Managers of Wealth

Château d’Yquem: When it comes to sweet wines, this is the ultimate

When it comes to sweet wines, Château d’Yquem remains the ultimate honey trap, writes Jonathan Ray

Fitch Downgrades Credit Suisse Group to 'BBB+'; Stable Outlook

The downgrade reflects Fitch's view that Credit Suisse's weak operating profitability compared with peers' highlights the execution risk during the group's restructuring

The practice of linking pay to ESG is already widespread

The momentum towards integrating ESG into reward strategy seems unstoppable.

Zombie financing

Charlton Heston and our head of multi-asset investments David Coombs have little in common. But they both hate the walking dead.

The end of free money

The financial world is in the midst of a painful and unfamiliar transition.

US inflation: Past the peak, but then what?

Also core inflation, which excludes energy and food, fell to 6.2%.

Wealthy Donors Are Adjusting Philanthropy Plans

The majority of the 200 respondents (160) reported assets of between $5 million and $24.9 million.

The Dwindling Private Banker Count

At its peak in 2018, Julius Baer could count on 1,051 bankers. Now, three years later, about one in six of them are gone.

Are you reinvention ready?

Managing for sustained outcomes and building trust in periods of dislocation

The best countries for hiding wealth

President Joe Biden has made transparency reforms a key pillar of his foreign policy, vowing to tackle tax evasion and money laundering.

Seven questions to ask before buying a property

The most common way to make a property purchase is to take out a mortgage loan.

Quant chart: Value accelerates to strongest start in decades

2022 marks the best start to a year in our sample period of just over 35 years

Number of Irish wealthy individuals set to surge

Ireland is among 10 countries forecast to see the largest proportional increase in their extremely rich populations between now and 2026

“Childs: Temperature's up all over the camp. Won't last long though. MacReady: Neither will we. Childs: How will we make it? MacReady: Maybe we shouldn't.” - Dialogue from John Carpenter’s The Thing (1982).

Questionable Positives by Gary Dugan

On both occasions, the market eventually fell 50% before rebounding.

Wealth managers expect asset management industry to hit $2 trillion faster than expected

Research from Oxford Risk predicts a push from international financial institutions to expand in the region

Designing the New Workplace Model

A common thread throughout our panel discussion was change. Whatever your organization experienced during the pandemic, change was constant.

Inflationary Concerns

In the meanwhile, oil prices continue to be a pain point for many countries.

Monthly Update: Financial Markets Still Navigating Volatile Conditions

Financial markets are experiencing further challenges as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues, China introduces more lockdowns and investors fret over central bank measures to tame inflation.

Meeting evolving expectations of ultra high net worth investors

The study confirms that the need to access services digitally is largely consistent: 89% of investors from every group analyzed — high/ultrahigh net worth individuals, millennials and baby boomers

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