Wealth management

Can SJP conquer Dubai?

Catch up on the top news in wealth management this week

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SJP wants 55 advisers in Dubai by year-end

The UK’s largest wealth manager opened its first Middle East office in 2023 and is pushing to expand

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Brooks Macdonald hires BlackRock executive in another leadership shakeup

Karen Charlery will join the London wealth manager as chief operating officer in June

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New SJP boss James Rainbow scoops £2m share award after giving up Schroders deal

Chief executive of SJP Wealth Management will have to stick with the firm for three years to collect over 200,000 vesting shares

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Ares opens Milan office in wealth push

FN revealed that the $546bn alternatives manager was mulling a move to Italy’s financial capital last year

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Citi names new UK private banking boss

Wall Street bank lines up successor for Jeremy Knowland, who is leaving the firm after two decades

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Rathbones’ assets fell 5% to £104bn ahead of tariff turmoil

Chief executive Paul Stockton hints at further cost cuts amid heightened market volatility

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Citi hires JPMorgan veteran for wealth business

Russell Budnick joins Citi Wealth as global head of capital markets

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Top HSBC private banker to exit after restructure

Caroline Kitidis set to depart as the UK lender scraps her role

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Meet UK wealth managers’ big backers

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Who owns the UK’s wealth managers?

Star manager Nick Train has bet big on the sector, while Norway’s sovereign wealth fund and Scottish group Baillie Gifford have stakes in wealth giant SJP

FCA scraps SDR rollout for wealth managers

Watchdog leaves portfolio managers in limbo after indefinitely postponing SDR

SJP, Quilter brace for Trump trade war turbulence

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Quilter Cheviot veteran Alan McIntosh returns to the fold as Europe CIO

McIntosh comes out of retirement to succeed Donnacha Fox who died unexpectedly earlier this year

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UBS executives: Wealth ‘referral awards’ don’t work

Swiss firm set up cross-divisional wealth unit last summer as rivals tempt dealmakers with bonuses to refer rich clients

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Citi strikes partnership with Palantir to bolster wealth tech

Wall Street bank says tie-up with data intelligence firm will ‘modernise’ how it leverages data, streamline onboarding and help with account management

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Brooks Macdonald’s assets hit £19bn despite persistent outflows

CEO Andrea Montague promises return to positive flows later this year despite increased volatility from Trump’s tariffs

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