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International Financial Advisory House Launches Online Career Programme
With the need to bring in fresh talent – a regular refrain in the world's wealth management...
From The Editor's Chair: 2024 In Review And Themes To Watch
The editor takes stock of what sort of themes have worked out during 2024 and what sort of issues...
UK's St James's Place Reportedly Eyes Job Cuts Amid Restructuring
The restructuring plans of the UK-listed group – which also has offices in Hong Kong, Singapore...
Hong Kong Banking Group Plans Middle East "Collaborations"
Without going into particular detail, the Hong Kong-based group, which has been visiting Saudi...
Putting Ideas To The Test At Julius Baer's Innovation Lab
During a recent visit to Julius Baer's offices in Singapore, this news service spoke to the head of...
From The Editor's Chair: Taxes, Turmoil And Asset Allocation
The editor has this brief look back at stories that have caught the eye in recent months. ...
OPINION OF THE WEEK: HSBC's Restructure Highlights Regional Differences
A number of thoughts are prompted by the restructuring announcement of UK/Hong Kong-listed HSBC...
HSBC Restructures Business Divisions, Names New Financial Chief
The banking group said the changes will remove overlap of roles and make it more nimble and...
UOB Deepens Partnership With Mainland China Bank, Companies
The Chinese bank – Hengfeng Bank – provides services including wealth management. The...
ANALYSIS: Wurster’s Challenge At Schwab: Don’t Mess Things Up
Our US correspondent looks at the change at the top of the US brokerage and financial services...
Comment & Analysis results for Strategy
With Outsourced CIO Models, There's No Substitute For Experience – SEI
We talk to the Oaks, Pennsylvania-headquartered firm about its outsourced CIO business and the...
The Good, The Difficult And The Stable – What Headhunters See Around The World
We talk to wealth management headhunters in North America, Europe, Middle East and Asia about what...
Singapore's Seviora Capital Intensifies Focus On Asian Food, Agriculture
Asia, which is home to 60 per cent of the world’s population, will need to produce more using...
IQ-EQ Taps Into Gulf Region's Wealth Bonanza
Shortly after announcing new operations in Abu Dhabi, the investor services group talked to this...
BOOK REVIEW: In Defence Of Capitalism, By Rainer Zitelmann
While unlikely to sway those already hostile to the free market economic system, this book puts a...
Editorial Comment: Reflections On Another Turbulent Year, Looking Ahead
Some late-December musings about what the year has meant for the industry and thoughts about what...
BOOK REVIEW: "Leave Me Alone And I'll Make You Rich" By Deirdre McCloskey And Art Carden
This book review considers a new work charting the sources of wealth in the developed world,...
BOOK REVIEW: Free Lunch Thinking By Tom Bergin
A new book by a UK journalist challenges a number of economic ideas that he says have damaged...
EDITORIAL COMMENT: We Need To Talk About Risks
This news service is looking at risk management and how and why the wealth industry should learn...
"Feel Good" Or "Do Good": Unpacking ESG
A senior Swiss banking figure examines different ways of thinking through sustainable investing and...