Geneva-based banking group SYZ has agreed to acquire the Swiss private banking subsidiary of Royal Bank of Canada in a move which doubles the firm's assets under management and expands its reach across the world.
The second quarter of 2015 proved to be as eventful as the first for the wealth management space, as M&A, bid rumours and restructurings continued to take the headlines.
Quilter Cheviot has completed a comprehensive reorganisation of its executive team, five months after it was taken over by Old Mutual Wealth.
Sanlam UK made £10m from the sale of its stake in advice network Intrinsic to Old Mutual Wealth.
Debt-laden network Sesame has been given access to a £45m bailout fund by its parents Aviva and Friends Life.
Former Old Mutual bond manager Stewart Cowley has launched a new venture providing investment advice and portfolio management to advisers and fund groups.
J.O. Hambro Capital Management's Clive Beagles has opened new positions in wealth managers and increased exposure to certain banks in his £2.9bn UK Equity Income fund.
Brown Shipley has acquired financial planning business Hampton Dean for an undisclosed amount.
Wealth manager European Wealth has completed the £3m acquisition of IFA business ISM Solutions it announced in its annual results in May.
Hargreaves Lansdown has agreed to acquire £370m of assets from J.P. Morgan Asset Management for an undisclosed amount, as the latter ceases to offer certain direct investments to individual clients.