02/05/2019
One of UBS' top fixed-income executives in the US has left the firm and is investing in marijuana and opening up gyms instead
Swasbrook joined UBS in 2015 from Deutsche Bank
Executive Moves
02/05/2019
Froriep Poaches at Baker McKenzie
We are pleased to welcome Dr. Hubert Orso Gilliéron, who will be joining our law firm as a partner from 1 February 2019.
02/05/2019
Wealth manager appoints new CEO and board member
With six years’ experience as a director of the 31-year-old Leeds-based firm
02/05/2019
Family Office Exchange makes strategic new hires
We recognise that dramatic changes will occur over the next decade, from major transitions in private business ownership to new views on entrepreneurship and engagement.
02/05/2019
Mattioli Woods cuts 18 jobs in ‘efficiency’ drive
The company has also reviewed its approach to using consultants and cut back the number by 10 to 120.
02/04/2019
Former SMRT chief Desmond Kuek joins Swiss bank UBS as a divisional vice-chairman
"He is tenacious, always calm under pressure and not afraid to take on the toughest challenges with commitment and perseverance.
02/04/2019
Barclays appoints new head of private clients in India
His track record in private banking in India will enable us to expand and deepen our client relationships to deliver solutions from across Barclays International."
02/04/2019
Former SMRT CEO Desmond Kuek to join UBS global wealth management
Before SMRT, he was Permanent Secretary at Singapore's Ministry of Environment and Water Resources
02/04/2019
New CEO and Director for Wealth Management Firm
He has spent 35 years working in investment management and brings extensive experience in private client management.
02/04/2019
7IM senior investment manager departs
7IM had not responded to a request for comment at the time of publication.
02/04/2019
Universal-Investment names new Country Head of Luxembourg
He started his career at State Street in Boston, Massachusetts, and moved to Ireland to build up the bank’s Dublin office and expand business with institutional investors.
02/04/2019
DM Wealth & Asset Management appoints director of its private banking division
Barcelona-based EDM is an independent wealth and asset management company founded in 1989
02/04/2019
One-time bond king Bill Gross to retire from Janus Henderson
Bill Gross, the one-time bond king at Pimco and later Janus Henderson, announces his retirement.
02/04/2019
The bonus is on you: Santander’s recent saga highlights the problems with deferred rewards
Anyone who has ever been employed will probably wonder how this could happen – aren’t paypackets discussed and agreed before you accept a job?
02/01/2019
Guardian Capital Group Announces Appointment of Doce Tomic as Head of Wealth Management Business Unit
The move further strengthens Guardian’s senior executive team and spearheads continuing efforts to enhance and grow the Company’s wealth management businesses in key markets, while bringing greater depth to the organization.
02/01/2019
Santander appoints int'l private banking head
The international private banking unit Rossell now leads holds strategic importance for Santander
01/31/2019
Brewin Dolphin makes another hire in planning push for high-net-worths
Managing director of financial planning Nick Fitzgerald says:“We are thrilled that somebody of Furqan’s calibre has joined us."
01/31/2019
Wells Fargo AM raids Schroders again
He has also held senior roles at ABN AMRO Asset Management, and Raiffeisen Bank in Vienna.
01/31/2019
Private Bank Hires Finance Boss
Austrian-born Tschuetscher-Alanyurt has experience in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, including at insurer Liechtenstein Life and Prisma Life, as finance chief.
01/31/2019
Swiss EFG International poaches ex-Enasarco CIO as head of Ticino PB unit
In an interview held in September 2018 with InvestmentEurope, while Rausch was still working for Enasarco, he said that they were increasing their exposure to passive strategies because the lack of scope to create alpha.