Diary of a private banker

Australians seem to have very colourful flair when it comes to choosing nicknames for people and objects.

Our oldest private bank keeps breaking records, writes Freddie Pooter.

A true pioneering private banking giant, Edgar de Picciotto established Union Bancaire Privee in Geneva many years ago before sadly dying in 2016 aged 86, writes Freddie Pooter.

We always knew that putting the investment bankers in with the private bank was toxic for the most part, writes Freddie Pooter.

I recently reported exclusively that Rapper Stormzy apparently had become a client of Coutts & Co, showing the increasing penetration by the bank into the reaches of our artistic and musical businesses.

Much confusion over the fate of Adam & Co, stablemate of Coutts & Co, and which reportedly has been put up for sale by parent NatWest. As I said last week, would you ‘adam and eve’ it.

I have long been wary, as a staunch Englishman, of committing lese majestie as far as our Royal family is concerned, e.g. knocking lumps off the poor old monarchy.

A kilted Scottish person calls on me, hot foot from Edinburgh, with the message that Adam & Co is up disposal.

There is no stopping UBS in Britain, it seems. UBS Global Wealth Management has produced its own internal performance indicators for the UK advisory sector which it reckons shows that it has surpassed most of its City rivals, whether ranked by assets under management or by profitability.