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Julius Baer commits to UN principles for responsible banking
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Bank of Singapore partners Edelweiss to capture Indian wealth market
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VP Bank concludes Catella Bank’s Luxembourg private banking business purchase
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Barclays gets go-ahead to shift £160bn of assets to Dublin amid Brexit uncertainty
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Broadridge and UBS Americas to Redefine Wealth Management Technology in North America
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Swiss private bank Reyl buys Luxembourg arm of Sweden’s Öhman
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UBS Group AG: UBS Europe SE completes acquisition of Nordea’s Luxembourg-based private banking business
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Rohit Malhotra Joins Wilmington Trust as Senior Private Banker in New York Office
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Lloyds plans to merge £13bn wealth unit into Schroders
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Credit Suisse integrates Apple Business Chat into private banking app
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HSBC Names VETERAN as Swiss CEO
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Millionaire boom in Asia pushes highest rate hike in decade for wealth managers
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Facebook asks banks for access to people’s intimate financial records
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ABN Amro Q2 results report slump in private banking profit
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HSBC Shifts European Branches to French Unit Control Ahead of Brexit
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UBS hires former top civil servant Lord Hill to advise clients on Brexit
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Crossbridge Capital rolls out new wealth management service in Singapore
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Bank Mandiri collaborates with Lombard Odier to develop private banking
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BNP Paribas Launches Growth Strategy
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Schroders Snaps Up Swiss Firm
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UBS Introduces Digital Signature
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EFG International Hires New Head For Central Switzerland and Italy
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UBS Rejects Settlement with France
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Swiss private bank Lombard Odier has reported a consolidated net profit of CHF124.5m for the…
Bloomberg World’s Richest Billionaires 2016 List
Bloomberg has compiled a comprehensive list of the world’s 200 richest people, detailing their estimated assets,…
Markus Leibundgut to become CEO of Swiss Life Switzerland on 1 April 2017
On 1 April 2017, Markus Leibundgut (47), currently CEO of Swiss Life Germany, will take…
The head of Morgan Stanley’s international wealth management team, James Jesse, has left the firm
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Lombard Odier Hires Coutts’ UHNW Head
Lombard Odier Private Bank has appointed Mike Edlinger as senior portfolio manager.Edlinger joins the London…
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120 banks from 60 countries around the world entered this year’s Global Private Banking Awards. The…
HSBC Private Bank has agreed to refer its clients in Monaco to CFM Indosuez
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Julius Baer Hires Ex-Barclays W&IM Managing Director
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Lombard International Outlines Global Growth Plans
Lombard International Outlines Global Growth Plans A number of reports have highlighted that the growth…
Falcon Private Bank COO Joins Avaloq
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UBS said to make cuts to private banking in Singapore
UBS has cut a handful of private bankers from operations in Singapore and Hong Kong in recent weeks…
Lux group ups UHNW expansion with Swiss bank purchase
Luxembourg-based Banque Havilland has acquired Swiss bank, Banque Pasche in a push to expand its…
Lux group ups UHNW expansion with Swiss bank purchase
Luxembourg-based Banque Havilland has acquired Swiss bank, Banque Pasche in a push to expand its…
Regions names new leader of private wealth management
Regions Bank’s high-net-worth wealth management unit has a new boss. Kate Randall Danella, an executive…
Credit Suisse Targets Rich Thais to Meet Wealth Goal (Correct)
Credit Suisse Group AG is targeting Thai millionaires as part of the firm’s goal to…
Deutsche Bank Names New Head of Wealth Management in the Americas
Patrick Campion is returning to Deutsche Bank. Campion has been named Head of Wealth Management in…
QFB developing new open architecture platform for private banking clients
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Credit Suisse gets welcome boost from private bank despite first-quarter loss
Credit Suisse posted its worst start to a year since the financial crisis amid a…
Credit Suisse eyes bigger share of private banking in Asia
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Union Bancaire Privée awarded Best Private Bank in MENA region
Dubai, UAE – Union Bancaire Privée (UBP) has been recognised as the Best Private Bank…
Commercial Bank launches new wedding package for Qataris
Commercial Bank, Qatar’s first private bank, has announced the launch of ‘Bshara,’ a complete package…
How private banks should manage difficult markets
The reality of today’s more complex and heavily-regulated financial industry means that private banks need…
Deutsche Bank Profit Sinks but Beats Expectations
Figures are German lender’s first full quarter under a new structure announced in October Deutsche…
EFG Buys Luxembourg Private Bank of UBI Banca After BSI Deal
EFG International AG, in its second deal this year, has agreed to buy the Luxembourg-based…
City National hires Gibraltar Private wealth exec
The trend of local banks hiring top talent from one another continues: Miami-based City National…
Ukraine Central Bank Gets Tough With Owners of Private Banks
Ukraine will closely track assets belonging to owners of banks to stop the offering of…
Swiss National Bank to keep rates on hold until mid-2017 at least: Reuters poll
Switzerland’s central bank is set to leave its benchmark interest rate unchanged in negative territory…
Hanspeter Brunner, Asia Head of Swiss Bank BSI, Steps Down
SINGAPORE—The head of Asian operations for Swiss bank BSI SA, Hanspeter Brunner, has “decided to…
Elkho Group is now sponsoring the French Federation of Tennis
Elkho Group becomes sponsor from this day of the Tennis Clubs in France: Our role: to…
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RBS ANNOUNCES NEW CEO OF PRIVATE BANKING – COUTTS AND ADAM
RBS today announces the appointment of Peter Flavel as Chief Executive of Private Banking, responsible…
ADCB launches new private banking division
Dubai: Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank (ADCB) is launching a new private banking division in an…
Ex-Julius Baer Manager Starts Family Office With $2.2 Billion
Carret Private, a Hong Kong-based multi- family office set up by a former Asian products…
Credit Agricole Private Bank taps old name for new gold
Credit Agricole Private Bank will be called Indosuez Wealth Management, reviving an old brand after…
Morgan Stanley to hire more bankers in Japan as rivals loom
[TOKYO] Morgan Stanley’s Japanese investment-banking joint venture plans to hire more bankers this year to…
UBS bolsters wealth arm with ex-Brevan Howard partners
The wealth management arm of Swiss investment bank UBS has created a new team to…
Advisor Rothschild still monitoring sale of AIB
Investment bank Rothschild is continuing to advise the Irish government and is monitoring stock markets…
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Despite its position of leader of the wealth management industry, the Swiss banking industry has…
Job of the Month – February 2016
Dear all, This excellent start to the year, the recruitment of Elkho Group expands in…
Swiss private bank Lombard Odier says PBOC has ordered suspension of funds that channel domestic savings abroad
Geneva’s oldest private bank Lombard Odier’s expansion plan into China has been hit by the…
Zurich to sell Luxembourg private bank unit to Lombard Int’l
The deal is subject to regulatory approvals and it is expected to complete in the…
Bank of Montreal Enters Robo-Advising Ahead of Other Lenders
Bank of Montreal starts signing up customers for its automated low-fee investment-advice platform this week,…
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HSBC appoints Rothschild for restructuring of private banking arm
HSBC has appointed advisers to spur the final phase of its private banking restructuring, after…
Julius Baer names new SE Asia private banking head
BANK Julius Baer has named a new head of private banking for South-east Asia with…
Banc of California Announces Record Private Banking Deposit Growth
Banc of California announced today its Private Banking Division grew deposits by over $340 million,…
Job of the Month – January 2016
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Private banks outshine PSBs in profit share in 2014-15
MUMBAI, DECEMBER 23: Private sector banks’ share in the total banking sector profits surpassed that…
Standard Chartered Names Von Daeniken Private Bank Head
Standard Chartered Plc named Barclays Plc’s Didier Von Daeniken global head of private banking and…
Switzerland to hold referendum on banning private banks from creating money
A radical initiative to strip private banks of their power to “create money” and make…
Bank of England votes 8-1 to hold rates at 0.5%
UK interest rates have been left unchanged again at 0.5% by the Bank of England’s…
ECB Raising the Dose
THE year started with the belated adoption by the European Central Bank of quantitative easing…
Exclusive: Credit Suisse, Julius Baer Eye Bids for BTG Pactual’s Swiss Unit-Sources
LONDON/SAO PAULO — Credit Suisse and Julius Baer are among a handful of banks vying…
QFB unveils new brand, private banking lounge
Qatar First Bank (QFB), the first independent Shariah-compliant financial institution regulated by the Qatar…
HSBC to Close India Private Banking Unit as Competition Grows
MUMBAI — HSBC Holdings Plc is closing its private banking unit in India as part…
European Commission Approves Greek Government Aid to Piraeus Bank
BRUSSELS — The European Commission approved on Sunday additional Greek government aid to the country’s…
Spanish Economic Growth Improved From Third Quarter in October-Economy Minister
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Paris Attacks Unlikely to Have Much Impact on UK or Global Economy
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Italy launches 3.6 billion euro bank rescue with new fund
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Credit Suisse to launch new digital wealth management offering.
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Wealth management: Private banks reconsider physical networks
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Global private banking: Head to head with America
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European liquidity boosts JPMorgan Private Bank
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RBS and other banks have ‘creaking IT systems’
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Britain leaving EU would affect credit rating, says Moody’s
Agency says Brexit would close UK off from common market, trade opportunities and protections, and…
HSBC to reveal plans over UK headquarters in face of bank levy
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German and French ministers call for radical integration of eurozone
Social democrat Sigmar Gabriel and French economics minister Emmanuel Macron call for embryo euro area…
UK financial system needs urgent overhaul, says thinktank
New Economics Foundation calls for banking reforms and warns that strength of Britain’s financial system…
Brussels warns UK over budget failings as Germans handed a reprieve
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Banks’ profits recover, but they are paying less in corporation tax
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Euromoney’s Private Banking Survey 2015: JPMorgan voted best global private bank
UBS pushed into second place; majority of private banks globally expect improved revenues in 2015.…
The World’s Next Mortgage Crisis?
How the rise of the Swiss franc could destabilize Europe My breakfast companion looked gloomy.…
Julius Baer Tells Clients to Switch Out of Franc Holdings
Julius Baer Group Ltd. is advising clients to switch out of Swiss franc cash accounts,…
Why 2015 Is a Make-or-Break Year for the Global Economy
Interview of Mrs Christine LAGARDE ,managing director of IMF , this January 22 <<As 2015…
THE ECB WILL BUY BONDS WORTH €60BN PER MONTH AT LEAST FOR 18 MONTHS TO REVIVE EU ECONOMY
The ECB said it would buy government bonds from this March until the end of…
Explanation of the Eurozone crisis
World leaders probably spend more time worrying about the eurozone crisis than anything else nowadays.…
Eurozone deflation threat to UK
There is an argument that falling prices in the eurozone, deflation, are good news for…
The euro zone slides into deflation : the good and the bad
TODAY’S figures from Eurostat confirmed what the markets had expected following reports already out from…
