

F&C Asset Management H1 Net Loss Narrows

Net Revenue for the first half of 2012 declined to 120.6 million pounds from 137.0 million pounds reported for the same period last year.

H&R Block Tax Mogul to Leave Fortune to Family Foundation

Mr. Bloch, who tied for 39th on last year’s Philanthropy 50 list of the nation’s top donors, said the dollar amount of contributions to the foundation would remain private for now but that it would ultimately rank among the region’s larg

Switzerland loosens grip on the wealth management sector

But the strategy for success is not always straightforward, and now a number of regional players have come to the fore looking to challenge Swiss dominance in this field.

Urquhart Stewart: Family-focused IFAs to thrive post-RDR

The current economic and regulatory upheaval is providing opportunities for fee-based family financial planners and this trend is set to continue with the incoming Retail Distribution Review, the rise in technology and the current austerity, 7IM founder J

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