04/20/2012

World’s Richest Worth $1 Trillion on Billionaire List

The 40 richest individuals on Earth lost a combined $6.2 billion yesterday as stocks dropped amid disappointing U.S. earnings, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, a daily ranking of the wealthiest people.

04/20/2012

Billionaire Families Join Pledge on Giving

The billionaire founders of PayPal and Broadcom Corp. are among a dozen wealthy families that have agreed to give the majority of their wealth to charity, following in the footsteps of technology entrepreneurs such as Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg.

04/20/2012

Saudi women expanding wealth management role

A prestigious forum is being held in Jeddah today to help women in the Kingdom to improve their understanding of real estate investments, focusing particularly on the British market.

04/19/2012

Hargreaves Lansdown defies volatile markets

Hargreaves Lansdown, the quoted financial adviser, reported a £2.6bn rise in assets under administration to a record £26bn in the three months to the end of March as investor confidence rose slightly despite volatile markets.

04/19/2012

Wealth managers quietly shed jobs

All major Australian wealth groups are believed to be undertaking significant strategic changes following a reduction of fund inflow and poor equity markets.

04/18/2012

Citigroup shareholders reject CEO pay

The shareholder vote, mandated by the "say on pay" legislation under the Dodd-Frank Act, was taken at the firm's annual meeting in Dallas.

04/18/2012

BNP Paribas To Move London Wealth Business‎

Ludovic de Montille, UK chairman of BNP Paribas, said: “This long-term real estate strategy has been formulated to serve our needs in London and focusing our operations on these two campuses will allow for future growth, further improve our ability