Updated
Updated · finews.asia · Jul 1
HP Wealth Management Hires 2 UBS Singapore Bankers as Fee-Based Model Lures Talent
Updated
Updated · finews.asia · Jul 1

HP Wealth Management Hires 2 UBS Singapore Bankers as Fee-Based Model Lures Talent

2 articles · Updated · finews.asia · Jul 1

Summary

  • Michael Sutter and Alex Grindley have joined HP Wealth Management in Singapore as Senior Relationship Managers after leaving senior wealth roles at UBS.
  • 25 years at UBS helped drive Sutter’s move, with both hires citing HP’s independent, fee-based model and lack of product-selling pressure as better aligned with client interests.
  • Urs Brutsch said the hires from Asia’s largest wealth manager validate HP’s platform for entrepreneurial advisors building client businesses on trusted relationships.
  • Founded in 2009, HP is one of Singapore’s oldest independent wealth managers and multi-family offices, and it has recruited from UBS Singapore on earlier occasions.

Insights

Is the talent exodus from big banks a post-merger blip, or a permanent power shift in wealth management?
As top bankers flee giants like UBS, what hidden risks do their clients face at smaller, independent firms?