Coutts

Swiss private bank Union Bancaire Privée (UBP) has agreed a deal to buy the international arm of Coutts from the Royal Bank of Scotland.

Investec is understood to be the latest financial services group considering a bid for Coutts International.

Signia Wealth's CEO and co-founder Nathalie Dauriac-Stoebe has resigned, following a string of departures from the group.

Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has lined up ten bidders for Coutts International as part of a pre-Christmas auction of the business, according to reports.

Italian bank Intesa SanPaolo is reportedly considering a bid for wealth manager Coutts International as part of its UK expansion plans.

Coutts has put aside £110m to compensate clients who may have been sold unsuitable investments over the past 60 years.

Analysts at Numis have compared charges from the likes of Barclays, Brewin, Coutts and Rathbones to investigate how industry fees stack up against platforms' newly-unveiled clean prices.

UK EQUITIES

European Wealth Management's investment strategist Richard Stammers talks to Alasdair Pal about contrarian investing, how he views the UK market and the problems of accessing commodities.

Investors' desperate search for income continues as rumours abound of the possibility of negative interest rates and bond yields remain at record low levels.