09/17/2012
The Supervisory Council of Norway’s national bank, Norges Bank, visited Singapore last week to learn more about investment strategies, capital markets, risk management and how Singapore manages its sovereign wealth.
09/17/2012
Brazilian-Swiss private bank set to control 90.47 pct of Sarasin after minority offer
The bought a controlling stake in the Swiss private bank from Dutch cooperative Rabobank last year.
09/17/2012
Today, Allianz unveiled the third edition of its "Global Wealth Report", which puts the asset and debt situation of private households in more than 50 countries under the microscope.
09/16/2012
RBC has also made a number of leadership changes recently to reflect those priorities.
09/16/2012
UBS could be better positioned in Latin America, but it is doing very well in Asia.
09/16/2012
Wealth management companies and private banks have cottoned on to something their cousins in institutional fund management have known for a long time: the value of a partnership with a large and steady custodian bank.
09/16/2012
The firm beat its target of becoming chartered by December 2012.
09/16/2012
Not content with advising the Queen, Coutts, the private bank, has other big ambitions: it wants to deliver the kind of investment service to its wealthy clients that sophisticated institutional investors are used to elsewhere. Its owner, Royal Bank of Sc
09/16/2012
Quilter first opened a dedicated office in Edinburgh in January 2011, soon after appointing Alan Aitchison as its head and Mark Hallam as investment manager.
09/13/2012
They focus on facts, not forecasts, looking for strong balance sheets, low debt and simple business models.
09/13/2012
At present, nine asset owners, 14 asset managers and nine professional service partners in Germany have signed up the UN PRI.
09/13/2012
Manulife Private Wealth's goals-based investment management approach uses a team model to leverage Manulife Asset Management's extensive experience in domestic and international institutional investment management with expertise across asset cla
09/13/2012
UBS is looking at capping bankers’ bonuses as the Swiss bank joins its European peers in cracking down on remuneration schemes following regulatory and investor pressure.
09/13/2012
“Every business unit, and every individual, will have a balanced scorecard derived from the group’s, and against which they are measured. Compensation will be based on the balanced scorecard,” he explained.
09/13/2012
AXA Wealth has removed its commission-related charges it retains on top-ups to reflect the fact commission will not be paid after the retail distribution review (RDR).
09/13/2012
The report, titled Capturing Growth in Adverse Times: Global Asset Management 2012, provides the findings of BCG's tenth annual study of the worldwide asset-management industry.
09/13/2012
WealthInsight, specialists in data on high net worth individuals, have released the latest figures on UK multimillionaires - defined as having net assets of more than US$30m - broken down by where they live.
09/13/2012
Millionaires are most likely to seek the services of a full-service broker, but those at the very top of the wealth pyramid are looking for different types of advice, according to the latest Millionaire Corner study, $25 Million Plus Investor 2012.
09/12/2012
According to the Capgemini and RBC Wealth Management World Wealth Report 2012, the number of Asia-Pacific HNWIs hit 3.37 million in 2011, compared to 3.35 million in North America, and 3.17 million in Europe.
09/12/2012
"A strong investment bank franchise in Asia, Eastern Europe and the Middle East gives the bank access to entrepreneurs and other wealthy individuals."