International Financial Centre (IFC) Awards 2018 | Citywealth |

Now in their seventh year, the Citywealth International Financial Centre Awards were established to highlight the excellence of the advisers and managers in the private wealth sector in the major international financial centres. In what has been a period of extreme turbulence and continuing change for clients this is when quality advice is at a premium. It is when the best of the best really stand out.

The awards are judged by an international panel of highly respected practitioners from all sectors with experience of working with advisors in all the jurisdictions covered. The winners will have excelled in achievement, innovation, expertise and service.

IFC of the Year
WINNER: Jersey
Silver: Guernsey
Bronze: Singapore

Investment Management Company of the Year - Isle of Man
WINNER: Canaccord Genuity
RUNNER UP: Coutts
SHORTLISTED: Canaccord Genuity, Coutts, Creechurch Capital, Lloyds Bank International Limited, Thomas Miller Investment

Investment Management Company of the Year - Channel Islands
WINNER: Rathbone Investment Management
RUNNER UP: Quilter Cheviot
SHORTLISTED: Affinity Private Weatlh, Brooks Macdonald, Canaccord Genuity, Cazenove Capital, Quilter Cheviot, Rathbone Investment Management

Family Office of the Year
WINNER: BKS Family Office
RUNNER UP: Crestbridge
SHORTLISTED: Aquitaine Trust, BKS Family Office, Boston Group, Crestbridge, LJ Partnership, Ocorian, Salamanca Group, Stonehage Fleming Wealth Planning

Private Bank of the Year - Channel Islands
WINNER: Nedbank Private Wealth
RUNNER UP: Standard Bank
SHORTLISTED: Butterfield, Cazenove Capital, Investec, Nedbank Private Wealth, RBC Wealth Management, SG Hambros, Standard Bank, UBS Wealth Managament

Private Bank of the Year - Switzerland and Liechtenstein
WINNER: Pictet & Cie
RUNNER UP: UBS Wealth Management
SHORTLISTED: Credit Suisse, EFG, Julius Baer, Lombard Odier, Mirabaud, Pictet & Cie, UBP, UBS Wealth Management

Private Bank/Wealth Management Company of the Year – Europe
WINNER: Berenberg
RUNNER UP: LGT Bank
SHORTLISTED: Berenberg, Deutsche Bank, Erste Private Bank, ING Luxembourg, LGT Group, Unicredit Group

Law Firm of the Year - Caribbean
WINNER: Ogier
RUNNER UP: Appleby
SHORTLISTED: Appleby, Conyers Dill & Pearman, Higgs & Johnson, Maples and Calder, Ogier

Law Firm of the Year – Mediterranean
WINNER: Hassans
RUNNER UP: Andreas Neocleous
SHORTLISTED: Andreas Neocleous (Cyprus), Carey Group (Monaco), Fenech & Fenech (Malta), Gordon S. Blair Law Offices (Monaco), Hassans (Gibraltar), Tempest Legal Services (Monaco), WH Partners (Malta)

Law Firm of the Year - Guernsey
WINNER: Collas Crill
RUNNER UP: Appleby
SHORTLISTED: Appleby, Babbe, Bedell Cristin, Carey Olsen, Collas Crill, Mourant Ozannes, Ogier

Law Firm of the Year - Hong Kong
WINNER: Withers
RUNNER UP: Baker & McKenzie
SHORTLISTED: Baker & McKenzie, Gowling WLG, Proskauer, Stephenson Harwood, Sullivan & Cromwell, Wilkinson & Grist, Withers, Zhong Lun Law Firm

Law Firm of the Year - Isle of Man
WINNER: MannBenham Advocates
RUNNER UP: DQ Advocates
SHORTLISTED: Appleby, Cains, DQ Advocates, M & P Legal, MannBenhman Advocates, Simcocks

Law Firm of the Year - Jersey
WINNER: Ogier
RUNNER UP: Voisin Law
SHORTLISTED: Appleby, Bedell Cristin, Dickinson Gleeson, Ogier, Voisin Law, Walkers

Boutique Law Firm of the Year
WINNER: Hatstone Lawyers
RUNNER UP: Ardent Chambers
SHORTLISTED: Ardent Chambers, Benest Corbett Renouf, Hatstone Lawyers, Pan Asia Law, Parslows Lawyers, Ward Yates

Law Firm of the Year - Singapore
WINNER: Gowling WLG
RUNNER UP: Withers
SHORTLISTED: Baker & McKenzie Wong and Leow, Colin Ng & Partners, Gowling WLG, Rajah and Tann, Withers

Law Firm of the Year - Switzerland
WINNER: Lenz & Staehelin
RUNNER UP: Charles Russell Speechlys
SHORTLISTED: Bär & Karrer, Bonnard Lawson, Baker & McKenzie, Charles Russell Speechlys, Collyer Bristow, FBT Avocats, Lenz & Staehelin, Meyerlustenberger Lachenal, Walderwyss Attorneys at Law

Trust Company of the Year - Caribbean
WINNER: Sackville Bank
RUNNER UP: Intertrust
SHORTLISTED: Butterfield Trust, CIBC, Intertrust, Lombard Odier Trust, Meritus Trust, R & H Trust, Sackville Bank

Trust Company of the Year - Guernsey
WINNER: First Names Group
RUNNER UP: Equiom
SHORTLISTED: Butterfield Trust, Equiom, Estera, First Names Group, Imperium Trust, R & H Trust, Saffery Champness, Trust Corporation International

Trust Company of the Year - Hong Kong & Singapore
WINNER: Equiom
RUNNER UP: First Names Group
SHORTLISTED: Equiom, First Names Group, Kensington Trust, Nerine, Ocorian

Trust Company of the Year - Isle of Man
WINNER: Equiom
RUNNER UP: Estera
SHORTLISTED: Dixcart, Equiom, Estera, Fedelta Trust, Knox House, Paicolex Trust

Trust Company of the Year - Jersey
WINNER: Intertrust
RUNNER UP: First Names Group
SHORTLISTED: Estera, First Names Group, Hawksford, Intertrust, JTC Group, Ocorian, R & H Trust, RBC Wealth Management, Sanne, Volaw Group

Trust Company of the Year - Switzerland
WINNER: First Names Group
RUNNER UP: Zedra
SHORTLISTED: BLP Trust, Butterfield Trust, First Names Group, Rhone Trust, Salamanca Group, Stonehage Fleming, Summit Trust International, Zedra

Trust Company of the Year - Malta
WINNER: Equiom
RUNNER UP: Vistra
SHORTLISTED: Aqua Group, Chetcui Cauchi Advocates, Equiom, Paicolex Trust, STM Malta, Vistra

Editor’s Choice Award
Robert Moore, Butterfield

Outstanding Individual of the Year
Jonathan Giles, Rathbone Investment Management