10/08/2020
Company Culture Must Remain Front and Center During These Uncertain Times
It is essential to stay diligent in maintaining and enhancing your culture so that staffers feel connected and remain committed to your mission.
Comment & Analysis
10/08/2020
2020: Private Equity embraces the Special Purpose Acquisition Company during a record year
In many respects, the aims of SPACs and customary VC / PE strategies are very similar and firms are now seeing that SPACs themselves might other multiple advantages over the traditional acquisition and investment holding structures utilised by PE.
10/08/2020
BNY Mellon Report Assesses the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Capital Markets
The CMI consists of all of the components that make the flow of money across global financial markets possible.
10/08/2020
A day in the life of: Canaccord's Ian Berry
We follow in the footsteps of Ian Berry, small-cap equity analyst at Canaccord Genuity. Find out the best and worst bits of his job as well as what box set he likes to binge on.
10/08/2020
Has the pandemic transformed financial advice for the better?
So the impact of the crisis on the financial advice industry goes beyond market volatility and its impact on investments - redefining, perhaps permanently, the role advisers play in their client’s lives.
10/08/2020
How Finma led a Swiss bank onto the scaffold
He self-critically admits, however, that the bank communicated too little transparently to the outside world
10/07/2020
Investors should look beyond the label in choosing a modern multi-family office
Wealthy clients face plethora of offerings from old firms and new rivals alike
10/07/2020
How the super-rich have been keeping fit during lockdown
The Peloton boom has claimed everyone from high-flying bankers to Rishi Sunak, but it’s not the only way the one per cent are working out
10/07/2020
Private equity has prospects for longer-term sustainable investing, says Guy Hands
Guy Hands told a webinar hosted by Guernsey Finance, staged as part of Climate Week NYC 2020, that he believed that longer-life funds and long-term investment would grow in popularity.
10/07/2020
AIB considers charging wealthy customers for holding their money
Bank is grappling with low rates and rising household savings
10/07/2020
Taking change in your stride: Jersey’s National Risk Assessment of Money Laundering
The NRA is a key step towards our next assessment by MONEYVAL, which uses the FATF recommendations as its starting point.
10/07/2020
Comment: Jane Fraser’s rise to Citigroup summit boosts all women on Wall Street
Her sex should not matter, but her sex matters very much indeed
10/07/2020
The Evolution of DPM in Asia’s Wealth Management Market
It is slow and gradual, as yet, but this evolution offers an unprecedented opportunity to change the way the industry engages with its clients.
10/07/2020
Optimism rises among financial services firms as business volumes stabilise
Firms are planning to cut headcounts once again in the next quarter, the report said, but the rate of cuts is expected to slow once again to a 17 per cent drop.
10/06/2020
Latest Asset Tracing Trends in BVI, Hong Kong and South Korea
Randall Arthur, Joyce Xiang and Calvin Koo looked at judicial assistance between Hong Kong and Mainland China, as well as the recently amended Hong Kong money laundering statutes.
10/06/2020
Negative rates in UK? How to protect yourself if Bank takes interest rates below zero
The main risk for savers is that, if rates do go negative, the return on cash – already paltry – could also turn negative. At the very least, negative rates would mean they are unlikely to rise anytime soon.
10/06/2020
Almost half of UHNW families do not have a structured process for identifying risk, says Stonehage Fleming survey
Almost a quarter of respondents identified failure to engage the next generation as a key risk.
10/05/2020
Debt cancellation needed to help poorest countries - World Bank president
Amid warnings the pandemic could push 100 million people into extreme poverty, Malpass renewed his call for private banks and investment funds to get involved too.
10/05/2020
Covid forces Hong Kong elite to stay home and consider uncertain future
The region’s wealthy reflect on succession, creating liquidity to fund new opportunities and private jets
10/05/2020
How to Manage Your Finances After Covid-19
Private wealth managers say that extended periods of restricted personal interaction and communication among family members can exacerbate existing tensions about estate succession and wealth management.