Credit Suisse is promoting veteran Swiss investment banker Thomas Gottstein to head up its ultra-rich clients business in Switzerland, highlighting the expertise increasingly sought by private banks to cater to their wealthiest customers.
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Startup's biggest funding comes from family, friends - Fundable
Friends and family of startups were found to be its biggest supporters, shelling out USD23,000 in a business on average, totaling USD60 billion in fresh capital annually, based from data collected by online crowdfunding platform Fundable.
Executives bid to takeover Kering's La Redoute in France
La Redoute chief executive Nathalie Balla and Redcats finance chief Eric Courteille have reportedly made a joint bid to acquire Kering's loss making mail order business La Redoute.
American high-end watch rental firm Eleven James nabs $1.4M in seed funding
New York-based startup Eleven James received USD1.4 million in seed funding from strategic investors to launch its luxury watch rental and watch trade-in service for men.
South Africa's Rupert offers ZAR2.34 billion to acquire ElementOne
Wealthy businessman Johann Rupert of South Aftica has offered ZAR2.34 billion to purchase ElementOne, a company which owns a large stake in Caxton and CTP Publishers and Printers, according to the Sunday Times.
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New music-focused messaging app for the iPhone PingTune was able to raise GBP1 million or USD1.6 million from seed investors Rupert Hambro of JO Hambro and serial entrepreneur Dominic Perks.
A statement by investment firm Vasari said its chairman, Vivian Imerman, has shown interest in acquiring Whyte & Mackay should Diageo chose to divest them in order to comply with competition concerns.
New York-based auction house Sotheby's is gearing up for its first commercial sale in China with USD212 million worth of artwork consisting of western and Chinese paintings, jewelry and furniture by Picasso, Rembrandt and Zao Wou-Ki.
In an interview with Bloomberg TV India, billionaire Anil Agarwal expressed his disappointment about the outcome of his INR500 billion or USD8 billion investment in his aluminum business, and even commented that doing business in India is more difficult than elsewhere.
Italy-based Barilla family, the founders of the biggest company pasta in the world, have shelled out USD25 million to acquire a South Island dairy farm.
Jacob Cook's private cloud project ArkOS has beaten its funding goal of USD45,000 with a total pledge of USD45,189 from 859 backers with less than a week remaining in a self-hosted crowdfunding campaign.
Private equity firms T. Rowe Price Group Inc, Magnetar Capital LLC and over 100 shareholders of Dell Inc invoked their rights for an appraisal of their collective 2.7% interest in the company through the Delaware court system in contest of the USD24.9 billion buyout of Dell.
The auction frenzy seen in Hong Kong's latest auctions by Christie's International Plc was not caught on in London, wherein seven of the 24 lots put up for sale did not attract bidders.
Student rental marketplace FlatClub raised USD1.5 million from angel investors and venture capitalists to build more transient rooms and apartments across the US and Europe.
