Tuesday, 2nd December 2008

 

Credit Suisse hires Citigroup bankers for regional wealth unit

Credit Suisse on Thursday said it had hired Citigroup executives to lead its private banking division in Australia with immediate effect, according to a Reuters report.

Andrew Bird, who will be based in Melbourne, joins the Swiss bank as director, senior relationship manager. Lucinda Bloom has been appointed as vice-president, structured derivates, based in Sydney.

Credit Suisse also named Paul Aliprandi and Melissa Anderson vice-president for the wealth management team and assistant vice-president, respectively, in corporate advisory services, the Reuters report said.

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Mayfair goes Modern

Sebastian + Barquet, a three-year old design gallery based in New York and Chelsea, is opening a new gallery showing museum quality pieces in Mayfair next month, the first in London to focus on international modernism from the 1940s to the 1960s. Its opening exhibition is dedicated to American modernist design and is curated by celebrated architect Eric Parry.

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New York financier backs social networking portal for millionaires

Frank DeRose, the New York financier in charge of Furrata Capital, plans to invest at least $1m (€791,922) of his own money into Total Prestige, a 15-year-old worldwide social-networking company aimed at establishing an exclusive online community for millionaires, according to a report in New York Post.

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