Here are the winners of last night's WealthBriefing GCC Region Awards for 2018.

Wealth management practitioners working in the Gulf Co-operation Council region gathered in Dubai last night for a gala awards ceremony hosted by the publisher of this news service. Stephen Harris, publisher of WealthBriefing, along with colleagues including ClearView Financial Chairman Bruce Weatherill and this publication's editor, Tom Burroughes, congratulated the winners for this year's event.

The audience was enthralled by a talk by David Labouchere OBE, a former British Army officer who has become one of the world's top triathlete competitors and runs a sports therapy business in Dubai.

(Full details about the awards can be located here.)

The winners:

OVERALL GCC PRIVATE BANK

WINNER
Lombard Odier

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES PRIVATE BANK - LOCAL

WINNER
BNP Paribas Wealth Management

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES PRIVATE BANK - INTERNATIONAL
WINNER
Lombard Odier

BEST PRIVATE BANK - CLIENT SERVICE
WINNER

Arbuthnot Latham

BEST PRIVATE BANK - INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT PLATFORM

WINNER
Union Bancaire Privee

PRIVATE BANK – TALENT MANAGEMENT AND DIVERSITY

WINNER
Liechtensteinische Landesbank

PRIVATE BANK – BEST CREDIT PROVIDER

WINNER
BNP Paribas Wealth Management

PRIVATE BANK - CUSTOMER FACING DIGITAL CAPABILITIES (BANKING)

WINNER
Liechtensteinische Landesbank

INDEPENDENT WEALTH MANAGER

WINNER
Index & Cie

FUND MANAGER (GLOBAL REACH)

WINNER
Mindful Wealth

FUND MANAGER (REGIONAL REACH)

WINNER
First Abu Dhabi Bank

REGIONAL LEGAL TEAM

WINNER
M/HQ

TAX / ACCOUNTANCY TEAM

WINNER
PwC

INDEPENDENT TRUST OR FIDUCIARY COMPANY

WINNER
Asiaciti Trust

ESTATE PLANNING

WINNER
M/HQ

MANAGEMENT CONSULTANCY

WINNER
Intuit Management Consultancy

FRONT OFFICE SOLUTION

JOINT WINNERS
Dorsum Co – Joint Winner
SS&C Advent – Joint Winner

PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT

WINNER
Eagle Investment Systems

CLIENT COMMUNICATIONS

WINNER
FundCount

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CLIENT REPORTING

WINNER
Globacom Technologies

OUTSOURCING SOLUTION

WINNER
Eagle Investment Systems

DATA PROVIDER

WINNER
Thomson Reuters

CLIENT ACCOUNTING

WINNER
Finalytix

RISK PROFILING SOLUTION

WINNER
Globacom Technologies

ON-BOARDING

WINNER
Globacom Technologies

INNOVATIVE CLIENT SOLUTION

WINNER
Profile Software

INNOVATIVE FINTECH SOLUTION

NOMINEES
SharingAlpha – Joint Winner
SS&C Advent – Joint Winner

INNOVATIVE CLIENT SOLUTION (IN-HOUSE SOLUTIONS)

WINNER
Nedbank Private Wealth

INTERNATIONAL FINANCE CENTRE

WINNER
Jersey

PHILANTHROPY OFFERING/INITIATIVE OF THE YEAR

WINNER
BNP Paribas Wealth Management

MOST PROMISING NEW ENTRANT

WINNER
Mayfair Private

MOST INNOVATIVE WEALTH MANAGEMENT MODEL

WINNER
Index & Cie