Managers of Wealth

Homes with Recording Studios, Music Rooms, and Performance Stages

Luxury Defined spotlights a collection of homes for classical musicians, songsters, and rock stars

Brighter outlook after the fourth wave

The potential for a recovery later in 2022 remains and we see overall GDP growth at around 4.5% for the advanced economies and slightly faster than that in the emerging economies.

The Hunters’ Tails: A duck, a bill and a platypus…

UK smaller companies have usually outperformed in inflationary periods.

Regime shift in developed-market sovereign bonds

On the inflation side, there was further evidence that supply-side bottlenecks are proving more persistent than was expected earlier in the year.

Four multi-asset perspectives on inflation

We also provide a summary of our investment research – a hallmark of our investment practice, as we often integrate findings into our management of portfolios.

Pandemic to endemic; living with infection, inflation and higher rates

As a result, the new strain may do little more than slow, rather than stall further economic growth, as markets focus on high inflation and the end of central banks’ asset purchases.

Pictet Perspectives - Outlook 2022

Flexibility in portfolios will be key to navigating the fully charged environment in 2022.

Central Banks, Not Covid, Will Drive Global Economies in 2022

From 2023 onward, most agree, growth will return to its long-term norm of around 3.5%, as if Covid never happened.

Global M&A Insights: Technology deals dominate in 2021

We also look into the reasons behind record capital raising by technology companies, the considerations required for AI due diligence and talent retention in technology acquisitions, and the global trend for growing government intervention on sensitive tr

Rolls-Royce CEO says high COVID-19 death rates led more people to buy expensive cars

Rolls-Royce CEO Torsten Müller-Otvös said COVID-19 deaths helped spur record sales for the luxury carmaker in 2021.

"Digitalisation reduces costs by up to 50%"

Together with our technology partners IBM, we are currently developing a solution for “conversational banking”.

Asset Management Trends in 2022

The shift from traditional paper systems towards modern CMMS solutions is helping drive industry growth.

How Investment Backed Lending Could Help When Opportunity Knocks

IBL could provide quick access to funds for the next big thing in your life.

Risk Markets On Alert As Rates Spike

The initial days of 2022 already appear to be testing the resolve of the risk bulls.

Rothschild: Asset Management Europe

Although the negative impact on GDP will likely be more muted compared to previous Covid-19 waves, the fast spreading Omicron variant will nonetheless hurt economic activity.

The ties that bind: merging your investment reporting operations

Sometimes the people making the decisions are middle management

Research, Respect and Risk: three maxims for doing philanthropy well

When the recipient is chosen carefully, small sums can create social change because the budgets of many charities are mind-bogglingly small.

7% inflation shows Fed missed their window to taper sooner

The current levels of inflation haven’t been seen for 40 years outside of emerging markets

Why aiming to beat inflation will be a key investment theme in 2022

As higher inflation looks set to persist in 2022, finding ways to generate a return on investments greater than inflation will be a key investment theme

Reporting of private placements: a challenge for institutional investors

One category is emerging in their portfolios and that is private investments, including private equity (PE).

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