HSBC UK beefs up wealth arm with ‘generational’ bet September 26, 2025 HSBC UK is making a “generational” play to beef up its wealth arm as the banking juggernaut eyes global dominance in the field. The FTSE 100 titan will launch a new Wealth Academy this autumn, the bank’s managing director of wealth Christopher Dean told City AM, in partnership with the London Business School. The bank’s [...]
How are the super-rich handling 2025’s wild market ride? July 31, 2025 Markets have had a wild ride in 2025. From whipsawing tech stocks to near-daily US tariff rule changes, the turmoil across a host of asset classes has proved tricky to navigate. Few are better equipped to ride out the storm than Britain’s super-rich, who have armies of advisers and wealth managers pouring over the data [...]
Should you let a roboadviser manage your finances? May 26, 2025 Roboadvisers offer a low-cost, hands-off way to grow your investments. Here’s what to be aware of if you’re thinking of picking one. So you’re thinking about starting your investing journey, but how do you choose where to put your money? Of course, you can consult a financial adviser, but this can be quite costly, so if [...]
St James’s Place readies redundancies in cost-cutting push December 2, 2024 St James’s Place is set to make around 500 redundancies next year as part of its sweeping cost-cutting plan, according to reports. Around a sixth of the wealth manager’s non-financial adviser workforce are set to be laid off in February, an internal memo, seen by Citywire, revealed. Over the summer, St James’s Place revealed it [...]
Mattioli Woods: Profit slashed at wealth manager as it quit London November 19, 2024 Profit at wealth manager Mattioli Woods was slashed by more than 90 per cent as it prepared to delist from the London Stock Exchange’s AIM, it has been revealed. The Leicester-headquartered was acquired by London-based private equity firm Pollen Street Capital after the deal was first announced in March. In its latest accounts, which have been filed [...]
St James’s Place: Analysts back UK’s largest wealth manager October 18, 2024 By the end of the quarter, funds under management had swelled to £184.4bn, up from £181.9bn the quarter before and also ahead of consensus.
Weak Rathbones results cause wealth manager’s stock price to dip October 17, 2024 Rathbones reported a weak three months as assets dropped by 0.1 per cent thanks to investors pulling £561m from the wealth manager. The wealth manager’s stock dropped by more than three per cent upon market open this morning following the publication of its quarterly results. Withdrawals from the business were caused by a variety of [...]