News, Comment & Analysis results for M and A
HSBC Completes Purchase Of Citigroup's Greater China Retail Wealth Arm
Time will tell whether Citigroup's sale of 14 businesses around the world, from Mexico to Malaysia,...
Swiss Bank Consolidation Chatter Shows How Scale Dominates Thinking
Regardless of the truth of specific rumours and media stories, the idea that more Swiss banks might...
OCBC Completes Indonesian Bank Purchase
In buying the business, the Singapore-listed group is acquiring a firm with private banking and...
UBS In Talks For Full China Platform Ownership – Report
The report said the Swiss bank is acting in the aftermath of its acquisition of Credit Suisse,...
Multi-Family Office Continues Acquisitions
Since its formation into a transatlantic MFO more than a year ago, the group has bought a business...
iCapital Agrees To Buy Mirador In Data, Financial Reporting Play
The transaction reflects how the busy space around private markets and alternative investments is...
Singlife Becomes Fully Owned Sumitomo Subsidiary
The agreement was originally announced last December. Under terms of the transaction,...
Trident Trust Makes Asia Business Acquisition
The purchase of the business increases Trident Trust's assets under administration to $62 billion. ...
HSBC Wraps Up French Retail Business Sale; To Launch International Payments App
The New Year got off to a busy start for the UK/Hong Kong-listed group. It has just completed the...
Summary Of Asia Wealth Management M&A – October, November And December 2023
The latest in M&A activity as it affected the Asia-Pacific sector in Q4 2023. ...
Comment & Analysis results for M and A
It Is Feeding Time For Wealth Management M&A
Australia is a country set for an unprecedented boom in wealth over the next 40 years, as the huge...
The Contrasting Charms Of ING's Suitors
The bidders for ING's Asian private wealth assets have narrowed and those left in the field have...
The Winners & Losers in Recent US Wealth Management M&A Activity
The completion, on 2 July, of both Bank of America’s $3.3 billion acquisition of US Trust...
FT.com: Sarasin/Vontobel - Short-Term Tie-up Unlikely Despite Synergies
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Comment: Clariden Leu – Consolidation Gets a Boost, But Who to Buy Next?
Credit Suisse was very good at disguising what it had planned for its four independent private...
Wealth Management Acquisitions Increase Rapidly in 2005
Consolidation in global wealth management gained pace in 2005, with acquisitions in the sector...
Merrill Lynch’s Abbas and Hays Discuss Growth & Acquisition Strategy
Two of Merrill Lynch Global Private Client’s most senior managers, James Hays, head of US private...
KPMG Says Private Banking M&A on the Rise
Mergers and acquisition activity among global private banks and wealth management firms rose by 26...
WealthBriefing Research: Wealth Management Acquisitions Rise Steeply in 2005
Acquisitions in the wealth management sector rose by 58 per cent in the first five months of 2005,...
Julius Baer: To Be the Acquirer?
It is difficult to gauge exactly what Julius Bear is up to. Yesterday at its annual general meeting...