08/30/2012
    
    
    
      Following the decision to drop its long-standing strapline, 'The World’s Local Bank' last year, HSBC has been moving to position itself as an authority on global trends, including through its 'In The Future' campaign, looking at     
  
  
  
  
  
    
       08/29/2012
    
    
    
      Royal Bank of Canada today reported record net income of $2,240 million for the quarter ended July 31, 2012, up $946 million or 73% from the prior year.    
  
  
  
    
       08/29/2012
    
    
    
      This new 20% minimum is believed to reflect some dissatisfaction on the part of  Liechtenstein’s wealth management industry with the amount of permanent business it is retaining as a result of the LDF scheme, as many of those making disclosures are     
  
  
  
    
       08/28/2012
    
    
    
      Earlier this month, UBS Wealth Management America unveiled to its brokers a plan to offer loans of up to US$150 million ($187 million) collateralised by works of art, rare musical instruments and fine silver.    
  
  
  
    
       08/28/2012
    
    
    
      The bank, which was founded in 1472, on Tuesday said in a statement that the bulk of the writedown was taken on its CGU Privati BMPS unit as well Banco Antonveneta, a 2007 acquisition analysts had deemed overpriced.    
  
  
    
       08/28/2012
    
    
    
      Weiss is understood to have been shopping the deal around for about a year, ever since he parted ways with GPG, the Ron Brierley-led corporate investment firm he ran for two decades.    
  
  
  
    
       08/28/2012
    
    
    
      In a challenging market environment, the international private banking and asset management company LGT Group increased group profit for the first six months of 2012 by a substantial 58% to CHF 130 million as against the same period of the previous year.     
  
  
  
  
    
       08/27/2012
    
    
    
      Investment trusts hope to see increased popularity once a ban on adviser commission comes into force next year, but perceptions of liquidity problems still plague the sector, say analysts.    
  
  
  
  
    
       08/27/2012
    
    
    
      But as Kevin Sidders, a former investment banker at Credit Suisse (CS) and Blue Beacon Capital, starts talking about his new business, VinConnect Inc., over our ceviche lunch in New York, I become seriously intrigued.