12/12/2016
Moving to the UK, Monaco or Switzerland
A Russian High Net Worth Family's Journey
Comment & Analysis
12/12/2016
Predictions for financial services in 2017 - Joe Bloemendaal, Mitek
2017 will see an end to regulatory leniency for Fintechs as the bell rings on play time
12/12/2016
A principled response to Enron, 15 years on by Aberdeen Asset Managers
By playing at the boundaries of accounting standards, the US energy trader was able to hide its losses off balance sheet and continue to operate when it was in effect already bust.
12/12/2016
How the Twinkie Made the Superrich Even Richer
The iconic snack cake returned to shelves just months after Hostess had shuttered its bakeries and laid off thousands of workers.
12/12/2016
De Beers Jewellers CEO on Diamond Market
De Beers is seeing strength and even double-digit growth in some markets.
12/12/2016
How will this year’s ‘black swan’ events and changes to interest rates affect investors? - comment from Ausaf Abbas of Multrees
Ahead of the UK interest rate decision (15th December), Ausaf Abbas, non-executive director of Multrees Investor Services, answers the question: how will this year’s ‘black swan’ events and changes to interest rates affect investors?
12/09/2016
The Future of Online Banking
By Marie Austenaa, VP and Head of Personal Data & Mobile Identity Programme at GSMA
12/09/2016
2016: Trends to Watch in Wealth Management
The universal banking model of old is diminishing and many players are stepping back from investment banking.
12/08/2016
BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research Calls Heads or Tailwinds as Markets Swing on Policy Shifts
The Economy Resuscitates, Stocks Gain, Rates Rise, Inflation Grows; Heightened Volatility and Potential for Big Market Swings Likely
12/08/2016
Singapore stresses under a wealth of worries
Prime minister Lee Hsien Loong admits low growth may be the "new normal".
12/08/2016
Hedge funds closures set for worst year since 2008
Investors continue to pull money citing poor performance and fees
12/07/2016
Activists say J.P. Morgan and Bank of America Have a Big Gender Gap Problem
The investors, who have made headway on pay disparity with tech giants including Amazon and Apple, are trying to do the same in the finance sector.
12/07/2016
Can current offshore wealth management centres survive?
Luxembourg has long been strategic in developing particular products and services for specific elements of the investment industry
12/07/2016
Switzerland knocked off asset management podium
Within a decade, growth in the US at Switzerland’s expense has knocked the Alpine country from third position in 2005
12/07/2016
The 21 richest people in Europe
Europe's wealthy elite is worried: political stability and a generous tax regime are rarely the hallmarks of populist government
12/06/2016
Credit Suisse Group AG: Go For Emerging Markets in 2017
There are many challenges in front of the global economy but the emerging markets are now better positioned to deal with all of those challenges.
12/06/2016
No game changer for Italy – but watch France and Germany in 2017 - Unigestion
As with Brexit and the US election, voters treated the referendum as a vote of confidence in the political elite. Once again, the message from the comprehensive rejection of the proposed amendment was “extraordinarily clear”, as described by a
12/06/2016
St. James’s Place – “Politics and macroeconomic issues remain front and centre”
In a year beset by global political risk, Italians voted decisively in a referendum to reject Matteo Renzi’s reform package.
12/06/2016
Strategy Update from BNP Paribas Investment Partners
Asset allocation: closing overweight in euro inflation-linked bonds
12/05/2016
When wonks go rogue by Tim Price
Far from reducing crime and corruption, it boosted both. Al Capone, one of the most infamous beneficiaries of prohibition, was by 1927 earning $60 million a year from alcohol sales alone. As he conceded, “all I do is satisfy a public demand.”