Managers of Wealth

The CLIC® Chronicles: How Zalando is moving the fashion industry towards circularity

The rise of fast fashion has created a shift in consumer behaviour, with cheap, low-quality items often being seen as disposable.

Could an opportunity be approaching in small caps?

Small caps tend to do well when economic sentiment improves. After a turbulent year, is it time to reconsider them in portfolios?

Majority of UK pension schemes expected to target lower returns for longer to reach their end-games

Schemes cited Guaranteed Minimum Pension Equalisation, insurer capacity constraints and data quality among the major hurdles for achieving a buyout

The man who’s changing the face of Canary Wharf

The exposed steel beams visible on the site today will be part of ‘Canary Wharf 3.0’, an audacious plan championed by Shobi Khan

Rathbones' David Coombs: Why I sold my last gilts two weeks ago

David Coombs has sold the remaining gilts in his Rathbones Multi-Asset Portfolios, arguing the opportunity to pick up UK debt at attractive yields has closed.

First Wealth: ‘We plant 30 trees for every client we take on’

The total of 3,500 trees also includes an offset for the company and team scope 1 and 2 carbon emissions, which it fully offsets each year.

Three ways to tell if a company is a genuine climate leader

We explain why there is more to corporate climate targets than meets the eye.

Three ways to tell if a company is a genuine climate leader

We explain why there is more to corporate climate targets than meets the eye.

These 8 billionaires have more combined wealth than half of Silicon Valley’s residents

Even as wealth inequality shrinks slightly nationwide, the divide in tech’s most important center keeps growing to ‘the highest wealth gap in nation,’ according to new report

How to manage your finances whilst in a relationship - don't let money break your heart

Emma Watson, head of financial planning at Rathbones Group Plc, shares her top tips on how to manage finances as a couple.

US equity rally stalls as Fed stays the course

But Fed officials, too, have been hinting that a higher end point for interest rates may be necessary given the recent robust jobs data, which showed the unemployment rate falling to a 53-year low in January.

Hedgehog news: Savile Row, Goldman Sachs and Premier League sponsors

To date the bank has chalked up two Italian PMs – Romano Prodi, also a president of the ECB, and Mario Monti.

The CLIC® Chronicles: Meet Ecoalf – the fashion-forward brand bringing recycled materials to the fore

In 2009, fashion entrepreneur Javier Goyeneche was moved to question the necessity of this evil.

A positive environment for hedge funds

The hedge fund industry entered a difficult phase in 2009 because dispersion stopped moving in the right direction.

Companies Are Striking Out With Customers: Why CX Is Pivotal to Customer Retention and Where Companies Are Falling Short

The 5th Annual Broadridge CX and Communications survey uncovers correlation between consumer demand for an elevated communications experience and companies’ abilities to retain customers

Investors Need To Prepare For Era Of 'Big Government,' BofA Says

The trends that will impact portfolios include the fact that the era of big government is back; the era of cheap money is over; and the ‘peace dividend’ has been spent.

Rethink Perspectives: Energy – crisis or opportunity?

That was the question at Lombard Odier’s recent ‘Rethink Perspectives’ event in London.

Fixed Income Strategist: Pulling forward to push back

Since the beginning of the year, 10-year US Treasury yields have fallen by nearly 50 basis points and volatility has collapsed to levels not seen since June 2022.

UK narrowly avoids a technical recession in the fourth quarter

Economic activity fell sharply in December with the squeeze on household income likely to continue to impact growth in 2023.

Could Credit Suisse's Singaporean wealth managers one day work for... BNP Paribas?

One of them is BNP Paribas, which the FT says might be interested in Credit Suisse's Asian wealth management business in particular.

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