Monday, 13th October 2008

 

UBS streamlines operations to woo UK wealth management clients

UBS has unveiled a campaign to integrate its UK stockbroking unit with the rest of its private banking operations, in an attempt to hold on to more than 10,000 wealth management clients, according to a report in the Financial Times.

Under the plan, more than 10,000 clients with £4bn (€5bn) in assets will be transferred from Laing & Cruickshank, the private client stockbroker UBS acquired in 2004, to its private banking unit.

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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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US billionaire loses $13.5bn fortune in stock market carnage

Kirk Kerkorian, the legendary US billionaire, has emerged as one of the worst-hit investors from the current convulsions in the stock market, with his paper fortune plunging from a high of $16.6bn (€12.3bn) to just $3.1bn, according to a report in New York Post.

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