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Brooks Macdonald’s annual discretionary FuM up 13%

British wealth manager Brooks Macdonald Group said that its discretionary funds under management (FuM) for the year ended 30 June 2015 increased 13% to £7.41bn from £6.55bn a year ago.

NewStar Financial to buy $2.3bn alternative asset manager Feingold O’Keeffe Capital

NewStar Financial has signed an agreement to buy Feingold O’Keeffe Capital (FOC), a private alternative asset firm based in Boston.

Crestbridge to expand into Cayman Islands

Crestbridge, a Jersey based funds, corporate and family office firm, is planning to open a office in Cayman Islands by end of 2015, subject to receipt of regulatory approval from the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority.

Barclays names country director for Cyprus

Barclays has named Savvas Constantinou as new country director of Cyprus succeeding Hans Wolff, who has assumed a new role at Barclays HQ in London.

deVere Group appoints new chairman

deVere Group, a UK-based financial advisory firm, has appointed Peter Hobbs as its new chairman.

ABN AMRO sacks another private banker in Dubai fraud probe

ABN AMRO Group has fired another employee at its private banking arm in Dubai for breaching its code of conduct, bringing the total of fired employees in the fraud investigation up to nine.

Old Mutual Wealth names new advisory sales head

Old Mutual Wealth has named Gary Dale as head of advisory sales, effective 30 November 2015.

FinaMetrica partners with Swiss private bank to develop robo-advice tool

FinaMetrica, an Australian risk tolerance specialist firm, has partnered with NBK Private Bank Switzerland to develop a new robo-advice tool for NBK’s private bankers in the next few months.

BTG Pactual completes acquisition of Swiss private bank BSI

Brazilian investment bank BTG Pactual has completed the acquisition of BSI, the Swiss private-banking unit of Italian insurer Assicurazioni Generali.

FolioDynamix introduces new investor portal for wealth management firms

FolioDynamix, a US-based provider of wealth management technology and advisory services, has introduced a new investor portal that allows wealth management firms to offer their clients access to performance reports and portfolio information.