Managers of Wealth

'Women will save US economy', predicts billionaire investor Warren Buffett

According to the Telegraph, Buffett's remarks came during an interview with fellow philanthropist Melinda Gates, with BBC Radio 4.

UK should step up defence of financial services

The Government must do more to defend the contribution the financial services sector makes to the wider economy because it is not just about “a few people drinking Bollinger”, according to the City of London Corporation.

The City, the EU and a very inconvenient truth

Enoch Powell once said that the best way to keep a secret was to announce it on the floor of the House of Commons, so little notice was taken of anything that went on there.

The Biggest Billionaire Scandals Of 2012, According To Forbes

“Let me tell you about the very rich,” wrote F. Scott Fitzgerald in his short story The Rich Boy in 1926. “They are different from you and me. They possess and enjoy early, and it does something to them…”

What can banks learn from retail giants and the porn industry?

New Lafferty report applies retailer best practice to banks in an effort to make them 'loved'

Coutts Wealth Watch - Gold exposure trimmed for first time since global crisis

We are reducing our exposure to gold for the first time since June 2009 because we believe that several key risks to the global economy that underpinned the precious metal are being addressed. But we remain positive on gold and believe it has a place in p

Nobel Laureate Has Most Awkward Dinner Ever With Financial Advisers He Just Destroyed

Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman claims in his book Thinking, Fast And Slow that the stock picking industry is built largely on an "illusion of skill."

Investing in the recovery in US residential property - Coutts

We are looking for opportunities to participate directly in US residential property for both rental income and capital appreciation.

Private banking for rich 'faces golden era'

Wealth managers face a massive learning curve but great potential

A Happy Financial Christmas? by Justin Urquhart Stewart

So in the world of investment and banking, what do I want for Christmas and the New Year?

Goons versus Gold by Tim Price

My intent is not to show why these economists will fail (bigger and brighter minds such as Hayek, Mises, Friedman, etc. have already done this) – but rather to review the impact that the misguided manipulation of the price of money (exchange and int

Top UBS shareholder pins rebound hopes on private wealth

"We have seen some awful scandals in businesses much weaker than UBS and they manage to survive."

Are taxes driving millionaires overseas? by Karen Clark, Baker Tilly

We hear all the time that rising income tax rates are driving high earners overseas. But is it really higher taxes that are getting them racing to the nearest airport?

The Beverley Hillbillies and the Fiscal Cliff by Terry Smith

As the US Fiscal Cliff melodrama heads towards its climax I thought I would offer an observation based upon the 60s US TV sitcom series-the Beverley Hillbillies.

2013 - A Year in Global Emerging Markets - Schroders

"Despite the fact that there has been little progress in resolving the underlying structural issues in the developed economies, 2012 has been a decent year for risk assets.

Survey Identifies Factors Shaping the Growth of Institutional Boutique Asset Managers - RESEARCH

The SunGard Asset Arena 360 Boutique Asset Manager survey recently examined the prospects for institutional boutique asset managers, the obstacles that lay ahead, as well as strategies for growth in an increasingly challenging cost-pressured industry.

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