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Verdict Staff
Senior People Moves: November
A round up of the senior people moves that piqued PBI’s interest in November
Bank Leumi expands premier banking team in UK
Bank Leumi (UK) has added Nick Brandram to its Premier Banking department ahead of the retirement of Simon Yeshooa – head of premier banking – by the end of 2015.
SHC selects MoneyWare to automate asset management business
Saudi Hollandi Capital (SHC), the investment banking arm of Saudi Hollandi Bank, has chosen Miles Software’s MoneyWare suite for automating its asset & portfolio management business.
Schroders forms joint investment research initiative with Stellenbosch University
Asset manager Schroders has formed a joint investment research initiative with the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences at Stellenbosch University in South Africa.
ASIC slaps wealth manager Morgans with new licensing conditions
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has imposed new licensing conditions on Morgans Financial, a retail stockbroking and wealth management firm, after it identified concerns about the firm’s arrangements for monitoring and supervising its representatives after serious breach incidents.
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PraxisIFM acquires fund administrator Cavendish Administration
PraxisIFM, a Guernsey-based independent financial services group, has purchased Cavendish Administration, a London-based closed-ended fund administrator, for an undisclosed amount to expand its fund administration unit.
Davy Private Clients to buy Belfast-based wealth manager PFC
Davy Private Clients, a wealth manager based in Northern Ireland, has agreed to purchase Belfast-based financial adviser Pension & Financial Consultants (PFC) for an undisclosed sum.
UK arrests four KPMG partners on suspicion of tax evasion
Four senior executives from the Belfast office of international accountancy firm KPMG have been arrested in connection with suspected tax evasion.
FCA fines Barclays £72m for poor checks on HNW clients
UKs Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Barclays more than £72m for failing to reduce the risk that it could be used to facilitate financial crime.
Vontobel names new head of risk control
Swiss asset and wealth manager Vontobel has named Markus Voegelin as new head of the risk control business unit and as a member of the finance & risk management team, effective from 1 March 2016.