Tuesday, 2nd December 2008

 

Investec hires for Switzerland on increased demand

Investec Bank has hired a new investment practitioner from Goldman Sachs' wealth management team, to boost its presence in Switzerland.

Philipp Schmahl is being taken on to develop the bank's wealth management services in tandem with its London-based private bank and Investec Trust in Geneva.

He reports to Oliver Betz, head of Investec Bank in Switzerland.

At Goldman he was an executive director in the investment management division, and had been with the banks for the last seven years. Most recently, he was responsible for spearheading the Swiss efforts of the wealth management solutions team, which provides a third party distribution platform for external asset managers.

The bank said it is experiencing increased demand from private clients for specialist wealth management services in Switzerland.

Tags: Goldman Sachs , Investec , Investec Bank , Switzerland

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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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