02/17/2012
Stifel reports 16th consecutive year of record net revenues
The Private Client Group reported net revenues of $205.1 million
02/17/2012
Stifel reports 16th consecutive year of record net revenues
The Private Client Group reported net revenues of $205.1 million
02/17/2012
Vontobel slumps as it cuts dividend, profit drops - Zurich Mover
Net income dropped 23 percent to 113.7 million Swiss francs ($122.7 million) from 147.8 million francs a year earlier, the Zurich-based firm said today.
02/17/2012
WD Chase de Vere plans Edinburgh office
Virginia Faulkner, the head of AWD Chase de Vere’s Scottish operations, is expected to oversee the two offices until they reach capacity.
02/17/2012
SGPB Hambros restructures wealth planning team and looks to increase headcount
The restructure is aimed at recognising many high net worth clients have an international dimension to their money affairs, while many non-domiciled clients will need help with the UK aspects of their situation.
02/17/2012
Close To Launch New Discretionary Fund Management Offering
The Tailored Portfolio Service being planned is a discretionary fund management service.
02/17/2012
Societe Generale chief says trader bonuses will halve after profit fall
France’s second biggest bank, Societe Generale, is to follow the example set yesterday by its larger rival, BNP Paribas, and halve bonuses paid to traders working in its investment banking arm.
02/17/2012
SocGen CEO ‘Happy’ With Start to 2012
Societe Generale Chief Executive Frederic Oudea predicted a better 2012 after the French bank reported a worse-than-expected 88.6 percent fall in quarterly profit in the last three months of 2011 on Thursday.
02/17/2012
Avoiding the Siren Song of Emotions: Notes from the Wealth Management Conference
What do Homer’s Odyssey, Boombustology, and “financialese” have to do with wealth management? Quite a lot, it turns out.
02/17/2012
Guardian Wealth Management to open “state of the art” UK office
The company has appointed the former head of financial planning for Bluefin Group, to spearhead the UK financial planning division
02/17/2012
Swiss Private Bank Chief Asian Economist Resigns
He previously worked at Fortis Bank SA and Standard Chartered
02/16/2012
Citi Private Bank client buys Kingsley by Thistle hotel
The owner of the Kingsley by Thistle hotel has sold the freehold for the building to a private client of Citi Private Bank for around £40m.
02/16/2012
Ralph & Russo at Coutts
Coutts has taken banks’ public image problem more literally than most.
02/16/2012
Chinese Shift to Wealth Products Undermines Banks
“The math is simple. I need something safe and with return that can at least beat inflation.”
02/16/2012
Falling inflation to keep rates low, yield in demand - Coutts
Annual inflation slowed to a 14-month low in January, as last year’s VAT hike dropped out of the annual comparison and weak consumer demand relieved price pressures. This will help keep interest rates low and real rates, adjusted for inflation, neg
02/16/2012
ANZ names global wealth and private banking CEO
She played a major role in ANZ's acquisition of a majority stake in ING Australia and was on the board of OnePath.
02/15/2012
Credit Suisse Private Banking Introduces "Strategic Philanthropy: Guide to Evaluation"
It includes four issue briefs that illustrate how evaluation has been used for different program areas, as well as case studies of how different philanthropists have chosen to incorporate evaluation in their work.
02/15/2012
Institutional wealth manager to acquire SIBT's trust operations outsourcing unit
The acquisition of SITS represents a continuation of the strong growth RIS has experienced over the last seven years. The transaction is expected to close on March 31, 2012.
02/15/2012
HSBC launches Next Generation Fund for HNW's
“HSBC has been researching emerging managers for many years, and we have an established track record of investing in some of the best new managers in the industry. This Fund provides our clients with direct access to a new generation of hedge fund m
02/15/2012
I think I love you - so what's your net worth?
Decades of pop culture have cemented the notion that love conquers all – including money.
02/15/2012
Wealth management struggles amid strong Commbank result
The CBA has recorded a statutory net profit after tax for the half year ended Dec 31 2011 of $3.624 billion, a 19% increase on the previous corresponding period, in a strong result unaided by its wealth management arm which recorded a loss.