04/05/2012

Private client portfolios bounce back after 2011 rollercoaster

According to the latest estimates from Asset Risk Consultants (ARC), Sterling Cautious, Sterling Balanced Asset, Sterling Steady Growth and Sterling Equity Risk private client indices (PCI) all ended quarter one in positive territory.

04/05/2012

Singapore Cuts Options for Wealthy Seeking Permanent Stay

Singapore will end a program that allows wealthy individuals to gain permanent residence quicker by putting money in the island, after an influx of foreigners in recent years spurred property prices and fueled voter anger.

04/05/2012

What type of UAE expat are you?

A new survey documenting the changing face of expatriate life has identified five different types of modern British expat.

04/04/2012

Veteran Merrill Lynch adviser goes independent

Pritchard left the brokerage, now owned by Bank of America Corp, in late March to set up his own practice with Concert Wealth Management, a start-up firm that works with independent advisers. He managed $100 million in client assets at Merrill.

04/04/2012

France reviews trust approach

Trusts have always been viewed suspiciously by the French authorities. New legislation imposes draconian reporting obligations where any of the settlors, trustees or beneficiaries are French resident.

04/03/2012

UBS Pays Brokers Top Dollar To Join Wealth Management Unit

UBS has reportedly added nearly 50 reputed U.S. brokers to its payroll over this quarter – almost completely on the back of hefty signing bonuses. [1] The move looks in-line with the Swiss bank’s strategy of growing its wealth management busin

04/02/2012

Lawsuits test UBS advice on offshore bank accounts

Tax lawyers describe the suits, emerging from a crackdown by federal authorities on Swiss banks, as the first of their kind in the United States to assert that Swiss bankers made improper assertions to their U.S. clients about the tax implications of thei

04/02/2012

Citi's Duttagupta on Asian Wealth, Investor

The number of Asians with at least $100 million in disposable assets overtook North America’s tally for the first time as the world’s “economic center of gravity” continued moving east, Citi said today in the report published in pa

04/02/2012

Generali targets HNW in the UK

In one of the boldest moves by an offshore life company in recent years, Generali PanEurope this month will formally begin to target the UK high-net-worth and UHNWI market with a flagship portfolio product and wealth structuring services