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Active Management The Best Approach For Bonds - RBC Wealth Management
May 16, 2013
In a constrained fixed income environment, investors need to rethink their approach to bonds and adopt a more active approach, according to Royal Bank of Canada's wealth management arm. At a roundtable held at its London offices yesterday, RBC Wealth Management experts discussed the advantages of incorporating active fixed income strategies into their portfolios and how private investors are coping in a low-yield environment. “Strategies that can capitalise on the evolving market environment, rather than simply holding an asset to maturity, will be better positioned for gain.
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Trio Of Hires For RBC Wealth Management's Indonesia-Focused Team
May 9, 2013
Royal Bank of Canada’s wealth management arm has further boosted its Indonesia-focused sales team with three senior bankers. Samuel Witjaksono has been hired as executive director, RBC Wealth Management. He brings with him over 30 years of banking experience, mostly recently from Sarasin & Cie, a spokesperson for the bank told WealthBriefingAsia, a sister website of this publication.
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Summary Of Executive Moves In Global Wealth Management - April 2013
May 7, 2013
UK Barclays appointed Kenneth Warnock as portfolio manager in its wealth and investment management division in Edinburgh. Warnock joined Barclays from Alliance Trust in Edinburgh. He previously worked for Premier Fund Managers, Jupiter Fund Management and Johnson Fry.
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Barclays Adds New Wealth Manager
May 2, 2013
Barclays Wealth and Investment Management has appointed Julie Fairclough as director and deputy local platform manager for its wealth advisory division in Jersey. Fairclough has over 13 years’ experience in financial services. She joins from Royal Bank of Canada where she worked as head of transformation.
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EXCLUSIVE: Four Additions To RBC Wealth Management Asia
April 18, 2013
Royal Bank of Canada Wealth Management has continued its hiring spree with four further appointments in Asia, this publication can exclusively reveal. Enoch Tan has been hired as managing director, reporting to Andrew Turczyniak, managing director and head of RBC Wealth Management, Asia. “Tan is heading up a regional effort to provide corporate finance advisory services and specialised strategic solutions to the corporate concerns of high net worth clients in Asia,” a spokesperson for the bank told this publication in an emailed stat.
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Jupiter Adds To Private Client, Charities Team
April 17, 2013
Jupiter Asset Management, the UK-listed investment house, has appointed Damian Cocking as head of private clients and charities business development. Cocking joined Jupiter on 2 April from Stenham Advisors, where he was head of offshore sales. He has over 20 years’ financial services experience, including previous roles at Goldman Sachs International, Royal Bank of Canada and Merrill Lynch.
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Brooks Macdonald International Adds Investment Manager To Team
April 17, 2013
Brooks Macdonald International, an offshore subsidiary of UK-listed wealth manager Brooks Macdonald, has appointed Mark O’Connor as an investment manager at its Guernsey office. The appointment brings the number of investment professionals at Brooks Macdonald International to seven, and the team anticipates further recruitment over the coming months. O’Connor joins from Rothschild Wealth Management in Guernsey, a division of Rothschild Bank, where he was an assistant director responsible for a client base covering the UK, Europe, the Channel Islands and Israel.
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BOC HK Appoints Deputy Chief Executive, Highlights Growing RMB Business
April 15, 2013
Bank of China Hong Kong has appointed a new deputy chief executive (strategic planning and management) of the group, including its subsidiaries. Zhu Yanlai’s new role commences on 15 April, the bank said in a statement last Friday. In addition to her present role in the economics and strategic planning department, Zhu will also take charge of the chief executive’s office and the renminbi business.
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Summary Of Executive Moves In Global Wealth Management - March 2013
April 8, 2013
Switzerland The Liechtensteinische Landesbank board nominated Dr Patrizia Holenstein and Peter Fanconi as new members for election by the general meeting of LLB shareholders on 3 May 2013. Dr Holenstein is the founder and managing partner of Holenstein Attorneys-at-Law Ltd and Fanconi was a member of the group executive management and chief executive of private banking at Bank Vontobel in Zurich from 2009-2012. The UBS board of directors will nominate Reto Francioni, chief executive of Deutsche Börse, for election to the board at the Swiss bank’s annu.
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Summary Of Global Executive Moves In Wealth Management - February 2013
March 8, 2013
UK moves Investec Wealth & Investment appointed Dawn Kendall as senior bond strategist, a newly created post. She reports to Darren Ruane, head of fixed interest. Kendall joined IW&I from Architas, a subsidiary of AXA Wealth.
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