hsbc sells thai wm arm to krungsri
HSBC has entered an agreement to dispose of its Thailand-based retail banking and wealth management arm, and expects the deal to be completed in the first half of 2012.
HSBC has entered an agreement to dispose of its Thailand-based retail banking and wealth management arm, and expects the deal to be completed in the first half of 2012.
Barclays Wealth will expand its Hong Kong-based banking team and set up a Greater China desk in Singapore.
UBS has bolstered its wealth management division in Mexico, with the appointments of Jaime Lopez Hidalgo Preciado, Gabriel Gomez Zaragoza and Enrique Ignacio Morales Abiega.
The management of personal wealth has come a long way since 1852, when Charles Dickens used a bitter and drawn out family battle over an inheritance as the basis for the plot of his then-latest novel, Bleak House.
RBC Wealth Management has appointed two US-based directors, to cover the north-east and west coast regions of the country.
Demand for HNW offshore insurance-linked investment products in emerging markets is under-served.
The ranks of the worlds dollar millionaires grew by more than 17% last year to 10m, a report shows.
London-based Odey Asset Management has formed a joint venture with a Geneva-based wealth manager.