Bank J. Safra Sarasin signs on as Davis Cup finals sponsor Bank J. Safra Sarasin has been unveiled as an official partner and the official private bank of the finals stage of this year’s Davis Cup men’s national team tennis tournament. The Swiss-based bank’s agreement with the International Tennis Federation and Kosmos Tennis also names…
Julius Baer’s European Build-Out And Its UK Ambitions This publication recently sat down with the head of Julius Baer’s business in the UK and Ireland. One of Switzerland’s largest banks has been spending to build teams in the UK and Portugal and working on other European markets in ways that it hopes will bear fruit…
UBS Dubai Wealth Management Head Resigns Swiss bank UBS has lost its head of wealth management and its senior executive officer for its Dubai branch. The veteran banker resigns after two years in the job, finews.asia can reveal. Cedric Lizin resigned from his position earlier this week, after two years with the bank. Swiss bank…
Jürg Haller is to be elected as new chairman of Bank J. Safra Sarasin and member of the Board of J. Safra Sarasin Holding. He will replace Ilan Hayim. Bank J. Safra Sarasin and member of the Board of J. Safra Sarasin Holding will be appointed Hayim, currently chairman of Bank J. Safra Sarasin and…
KBL European Private Bankers appoints Yves Stein new group CEO, «Yves Stein has been appointed group CEO by KBL European Private Bankers, taking over from Jacques Peters, the Luxembourg based financial provider. Stein was previously CEO of Union Bancaire Privée (Europe) in Luxembourg, and earlier was director general of Private Banking at BNP Paribas (Switzerland).…
The new CEO of Julius Baer needs a plan for the Swiss wealth manager’s next decade after a boom period. Insiders are bracing for a flurry of ideas and changes from the quick-thinking former consultant, finews.comlearned. Philipp Rickenbacher was 33 when he was briskly introduced on Julius Baer’s trading floor in 2004 as «Philipp who’ll be doing…
Tina Radovic has been appointed as the Global Head of Credit Research for HSBC Global Asset Management. Radovic’s responsibilities will include leading HSBC Global Asset Management’s (HSBC GAM) Global Credit Research Platform, which is the foundation of HSBC GAM’s fixed income offering. The platform currently has assets across developed and emerging markets, with USD 179…
Michael Blake is CEO of the Asian private banking operations of Union Bancaire Privée (UBP) and is presiding over a phase of dramatic growth for the business in Asia, where assets under management have surged more than 50% since 2016. He met with Hubbis in July to cast his eye over the regional wealth management…
It is the private bank’s seventh acquisition in the past five years. The pan-European private banking group KBL European Private Bankers (KBL) has agreed acquire Zurich-based wealth manager Bank am Bellevue. The Swiss firm is a subsidiary of the Bellevue Group, a financial services company listed on the Six Swiss Exchange. Bank am Bellevue currently…
Pictet, the Swiss wealth manager, is overhauling its leadership in Asia as it pushes ahead with plans to expand across the region and in the Middle East. The 214-year-old Geneva-based group has appointed Tee Fong-Seng as chief executive of its Asian wealth management business and Alex Ng as chief executive of Hong Kong and of…
