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Dec 11, 2024 | citywire.com | John Schaffer |Laura Ventom |Katie Gilfillan |David Galbraith

Barclays is aiming to ramp up its capabilities in alternative investments, saying it has ‘gaps’ in this area for its private banking clients. In a presentation on Wednesday, private banking and wealth management CEO Sasha Wiggins said the bank needs to have a wider investment universe in alternatives. ‘This is an asset class which has been fast growing and where our clients are underweight relative to the industry,’ she said.

Dec 11, 2024 | citywire.com | Sophie Downes |Phil Oakley |John Schaffer |Katie Gilfillan

This is the third and final part of our review of the Citywire Elite Companies Asia top 10. Read part one and part two. A new tariff-touting US president could create problems for Asia’s exporters and the region’s economic growth. However, president-elect Donald Trump’s policies may also have positive economic implications by encouraging China to pursue more aggressive economic stimulus following a recent step-up.

Dec 11, 2024 | citywire.com | Charles Walmsley |Sophie Downes |John Schaffer |Katie Gilfillan

Barclays plans to hire 100 wealth managers in the UK over the next two years under plans to win over a bigger slice of the mass affluent market. Sasha Wiggins, CEO of Barclays Private Bank and Wealth Management, set out the hiring target on a webinar held for institutional investors and media. ‘There’s an opportunity for us here in the mass affluent segment. If we can capture even a fraction of these UK customers, we will scale our UK business considerably,’ she said.

Dec 11, 2024 | citywire.com | Sophie Downes |John Schaffer |Katie Gilfillan

It’s been a pretty impressive period for US small caps, with the Russell 2000 up nearly 29% over a year – not far behind a scintillating S&P 500. But unlike products in the US large-cap space, this is an area where going active has actually paid off: top funds in the space have outperformed by quite some margin. At the end of September, 62% of active US smaller companies funds had beaten indices over a three-year period, with outperformance rates notably up since 2021.