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Enhance Group opens new office in Singapore

Enhance Group, a Jersey-based provider of investment & wealth consultancy, has opened its new office in Singapore, based at the Hong Leong Finance Building in the central business district.

Regions Bank expands Wealth Management Group

Regions Bank has named Kate Randall Danella as wealth strategy and effectiveness executive within its Wealth Management Group.

Senior People Moves: August

This month, Jimmy Lee, former market group head of Hong Kong at Credit Suisse, became the head of Asia Pacific for Julius Baer, and Nicholas Angilletta, former director of capital markets at Morgan Stanley, was made the managing director and head of wealth management capital markets at Deutsche AWM. Here are the key people moves that recently made news

Swiss bank Hypothekarbank Lenzburg reaches deal with US to settle tax evasion probe

The US Department of Justice (DoJ) has reached a resolution with Swiss-based Hypothekarbank Lenzburg (HBL) over the tax evasion cases under the department’s Swiss Bank Program.

UBS nabs $870m advisory team from Merrill Lynch

UBS Wealth Management Americas has lured a team of four financial advisers from Bank of America’s Merrill Lynch unit.

Blackrock to buy FutureAdvisor

American fund manager BlackRock has agreed to acquire FutureAdvisor, a San Francisco-based financial advisory service.

Baker Tilly to merge with business advisory firm SF&Company

Accounting firm Baker Tilly Virchow Krause has agreed to merge with SF&Company, a CPA and business advisory firm.

Aviva Investors hires new Taiwan head

Aviva Investors has named Lian Yang as new head of Taiwan operations as part of its strategy to expand business in the Asia Pacific region.

BIL Suisse migrates to Avaloq’s Swiss BPO solution

BIL Suisse, a Luxembourg-based private bank, has fully migrated to Avaloq’s Swiss business process outsourcing (BPO) solution B-Source Master.

BHF Kleinwort Benson swings to profit in H1

BHF Kleinwort Benson Group, a Belgium-based financial services group, has registered an operating profit of EUR8m for the six months ended 30 June 2015, compared to a loss of EUR15.8m a year ago.