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Peapack-Gladstone Bank names new president of wealth management unit

Peapack-Gladstone Financial and Peapack-Gladstone Bank has hired Thomas Ross as executive vice president of the bank and president of Wealth Management Consultants (WMC).

Vistra names new managing director for Jersey office

Vistra, a trust, corporate and fund administration services provider, has named Jane Pearce as new managing director for Jersey office replacing Chris Burton.

Nippon Wealth selects Wolters Kluwer’s solution for regulatory reporting

Nippon Wealth Limited Bank (NWB), a Hong Kong-based restricted licence bank, has selected Wolters Kluwer Financial Services’ OneSumX suite for anti-money laundering and regulatory reporting.

Major Swedish bank selects AxiomSL’s platform for regulatory reporting

AxiomSL, a provider of regulatory reporting and risk management solutions, has said that a major Swedish bank has selected its platform to centralize head-office regulatory calculations and reporting, and branch-level reporting in Germany, Norway, Finland, Poland, Denmark, Austria and UK.

Ingenious Asset Management expands business development team

UK-based Ingenious Asset Management has hired George Moorey-Denham from UBS as its new business development manager for the South.

Baring Asset Management expands multi-asset team

Baring Asset Management (Barings) has named James Ind and Merrick Styles to its multi-asset team.

Fosun offers to buy rest of BHF Kleinwort Benson for EUR500m

Chinese conglomerate Fosun International has offered to buy out other investors in Belgian wealth management group BHF Kleinwort Benson for EUR500m ($548m), a move to bolster its financial capabilities.

Old Mutual rolls out new Trust tools to support advisors

Old Mutual International has rolled out a new Trust Decision Tool and Trust Form Finder designed to provide advisors with additional support and improved navigation.

MUFG plans to expand asset management business in the US – report

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) is reportedly planning to acquire an asset management business with at least $2.5bn in the US.

Vontobel’s H1 net profit rises 33%

Swiss asset and wealth manager Vontobel has recorded a net profit of CHF97.8m in the first half of 2015 ended 30 June 2015, an increase of 33% compared to CHF73.5m a year ago.