With Coutts now firmly concentrating on its core UK market, the challenge for chief executive Peter Flavel is getting its existing clients to do more with the bank
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Flavel puts investment at core of Coutts’ growth plan

Financial world in flux following EU poll upset
While banks fear that access to EU talent may be restricted in the post-Brexit landscape, some wealthy clients have already sensed a buying opportunity amid the uncertainty

Is an exodus from London to Paris on the cards?
Mark Boleat, policy chairman at the City of London Corporation and Didier le Menestrel, chairman and founder of La Financière de l’Echiquier, discuss whether Brexit will see Paris overtake London as Europe’s leading financial centre

Brexit result leaves rival centres jostling for position
London’s pre-eminence as Europe’s leading financial centre may well be under threat following the UK’s vote to leave the European Union, but institutions assess many competitive factors before shipping out staff

External assets central to Generali’s expansion drive
Generali Investments’ chief executive Santo Borsellino made growing the Italian firm’s third party business a “key priority” when he took control in 2013. So far the decision has paid off

Berlin witnesses passing of investment baton
The new generation of techno-nerds may be guilty of speaking in jargon and much of what they pass off as new ideas are anything but, yet evidence of a generational shift in wealth management was clearly evident at the summer Fund Forum event in Berlin

Switzerland struggles to find new role in post-secrecy world
The Swiss must play to their strengths as well as develop new expertise if they are to have any chance of regaining former glories

Brexit provides Paris with new lease of life
While the French government has not always been supportive of growing its financial services sector, Paris is gradually waking up to opportunities for expansion

Funds and fintechs find Luxembourg an attractive base
Asset managers have long been using Luxembourg as a base for cross-border fund distribution but the Grand Duchy has found a new lease of life as a haven for tech-based start-ups

Regulation and technology lead Madrid’s transformation
The Spanish capital’s financial landscape has been transformed in the last five years with consolidation in the banking sector and asset managers using the city as a springboard to Latin America
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