07/08/2012
The appointments are part of group chief executive Jonathan Polin’s change management programme, and what is described as an acknowledgement of the pair’s contribution in the group’s restructure.
07/08/2012
Education is unequal, too. In 2009-10 only 10-15% of students entering the elite Indian Institutes of Management were female.
07/08/2012
Positive revenue growth year on year, up 4% to £36.4m
07/08/2012
SINGAPORE When Bob Diamond came to Singapore in 2004 to open Barclays' back office at The Atrium, the bank then employed about 500 people, with 150 in investment banking.
07/08/2012
George Osborne is preparing to defend the right of British banks to pay large bonuses against EU plans to cap the pay-outs, it emerged last night.
07/08/2012
Aberdeen Asset Management is supporting its sponsorship of the Scottish Open with a 30 second television advertising campaign that will run in the United States, UK, and Europe.
07/05/2012
Women are significantly under-represented in the financial planning profession, with only one quarter of financial planners being female. So what are we doing to correct this imbalance?
07/05/2012
Swiss private banking unit looking for new owner
"I don't think the process will start until after he arrives, but they want to have something ready for him to sell," one of the sources said.
07/05/2012
The study by the Asian Development Bank and the University of Hong Kong's Comparative Education Research Centre says shadow education is fast becoming a permanent but expensive fixture in Asia - with countries like Japan spending a whopping $12 billi
07/05/2012
The robust performance of Chinese GDP has made it one of the most favorable investment destinations for wealth management firms across the globe.
07/05/2012
Swiss private bank to cut jobs
Spokesman Reto Giudicetti confirmed comments by Chief Executive Zeno Staub in an interview with the Handelszeitung newspaper on Thursday that the bank would have to lose an unspecified number of positions.
07/05/2012
The package, aimed at plugging industry gaps in the availability of Shariah compliant products, covers fiduciary deposits, property financing, equities, Islamic fixed income instruments (Sukuks), mutual funds (including exchange-traded funds), third-party
07/05/2012
Under the management of Scotia Asset Management, each fund within Scotia Private Client Group Pools will be offered as a separate class of shares within the corporation. Investors can switch from one class of shares to another without triggering an immedi
07/05/2012
“We’re seeing bigger teams now making bold moves and moving to another wirehouse or out of the space completely,” said Alois Pirker, research director at the Boston-based Aite Group, which studies wealth management trends.
07/05/2012
“from weeks or months to just hours in many cases”
07/05/2012
The Global Guide provides corporations with a much needed tool to allow more efficient measurement of corporate giving on a global scale.
07/05/2012
New private bank Scoban is entering its next stage of development after successfully raising £5 million after two rounds of fund raising.
07/05/2012
The payment follows the completion of an independent third party review
07/04/2012
High net worth individuals are more altruistic than wealth advisers think, according to a global study published by Liechtenstein-headquartered private bank Kaiser Partner.
07/04/2012
Aberdeen had the largest number of trusts achieving first quartile performance in their sectors over ten years, as well as a number of stand-out performers.