Lombard Odier has become the first global wealth and asset manager to receive the B Corp certification, as recognition of its corporate sustainability. The B Corp award is a globally recognised accreditation for ESG performance, and involves a stringent assessment of such things as people management and environment footprint. B Corp is the initiative of…
Standard Chartered Private Bank has appointed Ali Hammad as Market Head, Private Banking, Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Ali is based in London and reports to Stephen Atkinson, Regional Head, Private Banking Europe, Middle East and Africa. Hammad brings with him some 30 years of private banking experience. He joins from Coutts & Co.…
‘Australia is one of the most attractive and fastest growing wealth management markets worldwide’ Swiss private bank EFG International will acquire 51% of the Australian wealth manager Shaw and Partners for up to A$61m (£32.7m, $43.2m, €38.2m) via a combination of cash and EFG shares. The deal is subject to regulatory approval in Switzerland and…
The global UHNWI population is forecast to grow by 22% in the five years to 2023, meaning an extra 43,000 people will enter the wealth bracket defined with a net worth of over $30,000,000. Knight Frank, a global property consultancy, which announced the findings on Wednesday, said the increase meant one new UHNWI created every…
Swiss private bank Lombard Odier has reported a consolidated net profit of CHF272m for the year ended 31 December 2018. This is a jump of 86% from last year’s figure of CHF146m. The increase in profit was said to be driven by one-time items. Excluding one-time items, consolidated net profit increased 13% to CHF165m on…
UBS Board of Directors has nominated Jeanette Wong and William C. Dudley for election to the board of UBS Group AG at the Annual General Meeting of shareholders on 2 May 2019. Wong was group executive responsible for the Institutional Banking business at the Singapore-based DBS Group, until March 2019. Previously, she served as chief…
Swiss private banking group Julius Baer is looking to tap the wealthy in Russia directly by setting up a local unit, Bloomberg has reported. The bank has till now been catering to its Russian clients from its Swiss office. It has been operating in Russia since 2008 through a representative office in Moscow. By opening…
Structural inequalities have resulted in gender wealth gaps according to a report published by Oxfam in January 2019. However, the recent societal push towards closing gender gaps bodes well for wealth managers in search of new clients in this competitive climate, according to GlobalData. According to Oxfam’s Public Good or Private Wealth? report, solutions to gender…
Bangladesh Bank, the central banking authority of the country, has approved the licences of three new private commercial banks. The board of the central bank has issued a Letter of Intent (LoI) to award licenses to Bengal Bank, People’s Bank, and Citizen Bank. Bangladesh bank licensing: With the new licensing, the number of scheduled lenders…
Bank of Singapore, the private banking arm of OCBC Bank, has inked a memorandum of understanding with Indian financial services firm Edelweiss Group to access each other’s platforms. Though the tie-up, Bank of Singapore aims to raise its profile in the Indian wealth space. India is said to be one of the “fastest growing” wealth…
