05/25/2012

Executive Pay Back Under Spotlight At HSBC

Executive pay will again come under the spotlight today as shareholders of HSBC (HBC) become the latest group of investors to vote on banking remuneration, as the so-called "shareholder spring" of pay revolts continues apace.

05/24/2012

Carnegie names new President and CEO

He has more than 20 years’ experience of wealth management and joins Carnegie from Swedbank Robur, where he is CEO and a member of Swedbank’s senior management.

05/23/2012

Power to Asia’s women

Yet few women in Asia make it to the top. Social norms undervalue girls and women, with sex-selection abortions resulting in an estimated 1.3 million girls per year not being born in China and India alone.

05/23/2012

UBS will merge wealth mgmt, investment Offices - HZ says

Ulrich Hoffmann, currently head of operations in the wealth management unit, will lead the combined department, which will have 7,000 workers, the Swiss newspaper reported in a pre- release of an article to be published tomorrow.

05/22/2012

City gender pay gap hits 21pc

Women working in the City earn 21pc less than their male counterparts, new figures on the gender pay gap show.

05/22/2012

Wells Fargo plans asset-management expansion abroad

The firm will add foreign stock and bond strategies to its U.S.-based mutual-fund unit, open six more Luxembourg-based funds for offshore clients and wrest business from competitors, Niedermeyer said.