04/24/2012

Financial Reform Will Lead to Emphasis on Credentials: IMCA CEO

IMCA, the Investment Management Consultants Association, provides credentials and education to the wealth management industry and is growing. Last year, IMCA’s Certified Investment Management Analyst certification became the first financial services

04/24/2012

Asian millionaires on the rise

Wealth managers also expected those with $30m of investable assets to account for 24 per cent of their $3tn under management, up from 19 per cent in 2011.

04/24/2012

Barclays Wealth continues APAC expansion

Barclays today announced that it has appointed four senior private bankers in Singapore, in a move that underlines Singapore’s importance as a wealth management hub for the bank

04/23/2012

City funds prepare assault on excessive executive pay

Pay packages for executives in Britain’s biggest companies have escalated out of all proportion to their financial performance or value to society, some of the City’s most powerful investors warn today.

04/20/2012

FTSE license charges leave wealth managers seething

A spokesperson for FTSE denied any changes in its commercial policy, particularly for Apcims members. She added: ‘Our current licensing requirements remain. There may have been some members who were not aware of this.’

04/20/2012

Brewin Dolphin expands in Cheltenham

Alex Barrell, head of the Cheltenham office said: “We are very excited about our move. We needed to find larger premises but didn’t want to leave Cheltenham so St James’ is perfect.

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.