Tuesday, 2nd December 2008

 

Investec strengthens Manchester office with hires

Investec Private Bank has expanded its Manchester-based banking division with the appointment of two senior bankers from HSBC and RBS.

Sarah McKendrick and Mark Jones will focus on delivering treasury services to owner managed businesses, intermediaries and private clients based in North England.

McKendrick has over 16 years of banking experience and joins Investec from HSBC.

Mark joins from the Royal Bank of Scotland where he was relationship manager of a large corporate team responsible for managing and developing a portfolio of 60 clients with a turnover of over £50m.

Linda McBain, head of banking services, Investec Private Bank said, “We are seeing increased demand for our specialist treasury services in the North-West of England and in Manchester in particular.”

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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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