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Compliance
5 August 2026

OECD Scolds US On Beneficial Ownership; Ratings Cut Unlikely – Lawyer

A prominent Swiss lawyer points to a recent OECD report on how dozens of jurisdictions perform...

M and A
5 August 2026

Pacific Asset Management Acquires Asset Value Investors

The acquisition reflects Pacific's commitment to investing in high-quality specialist investment...

Surveys
5 August 2026

UK Ranks Behind Singapore, US, UAE In New Wealth Management Index

Avaloq, a tech provider to private banks such as HSBC, Deutsche Bank, Barclays and Edmond de...

People Moves
5 August 2026

Who’s Moving Where In Wealth Management? – Alltrust, Hawksford, Aventur

The latest moves and appointments for wealth management roles in the UK, other parts of Europe, the...

Financial Results
4 August 2026

HSBC Pre-Tax Profit Rises 23 Per Cent In H1 2026; Wealth Arm Helps Higher Income

The UK/Hong Kong-listed group reported a broadly positive set of results today. The lender said a...

Asset Management
4 August 2026

Lombard Lending Disruptor Secures Another UK Partner

Otherwise known as Lombard lending, the business says it is disrupting the way that asset-backed...

Offshore
4 August 2026

Liechtenstein Beneficial Ownership Register Hit By Cyber Attack

After copies of data relating to 31,000 legal entities were unlawfully taken, the register has been...

People Moves
4 August 2026

Ocorian's Middle East Group Names Commercial Director

The newly-appointed figure will lead growth for Ocorian's private client business across the Middle...

Investment Strategies
4 August 2026

Wealth Managers Weigh In On Central Banks' Rate Pause

After major central banks, the Bank of Japan, the Bank of England, the European Central Bank and...

Wealth Strategies
4 August 2026

Volatile Markets Demonstrate Active Management's Value, Wealth Managers Say

We look at the example of the high market volatility in an Asian country's equity markets, and...

Comment & Analysis results for Archive

Fund Management
8 November 2022

Focus On Long-Term Investment Opportunities – Baillie Gifford

Faced with soaring inflation, rising interest rates and geopolitical conflicts, investment managers...

Family Office
7 November 2022

EXCLUSIVE: LNG – A Growth Driver For Three Groups Of Single Family Offices

Demand for liquified natural gas, aka LNG, is high amidst a global energy crisis, magnified by...

Offshore
4 November 2022

A Wide Set Of Wealth, Business Tools In Jersey: In Conversation With Stonehage Fleming

What sort of structures and entities do clients coming to Jersey want to use? What sort of...

Compliance
2 November 2022

10 Years On From HSBC's AML Saga – What Has Changed?

The author of this article claims that there has been little improvement in AML controls in much of...

Legal
1 November 2022

International Surrogacy Developments: Financial Impact On Families

The author argues that as more people resume foreign travel, with many doing so to consider...

Company Profiles
27 October 2022

Using Tech To Achieve Wealth Management Edge – In Conversation With InvestCloud

Finding new clients, attracting and keeping them requires a range of qualities, and intelligent use...

Compliance
27 October 2022

The Pandora Papers One Year On: Lessons Learned And To Learn

Today, the idea appears to grow that holding wealth is something deserving of opprobrium. The more...

WM Market Reports
26 October 2022

New Research: An Update On Family Office Efficiency In Accounting, Investment Analysis

This news service is joining forces again with FundCount to examine how technology is making family...

Compliance
20 October 2022

As Swiss EAM New Regulation Deadline Looms, Banks, Others Eye Big Changes

At the start of 2023, external asset managers in Switzerland will live in a new regulatory...

Company Profiles
18 October 2022

Shining A Light On Risk, Returns With Performance Watcher

We talk to Performance Watcher by IBO, a Swiss organisation that uses an open-source model to...