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Exclusive: Vestra hits £1 billion
Vestra Wealth, the wealth management firm set up after a very public exodus of UBS bankers, has reached £1 billion…
ByReuters: Credit Suisse looks for billions from Asia
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Credit Suisse (CSGN.VX: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) is looking to hire experienced private bankers and hopes…
ByWhole Lotta Shakin’ Going On
Sophie Walker, stepping onto the Power Plate, finds that she can vibrate her way through the myths and into fitness…
ByReuters: BlackRock forecasts $10tr baby boomer shift
BOSTON (Reuters) – U.S. financial advisors are due for upheaval as baby boomers, controlling $10 trillion in assets, reach retirement…
ByBad publicity
Another cartoon from the sharpest pen in the Really Annoying Phrases series: Bad publicity. Another cartoon from the sharpest pen…
ByReuters: BNY Mellon looking to acquire WM firms
BOSTON (Reuters) – Bank of New York Mellon Corp (BK.N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz), busy integrating its merger and…
ByWBrief: Citi to abandon commissions, move to set fees
Citi has moved to change how it operates its financial advisory services, scrapping commissions-based advice and instead moving to charge…
ByEntrepreneuses Special Section
‘DON’T INVITE THE women — they’re probably secretaries.’ This was overheard in an office and neatly captures the status women…
ByLegge, Braine and Fingers
Charlotte Legge and Kate Braine are neighbours who have become business partners with their ring company, adding a zing to…
ByCareer Girl, Interrupted
Xenia Howard-Johnston on the unexpected pleasures of going back to work after almost 20 years of parenting and other distractions…
ByCalifornia Drinkin’
Better than Bordeaux? The Napa Valley’s Spottswoode vintages are up there with the best of the best. President Beth Novak…
BySnob Appeal
A new species of ‘global Russian’ has evolved with its very own private members’ club and in-house magazine, says Andrei…
ByCastle Upkeep
Fiona Carnarvon reflects on the joys of living in Highclere Castle — and the challenges of making a historic building…
ByBlonde Ambition
She’s American royalty, super-connected, with a good head for business but will the Brits buy Tinsley Mortimer, asks William Cash…
ByThe Supreme Court sits
Unusually, it is not just the participants who remain anonymous, but even the very fact that there is a dispute…
ByReturn of the wingnuts
Some people just love to hate, but few enjoy it more than the Ku Klux Klan. They are not alone.…
ByAFP: Man behind Bertlesmann dies at 88
BERLIN Reinhard Mohn, who built Germany’s Bertelsmann from a family printing and publishing business into one of the world’s largest…
ByST: Run almost broke RBS and Coutts
A SECRET run on Royal Bank of Scotland almost forced the bank into collapse on each of the last four…
ByMusical corner offices
When the music stops, grab the nearest seat. Oh, sorry, Ken Lewis – no chair for you. When the music…
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