05/01/2015

In flux: private banking in 2015

Private banking and wealth management can be hugely lucrative, bringing in fees and boosting profits in a way that other areas of banking struggle to match

05/01/2015

Praxis and IFM merger receives regulatory approval

THE merger of Guernsey-based Praxis Group and Jersey-based IFM Group to create one of the largest independent and owner-managed financial services groups headquartered in the Channel Islands has been given regulatory approval.

05/01/2015

Ex-Brewin Brighton trio launch wealth boutique

Brewin directors Pegler, Ewen Emmerson and Francis Jarman have founded Brighton Capital Management, alongside former Barclays Wealth head of strategy and proposition Tim O’Connor.

05/01/2015

Don’t Underestimate the Robos

Some advisers might think, “Sure, ‘robo advisers’ can take customers money and invest it. But they can’t really know those customers well enough to be true fiduciaries.”