Spear’s Review

Grant Hamilton has spent the better part of three decades building a standout wealth management practice in Jersey, having held roles at Merrill Lynch, 7IM, Schroders and Rathbones before joining UBS as an executive director in 2024.

The move was deliberate. He tells Spear’s that he was looking for a firm that could ‘do the whole piece for clients, from banking, lending and investment management to discretionary advisory’, as well as provide access to private markets and specialist hedge funds.

It is a proposition that suits Jersey’s evolving wealth landscape, where trust mandates are growing larger and more complex, and where the influx of internationally mobile clients demands serious institutional capability.

With around nine in 10 client conversations focused on volatility and uncertainty, preparation has become a priority. ‘Nothing beats a sit-down, face-to-face,’ Hamilton explains; proximity, in his view, remains the most underrated tool in wealth management.