Vestra Wealth

2016 edition of The Spear's 500

Mergers and acquisitions among wealth management firms, especially those with less than £5bn in AUM, are set to increase and could even beat the record number of transactions witnessed in 2015, as a tougher regulatory backdrop and Brexit uncertainty exert...

Boost for private client team

Can they hold strong through future volatility?

Investment managers are expecting to see the first interest rate rise in the US in over six years in the next couple of months, but could we see a further round of quantitative easing instead?

Vestra Wealth has hired Russell Harrop, formerly Woodford Investment Management, as head of international equities.

The start of 2015 has proved to be a busy few months for the wealth management space as firms make acquisitions, hires and expansion plans. Investment Week rounds up the stories you may have missed.

Brooks Macdonald Asset Management has appointed Vestra Wealth's Jim Mackie as an investment management director.

Growing concern over co-investor risk is leading some buyers to turn away from pooled vehicles entirely in a bid to reclaim control of their investments.

Vestra Wealth has hired three investment managers, all specialising in global multi-asset portfolios, from UBS and Julius Baer.