08/27/2012
In the UK the restructure will see the creation of an advisers and investments business unit made up of Standard’s existing retail adviser, proposition, wealth and investment solutions businesses, reporting into Richard Charnock.
08/26/2012
Billionaire investors George Soros and John Paulson increased their stakes in the SPDR Gold Trust, the biggest gold-backed exchange-traded product, in the second quarter.
08/26/2012
According to the SonntagsZeitung, the stolen data on clients found its way into the hands of tax investigators in the German state of North Rhine Westphalia, with the thief paid an undisclosed sum.
08/26/2012
Switzerland’s data protection commissioner has waded into the United States tax evasion row by demanding that banks stop handing over information to the US authorities that reveal the identity of staff.
08/26/2012
The award, the first of its kind in the UAE banking sector
08/26/2012
'Asia's Best Brand,' award is conferred on manufacturers and companies of outstanding consumer products and focuses on the company brands and trademarks.
08/26/2012
Targeted at the bank's existing and new private client investors, the fund, which will be managed by Leona Nicholson, is made up of 65 global equities.
08/26/2012
Pay consultants expect the use of clawbacks to rise sharply this year following a string of recent banking scandals, including the manipulation of Libor and anti-money laundering failures.
08/26/2012
Hideously diverse Britain: a postcode problem for Parisians in London
08/23/2012
About 85% of middle-class people say it’s tougher now than a decade ago to maintain their living standards, according to the Pew Research Center report.
08/23/2012
That’s the biggest outperformance since 1998, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
08/23/2012
The rules would apply to advisers rather than discretionary managers, while sophisticated investors and high net worth individuals would be exempt from the restrictions.
08/23/2012
Maree, 53, is a former Rhodes scholar and the CEO of the Standard Bank Group, Africa’s largest financial services conglomerate.
08/23/2012
There is trouble closer to home, too: German politicians are threatening to tear up a treaty designed to head off attacks on Swiss banking secrecy.
08/23/2012
A Swiss bank bets on emerging markets
08/23/2012
Nationalised Dutch bank ABN AMRO on Friday said second-quarter profit fell as loan impairment charges doubled, and warned of further hits this year because of the fragile state of the Dutch economy.
08/23/2012
Leading private bank adapts defense play in Asia
Their preference for high quality bonds in the first half of 2012 spurred Coutts’ performance, and corporate bonds will remain an effective global hedge.
08/23/2012
Bank report to MPs reveals wealthiest boosted by QE and low base rate, but insists policy spared UK from even deeper slump
08/23/2012
A number of fund managers have begun establishing positions in the precious metal lately, as signs mount that the global economy is facing a troubled second half of 2012.
08/23/2012
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