Private Banker International: Royal Bank of Canada’s (RBC) wealth management arm is to buy the Latin American, Caribbean and African private banking business of Coutts, Royal Bank of Scotland’s private banking division. Coutts' business has client assets of more than $2bn and RBC will also be acquiring about 20 key private banking staff, with all based in Geneva apart from a team in the Cayman Islands.
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