09/12/2012
"With this reform, we want to improve and strengthen the acceptance of the flat-rate tax," Swiss Finance Minister Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf told parliament, adding it would mean that 80 percent of those involved would pay more tax after the chang
09/11/2012
The SNB has been piling up euro holdings to defend the franc ceiling of 1.20 versus the single currency introduced in September 2011.
09/11/2012
The taxman has extracted an extra £500m from Britain’s richest people thanks to a special unit set up three years ago to target “high net worth” individuals.
09/11/2012
The investing environment is expected to be choppy for the next 3-5 years, causing investors to delve deeper into non-traditional investment opportunities to protect wealth
09/11/2012
Nine out of ten of the women on the list played pivotal roles in the expansion of their companies.
09/11/2012
If the question isn't rhetorical, then the answer is "no."
09/11/2012
France’s biggest bank Details Plan to Expand U.S. Wealth Management
France’s biggest bank, embarked on a five-year plan to expand services to affluent U.S. clients as the company looks to businesses beyond its core European market for growth.
09/11/2012
In an environment of falling interest rates, heightened market volatility, increasingly correlated share price movements and relentless inflationary pressure, finding a lower risk investment solution capable of preserving wealth in real terms has proved a
09/11/2012
Williams de Broë has been swallowed up by Investec Wealth and Investment in an acquisition that has boosted IW&I’s assets under management to £20bn, Jonathan Wragg has claimed.
09/10/2012
SEI will work with Ryland Gray and the SERCO trustees to design a strategy that seeks to match their investments to the liabilities of their end-of-service benefit scheme.
09/10/2012
“Even if it’s tough and times are not as good as they have been, people would rather be here in Asia than anywhere else,” he says.
09/10/2012
Arbuthnot Latham is looking to launch an offshore arm as it gears up for growth under the leadership of new chief executive James Fleming.
09/10/2012
J.P. Morgan Private Bank is to sponsor the UK-focused 8th biennial Beacon Awards for Philanthropy, which honor individuals for exceptional work and best standards in the sector.
09/10/2012
Philanthropic giving has been on the rise in Asia over the past few years.
09/10/2012
HSBC has announced the launch of Discretionary Wealth Management services in Middle East and North Africa 'MENA', offering customers access to their own segregated investment portfolios.
09/10/2012
That trend is happening for two reasons: Not only are the rich getting richer, but the middle class is also getting poorer.
09/10/2012
RBC's business segments for financial reporting purposes will be: Investor & Treasury Services; Personal & Commercial Banking; Capital Markets; Wealth Management; and Insurance.
09/10/2012
While a global program, its focus remains on the strong Asian HNW market, emphasizing how important Asia is for wealth managers looking to grow assets under management and how competitive this market is becoming.
09/10/2012
Bank signals more jobs could go amid plans to cut costs by €4.5bn a year and slash bonuses to senior staff
09/09/2012
Cases such as the official with several expensive timepieces raise questions about corruption and nepotism, experts say