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People Moves
1 May 2025

Standard Chartered Names Group Tech, Ops Head

The UK-listed bank has made a senior change within its C-suite. ...

Financial Results
30 April 2025

UBS Says Underlying Q1 Pre-Tax Profit Increases At Wealth Arm

The group CEO said the "power and scale" of its global franchise helped drive business momentum, with new inflows into the asset-gathering business areas. ...

Compliance
30 April 2025

Top European Court Drops Hammer On Malta For "Commercialising" Passports

The Commission and some members of the European Parliament have for years said they worry that Malta’s programme opens the EU to illicit money and money-laundering. Malta has argued against such concerns. ...

Fund Management
30 April 2025

UK Unveils Plans To Reform Its AIFM Regime

HM Treasury has published a paper in which it asks wealth managers to comment on its proposals to reform the British version of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive, which the UK has inherited from...

Financial Results
30 April 2025

Profits Gain In Q1 For Amundi; Asia Business Shines

The group made particular mention of Asia as an important driver of inflows. ...

Strategy
30 April 2025

Gulf International Bank, Stanhope Capital Form Pact

Stanhope Capital, an international wealth manager with offices in Europe and North America, is teaming up with a bank covering the GCC region of the Middle East. ...

Financial Results
30 April 2025

Private Bank Revenues, Profits Rise At Deutsche Bank

One of the first big continental European lenders to report its Q1 2025 financial figures, the results showed private banking and wealth businesses making progress, it said. ...

New Office
30 April 2025

Emirates NBD, Others Back AI-Powered Platform

The DIFC licence enables BridgeWise to serve banks, wealth managers, institutional investors, and trading platforms across the region. ...

New Products
30 April 2025

What’s New In Investments, Funds? – Goldman Sachs Asset Management, Franklin Templeton, WineFi

The latest news in investment offerings, financial products and other services relevant to wealth advisors and their clients. ...

Financial Results
29 April 2025

HSBC's Wealth, Premier Banking Pre-Tax Profit Little Changed In Q1 2025

Wealth income rose 18 per cent in the quarter from a year ago, HSBC said, and it singled out this part of the business as a strong contributor to the headline result. Shares were up late-morning in London. ...

Asset Management
29 April 2025

Rising Markets Lift Global Asset Management AuM; Don't Ignore Vulnerabilities – BCG

More than two-thirds of the revenue growth made last year came on the back of market performance, not underlying growth in wealth – raising concerns about vulnerabilities to falling markets and other forces, B...

ESG
29 April 2025

The ESG Phenomenon: Standard Life

The latest developments in the ESG space. ...

M and A
29 April 2025

Mediobanca Makes €6.3 Billion Bid For Banca Generali, Trumpets Wealth Ambitions

The bid by Mediobanca – which is subject to shareholder approval in June – highlights how Italy's wealth and financial services business is busy with M&A activity. ...

People Moves
29 April 2025

Who’s Moving Where In Wealth Management? – Rothschild & Co, Bentley Reid, Others

The latest moves, appointments and personnel changes among wealth management and related organisations in the UK, the rest of Europe, the Middle East, Africa and select international locations. ...

Guest Articles

Family Office
30 April 2025

The Rise Of Independent Family Offices: Reshaping Private Wealth

A figure involved in the family offices sector of Türkiye – a country not renowned for these organisations – talks about the sector, what independence means, and more. ...

Technology
29 April 2025

Excel Addiction – Spreadsheet Dependency Hampers Wealth Management Innovation

According to this article, the wealth sector has an addiction to old-fashioned tools for amassing and handling data and, if it does not change, businesses could be in dire trouble. ...

Compliance
28 April 2025

Do The Courts Take A Softer Approach To Accidental Negligence?

The duties of wealth managers are constantly changing, and in today's regulatory environment, they are complex. This article looks at the issues that arise and how the industry ensures compliance and trust. ...

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Asset Management
7 April 2025

The Forces Shaping Singapore's, Asia's EAM Sector

This news service prides itself on its coverage of external asset managers, family offices and independent wealth firms in Singapore and the wider region. Matters ranging from compliance through to the impact of...

Company Profiles
18 March 2025

An Urgent Need To Take Protection Vs Physical, Cyber Threats Up A Level

We talk to experts in physical and cyber security catering to the needs of wealthy individuals. In these unsettled times, these often difficult subjects are increasingly front of mind. ...

Compliance
18 March 2025

Transparency International – The Latest Lessons For Wealth Managers

Transparency International's recently-published Corruption Perceptions Index, used by compliance officers and money-laundering-reporting officers (MLROs) at private banks worldwide to determine country risk, sho...

Client Affairs
12 March 2025

Wealth Asset Allocators: We Need To Talk About Defence

With geopolitical shifts of the magnitude of the US stance on Ukraine, Russia and other events taking place, countries are talking about large defence spending. This is giving rise to a radical shift in the inve...

Technology
19 February 2025

The Soaring Trend Of AI "Co-Pilots" In Wealth Management

We hear much commentary today about the use of AI "co-pilots" in financial services. What do they do, and how far will their use go? This article is part of a series in which we examine use cases for AI. ...

Company Profiles
13 February 2025

A Fund For All Seasons: Mixing Investment Styles At UK's Nutshell

A City financial trading background, added to a disciplined investment mindset, appears to be working out well so far for this UK asset management business, founded in 2019. ...

Research Reports

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Article Categories

Alt Investments
4 November 2024

In Troubled Times, What's The Investment Case For Fine Alcohol?

Whether it is fine wine, whisky or cask tequila, there is a case, so advocates for investing say, to hold these amidst geopolitical troubles. There will always be arguments about just how correlated these items ...

Real Estate
26 June 2024

As HNW Individuals Seek Options, An Adriatic Resort Prepares

Luxury resorts based in low-tax jurisdictions have been around for decades; given the winds of change in certain countries when it comes to tax – such as the UK – places seeking to attract HNW individuals ha...

Alt Investments
12 June 2024

Riding The Infrastructure Train Is Positive Journey For UK Advisor

We talk to the manager of a listed infrastructure fund about the asset class, its potential and a few challenges that arise. Major fund firms are buying into the infrastructure space, suggesting it is a hot area...

Alt Investments
4 June 2024

An Expert Sparring Partner For Wealthy Investors In Alternatives

A Germany-headquartered multi-family office, which won a capital market licence earlier this year, talks about how UHNW investors can and should work with such firms to tap into expertise and gain insights. ...

Alt Investments
23 January 2024

Japan's VC Sector Gathers Momentum

While Silicon Valley has hogged much of the limelight in VC, Japan's much smaller sector hasn't enjoyed the same kind of attention, but reforms and other changes mean that this obscurity is fading, an investment...

Alt Investments
4 October 2023

How Hedge Fund Investors Keep Composed In Volatile World

This news service talks to Sussex Partners, a UK-based business that advises institutions about hedge fund allocations. With markets often volatile at times, and recovering after the selloffs of 2022, what appro...

Compliance
18 March 2025

Transparency International – The Latest Lessons For Wealth Managers

Transparency International's recently-published Corruption Perceptions Index, used by compliance officers and money-laundering-reporting officers (MLROs) at private banks worldwide to determine country risk, sho...

Compliance
15 December 2023

Handling HNW Clients' Data Via Tokenization – An Overview

Banks and other players in the wealth management space transfer data across borders – a fact becoming more significant as globalisation has taken place. How information can be moved without falling foul of reg...

Compliance
29 November 2023

One Year On From CJEU Ruling Vs Public Registers Of Beneficial Ownership

An organisation working in the field of compliance and regulation argues that last year's European court ruling against public registers of beneficial ownership was a serious blow to being able to onboard people...

Compliance
15 November 2023

Can Rapid Account-Opening Coexist Alongside Heightened Compliance?

The approach that banks and other wealth management industry players take towards handling politically exposed persons (PEPs), know-your-client (KYC) tasks and the vexed topic of "de-banking" is discussed by thi...

Compliance
9 November 2023

FINMA's Cryptocurrency Stance Makes Swiss Industry Nervous

Switzerland has made waves in the world of cryptos and digital assets. Its "crypto valley" in Zug is now one of the more recognised centres of this space. Industry figures are becoming concerned about how the re...

Legal
31 August 2023

Learning The Legal Lessons From “Succession”

In this detailed analysis of legal questions generated by the HBO television drama, law firm Squire Patton Boggs walks readers around the issues. ...

ESG
9 May 2024

EXCLUSIVE: Spotlight On Regenerative Agriculture, Forestry – SLM Partners

Paul McMahon, a co-founder and managing partner of asset manager SLM Partners, discusses why there has been higher investor interest in regenerative agriculture and forestry recently and why it has potential to ...

ESG
14 November 2023

How Blending Philanthropy, Investment Creates "Win-Wins" – Pictet

This news service recently spoke to a senior Pictet figure about the work it does on sustainability, impact investing, and philanthropy – areas which increasingly intersect. ...

ESG
14 November 2023

"Greenwashing" Controversies Focus Minds On What Investors Own

This news service talks to the MFO – born from a series of corporate mergers and acquisitions – about how controversies in areas of ESG investing and sustainability are ultimately positive in the long run if...

ESG
13 September 2022

Fossil Fuels And Transition: What's The Direction Of Travel?

A commentator on ESG and sustainability talks to this publication about the transition from fossil fuels – not necessarily a straightforward process, as suggested by the disruption to global energy markets cau...

ESG
16 August 2022

Pushback Against ESG: Collective Action Or Collective Suicide?

The supposedly remorseless drive against carbon-based energy towards areas such as wind, solar, hydrogen, biomass and other technologies has, among other events, been interrupted by Russia's squeeze of gas expor...

ESG
15 July 2022

Greenwashing: How Big Is The Problem And How To Fix It?

With the rush of money into the area of "green" and ESG investing, a concern arises about how faithful investments are to such ideas. Greenwashing has become an oft-repeated concern. We talk to a wealth manageme...

Family Office
25 October 2023

EXCLUSIVE: A Walk Around Germany's Single-Family Offices Sector – Part 2

In part one of this two-part feature, this publication talked to German banks about their work with the country's single-family offices. Now it is the turn of Swiss banks to discuss how they approach the German ...

Family Office
24 October 2023

EXCLUSIVE: A Walk Around Germany's Single-Family Offices Sector – Part 1

As it is high time that this news service took a deep dive into the German single-family offices sector, we talked to some of the country's banks who serve it, and set out the scale of what this sector holds. ...

Family Office
28 September 2023

Family Offices Aren't Shunning Risk, But Getting Smarter – Citi Private Bank

After its survey emerged a few weeks ago, Citi Private Bank spoke again to this news service about the insights it gleaned, and also reflected on why it gained such a large increase in responses this year. ...

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 Russia's attempted conquest of Ukraine and the aftershocks of the pandemic. We look at family offices that are tappi...

Family Office
3 May 2022

EXCLUSIVE: Europe And North America – Single Family Offices Compared

The extended coverage of single family offices by Highworth Research's database – working with WealthBriefing - throws up all kinds of useful data points for people tracking the sector. ...

Investment Strategies
19 December 2024

2025 Private Credit Predictions: An Expert Perspective

A 26-year veteran of the alternative investments sphere – including private credit – explains what 2025 may hold for an area that has expanded rapidly in recent years. ...

Investment Strategies
18 November 2024

US Equities, Dollar Delivers Ringing Endorsement Of Trump. What Now? – WELREX - Part 2

We publish the second part of this analysis which examines the implications of the US presidential election result and what they mean for specific asset classes. ...

Investment Strategies
14 November 2024

US Equities And Dollar Have Delivered Ringing Endorsement Of Trump. What Now? – WELREX - Part 1

The first in a two-part detailed analysis about what the financial markets could do in the next year, and how the arrival of a new US administration affects risks, asset allocation and positioning. ...

Investment Strategies
1 August 2024

Stonehage Fleming Leans Into Tech, Healthcare

A desire for delivering above-average organic growth, and firms that have a strong culture and focus on innovation has led the manager of a fund to hold some of the biggest names in modern commerce. He explains ...

Investment Strategies
5 March 2024

Managing Autocracy Risk Is Big Wealth Protector

A quick perusal of news headlines underscores why the risk of holding firms exposed to dictatorships, seizure of assets, sanctions and disruptions must be closely managed, to an extent that arguably is not yet f...

Investment Strategies
22 August 2023

Value And Growth – Japan’s Promise And Performance

This news service recently talked to a UK-based investment house that concentrates on Japanese investments and the opportunities it sees building in the country. ...

Offshore
9 December 2024

The Bahamas: A Complete and Compelling Choice 2024

This publication carries a spread of articles and insights about the Caribbean jurisdiction. ...

Offshore
31 July 2024

The Bahamas' Push For Climate Justice, Tapping Digital Assets Growth Story

The Caribbean jurisdiction has been through its fair share of challenges. Today, the international financial centre says it is very much on the front foot in areas ranging from climate finance, digital assets, f...

Offshore
1 July 2024

The Bahamas: A Complete And Compelling Choice – Part 1

The document has been put together by the Caribbean jurisdiction's financial services sector alongside this publication. This is the first of a two-part series. ...

Offshore
17 April 2024

How Citizenship/Residency-By Investment Programmes Evolved - And What's Next

A marker for globalisation and the degree of unfettered movement that people enjoy, the market for so-called "golden visas" - has developed rapidly since early days when dominated by a handful of jurisdictions. ...

Offshore
12 April 2023

Why Residency/Citizenship-By-Investment Visas Aren't Going Away

This news service speaks to a business that has offices in a number of jurisdictions – including Russia – which advises people on visa programmes aimed at wealthy individuals and their families. ...

Offshore
6 March 2023

The Squeeze On Investment Visas – What Should Happen Now?

With these programmes, the subject of this interview says, the benefit is not just in the initial investment but all the investments later on, the taxes paid, the money spent in the economy, and the jobs created...

Philanthropy
2 February 2024

Making An Impact - In Conversation With Big Issue Group's Nigel Kershaw

WealthBriefing talks to a prominent figure in the UK philanthropy/impact investing world, involved with Big Issue Invest and The Big Issue Group. For much of his life, Nigel Kershaw has worked in the space, foun...

Philanthropy
26 January 2024

Taking Risks Out Of Philanthropy

We talk to law firm Farrer & Co and a lawyer working in the charities area about the kind of themes emerging in the philanthropy sector in the UK. ...

Philanthropy
7 December 2023

Philanthropy In Testing Times: A Transatlantic Perspective

Whether it is sunset clauses on foundations, arguments about purpose, help with clients about complexity, or other tasks, the role of philanthropic advice isn't a "soft" topic for wealth managers and banks. This...

Philanthropy
25 July 2023

Bringing Great Eye Vision To The Poor – A Hong Kong Philanthropist's Tale

Chen’s philanthropy journey throws light on an important aspect of charity that can be overlooked. And his story also highlights lessons that advisors can share with clients on the topic. ...

Philanthropy
20 December 2022

Asset Allocation For Philanthropists Gets Tough

Rising inflation, falling stock markets, pleas for help and donors' own financial constraints mean that charities' coffers are strained. How should asset allocation and liquidity be managed at such a time, or sh...

Philanthropy
13 January 2022

Cazenove Capital Eyes Strong Donor Advised Fund Demand

Donor-advised funds are a turn-key solution for rapidly building a philanthropic toolkit and getting past some of the snags involved in creating charities, the UK wealth management firm has said after launching ...

Strategy
10 September 2024

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 dynamics shaping it.     ...

Strategy
26 June 2024

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 they see as the important trends in the industry right now. ...

Strategy
19 February 2024

IQ-EQ Says US Wealth, Family Offices Sector Holds Big Opportunities

We talk to the group about its views on the potential, and the needs, of sectors such as US family offices. The firm has been in expansion mode worldwide, including North America. ...

Strategy
16 February 2024

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 fewer resources to feed its growing population. ...

Strategy
15 January 2024

IQ-EQ Taps Into Gulf Region's Wealth Bonanza

Shortly after announcing new operations in Abu Dhabi, the investor services group talked to this news service about its business approach. ...

Strategy
15 September 2023

Learning From The UK "De-Banking" Furore – A Modern Bank's Perspective

A new financial services firm that calls itself a "Coutts-Revolut" hybrid reflects on the recent "de-banking" saga in the UK and why some of the attitudes and behaviours on display should be avoided if UK bankin...

Technology
19 February 2025

The Soaring Trend Of AI "Co-Pilots" In Wealth Management

We hear much commentary today about the use of AI "co-pilots" in financial services. What do they do, and how far will their use go? This article is part of a series in which we examine use cases for AI. ...

Technology
14 May 2024

Exclusive: FIS Focuses On AI’s Wealth Management Role

Russell Andrews, head of wealth and asset management EMEA, capital markets at Florida-headquartered Fidelity National Information Services (FIS), discusses with this news service how wealth management will evol...

Technology
5 February 2024

How T3 Experts See Artificial Intelligence

AI may not have dominated discussions at the recent annual T3 conference in Las Vegas, but nonetheless, it remains a key topic for wealth advisors. ...

Technology
21 August 2023

How AI Can Raise Wealth Management Game In The Gulf

With artificial intelligence technology gathering headlines and stirring controversy – and excitement – we examine how it could affect private banking and wealth management in the Middle East. ...

Technology
6 February 2023

An Economic Era Of Data Democratisation?

The author of this article talks about the economic background of inflation and economic difficulties to argue that the "democratisation of data" is key to driving innovation in such a time. ...

Technology
2 February 2023

Where Next For Banks And Digital Assets?

The rout in prices of cryptocurrencies and certain entities last year shook the sector and has left banks, wealth managers and other asking lots of questions. This article addresses some of them. ...

White Papers
11 January 2024

The Bahamas: A Complete And Compelling Choice – White Paper

This news service is delighted to unveil the full edition of the Bahamas-focused publication that ranges across topics from digital assets to investment analysis. ...

White Papers
6 December 2023

The Bahamas: A Complete And Compelling Choice – Part 4

In the final part of a four-part series, this news service issues a report about developments in the Caribbean jurisdiction. ...

White Papers
23 November 2023

New Report: How Wealth Ecosystem, Healthcare Interact

The boundaries between health and wealth increasingly intersect and a new report from China's Hywin in conjunction with this news service explores the many facets. ...

White Papers
13 October 2023

Research: Tech & Ops Wealth Trends In Wealth Management 2023

The 26-page report examines the issues and concerns affecting the shape of technology and operations in the world's wealth management sector. ...

White Papers
21 September 2023

Winning Women In MENA: How Wealth Managers Can Help Further Female Empowerment

A new report from this news service, in partnership with First Abu Dhabi bank, explores what HNW women in the region want from advisors, and why it is also important for firms to understand and serve these clien...

White Papers
22 August 2023

Jersey Finance Report On Digital Assets, Crypto-Currencies

A new report, published with the island's financial promotional organisation, sets out the issues in and around digital assets and crypto-currencies such as bitcoin. ...