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Barclays appoints directors in wealth division

Barclays has appointed Stephen Liss and Alpa Patel to its two newly created director positions in the New York and San Francisco offices of the Wealth and Investment Management division.

Raymond James acquires Sunset Financial Group

US-based financial services company, Raymond James has hired a veteran team from Morgan Stanley, called the Sunset Financial Group.

Australian banks strong enough to see off slowdown next year: Fitch

According to Fitch Ratings, Australian banks are in a strong position to see off a slowdown in the economy in 2013 due to their strengthened balance sheet and solid profitability.

Top 20 APAC cities for multi-millionaires

This press release is part of WealthInsight’s report entitled: “Asian Cities Wealth Book 2012”

Fiera Capital inks deal with UBS Global Asset Management

Fiera Capital Corporation has entered into an agreement to acquire the Canadian fixed income, Canadian equity and balanced account business of UBS Global Asset Management.

Standard Chartered Bank launches Islamic version of Straight2Bank

Standard Chartered Bank has launched the Shariah compliant version of its online banking platform, Straight2Bank.

Central Bank of Myanmar grants license to ANZ

The Australian New Zealand bank (ANZ), provider of banking and wealth management services has got the approval from the Central Bank of Myanmar to open an office in Myanmar, also known as Burma.

HNWI significantly prefer mutual funds: Research

Though the high net worth individuals (HNWI) prefer individual stocks, they still allocate a significant share of assets to stock mutual funds, according to the latest Millionaire Corner research.

Genworth Wealth Management appoints president

US-based Genworth Financial Wealth Management, a unit of Genworth Financial, has appointed Daniel Courtney to the newly created position of president.

Bank of America to sell stake in Japanese wealth management JV

Bank of America Corporation has agreed to sell its 49% shareholding in Mitsubishi UFJ Merrill Lynch PB Securities to Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, its partner in the joint venture.