Bangladesh Bank, the central banking authority of the country, has approved the licences of three new private commercial banks. The board of the central bank has issued a Letter of Intent (LoI) to award licenses to Bengal Bank, People’s Bank, and Citizen Bank. Bangladesh bank licensing: With the new licensing, the number of scheduled lenders…
Bank of Singapore, the private banking arm of OCBC Bank, has inked a memorandum of understanding with Indian financial services firm Edelweiss Group to access each other’s platforms. Though the tie-up, Bank of Singapore aims to raise its profile in the Indian wealth space. India is said to be one of the “fastest growing” wealth…
The wealth management joint venture (JV) between Schroders and Lloyds is planning to hire over 700 financial advisers as it looks to double its assets under management (AuM), the Financial Times reported. According to the publication, the companies intend to increase the JV’s AuM from approximately £13bn to £25bn. The growth is said to come…
VP Bank (Luxembourg) has finalised the takeover of the Luxembourg private banking operations of Catella Bank. The transaction, first announced last October, is valued at around CHF10.4m. Catella Bank decided to offload the business after a strategic review. The deal involves the transfer of client assets worth CHF860m to Catella Bank. A total of 11…
Swiss private bank Lombard Odier is expanding its footprint in the UAE by setting up an office in Abu Dhabi. The new branch will be located within the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), an international financial centre. Through the new office, the bank will offer clients in Abu Dhabi international investment services as well as…
Nick Gartside has left his role as global head of fixed income and bond fund manager at JP Morgan Asset Management. Mr Gartside has been an employee of JP Morgan since 2010 and previously worked at Schroders and Mercury Asset Management. His fund management responsibilities will be taken on by Ian Stealey. A JP Morgan…
Barclays has been given the green light to transfer £160bn of assets to its Irish business as the bank “cannot wait any longer” to implement its no-deal Brexit strategy amid ongoing political uncertainty. A High Court judgement revealed that the bank is pushing forward with its Brexit contingency plan to transfer all of its European…
In line with its growth strategy, VP Bank in Singapore has reinforced its organisational and management structure and created the new function of the «head of client business». Reto Marx joins the local management of VP Bank Singapore Branchas head of client business, reporting to local CEO Bruno Morel, according to a media release on…
The private bank said it plans to ramp up on hiring private bankers massively this year. The move follows the poaching of an 18-person team in the Middle East last month. Geneva-based Pictet will hire up to 300 bankers in its wealth management and asset management arms this year, senior partner Nicolas Pictet said in…
ZURICH, Jan 14 (Reuters) – Swiss private bank Julius Baer said on Monday it was proposing Romeo Lacher, the current chairman of Swiss stock market operator SIX Group, as its new non-executive chairman. Lacher, a former Credit Suisse executive, is due to replace Daniel Sauter, who will step down after seven years as chairman at…
