06/02/2013
Knight Vinke, a shareholder in UBS, launched a campaign a month ago to marshal other investors into supporting a breakup of the Swiss bank. UBS, which last year said it will let 10,000 staff go as it largely withdraws from fixed income, had not responded
06/02/2013
RBS is getting in better and better shape and they won't need to sell Coutts to raise capital,
06/02/2013
HighTower deploys its proven transition resources so advisors and their clients can seamlessly realize the robust resources available on HighTower's platform.
06/02/2013
Walker Crips Group has completed the sell-off of its subsidiary Keith Bayley Rogers and Company Limited to BWV Investments Limited.
06/01/2013
The Swiss National Bank is responsible for maintaining the stability of the country's financial system but isn't obligated to rescue banks
06/01/2013
We are becoming a society in which more emphasis is placed on philanthropy as a social good. It’s often portrayed as much more noble and efficient than paying taxes (especially to “untrustworthy” politicians).
06/01/2013
A generation of "opinion formers" has assured us that the rich are none of our business. If others become extremely wealthy, it is self-defeating to criticise them.
06/01/2013
We are looking at the family offices segment as an opportunity for growth,
05/31/2013
Clients are mad as hell, and they're not going to take it anymore—unless the industry makes some changes.
05/31/2013
George H. Weiler III, senior vice president for wealth-management services at UBS AG, has died. He was 69.
05/31/2013
A new wealth management firm targeted at LGBT investors in Asia estimates that LGBT consumers across the region
05/30/2013
His contract renewal was widely expected
05/30/2013
Puri has been leading the country’s second largest private bank since 1994
05/30/2013
One of the key reforms put in place in the settlement was the bar on basing the compensation of stock analysts on their contribution to investment banking revenue.
05/30/2013
Swiss private bank Julius Bär is aiming to have a majority of its clients from Asia after it acquired Bank of America Merrill Lynch's private banking business outside the United States.
05/30/2013
Patrick Artus as Chief Economist of the Bank
05/30/2013
Personal wealth growth in Australia has outpaced Europe and the United States - but it lags behind Asia.
05/29/2013
A majority of wealth owners in the region intend to continue to invest their money in the Middle East at the expense of other regions
05/29/2013
Our monthly survey breaks down Affluent investor preferences by Millionaire and Non-Millionaire households
05/29/2013
The results for the REYL Group underline its continued growth and the attractiveness of a diversified product range customised for a client base comprising international entrepreneurs and institutional investors.