Global Finance names IBQ ‘Best Private Bank in Qatar’

International Bank of Qatar (IBQ) was named ‘Best Private Bank in Qatar’ by Global Finance’s fourth annual ‘World’s Best Private Banks Awards’. The award yet again recognises IBQ’s excellence in private banking and wealth management and its commitment to developing long-lasting privileged relationships with its clients. The winners are those banks that best-serve the specialised…

HSBC Names VETERAN as Swiss CEO

HSBC is appointing a veteran Swiss private banker to run its wealth arm in Switzerland, finews.com has learned. Alexander Classen will be named as the new CEO of the British bank’s wealth management arm in Switzerland and Luxembourg, a source familiar with the matter told finews.com. The hire of Classen, a veteran Swiss banker who…