Managers of Wealth

On wealth, greed and happiness by Tim Price

The temptation to pander is almost irresistible.

World Economic Outlook Update

A Crisis Like No Other, An Uncertain Recovery

Schroders’ Group CEO and senior leaders named in LGBT Great’s Global Top 100 Executive Allies

Schroders’ inclusion is a tribute to all our efforts promoting inclusivity within the organisation, as well as our determination to become an employer of choice within the industry for LGBTQ+ individuals.

Patricia Woo on the Holistic Approach to the UHNW Family Office of the Future

This she calls the integral approach to the family office, and it is one that places as great an emphasis on spiritual goals as on secular objectives.

UBS loses Australian equities crown to Macquarie

UBS’s market share in ECM fell from 22.8% in the first half of last year to 12.4% now, ranking it behind Macquarie with 23.4%, Goldman Sachs with 17.4% and JP Morgan with 14.8%.

Swiss Bankers Eschew Return to Paradeplatz

At Avaloq, a banking software firm that employs roughly 2,000 people, 16 percent of staff surveyed internally said they didn’t want to return at all

How to invest sustainably in a post-pandemic world

Our latest monthly UBS Sustainable Investing Perspective edition explores the investment implications of Europe’s green recovery, the growth of sustainable investments, and diversity.

Pandemic prompts 'thousands of expats' to bid goodbye to Dubai

Oxford Economics has forecast the UAE risks losing up to 900,000 jobs due to the covid-19 pandemic and its strictly-enforced lockdowns.

‘100-year government bonds could become the norm post-Covid-19’ – Kames Capital

“Looking at this ultra-long area of the market 2020 has already seen more issuance in the 100-year maturity area than all of 2019.”

Receding pandemic sets up new normal for Asian wealth managers

More digital/analytics, operational risks, customer focus and perhaps consolidation

Labuan IBFC: 30 Years of Intermediating Asia - Exclusive Interview with Director General, Labuan Financial Services Authority

Get an indepth exclusive on Labuan IBFC, his thoughts about the industry performance for 2019 as well as his future plans and aspirations for the jurisdiction.

Labuan IBFC: Interview with Chairman, Labuan International Insurance Association

In 2019, the insurance market’s profitability in Labuan IBFC grew by 43.7% and total gross premiums transacted at USD1.5 billion with 89% of the total premiums originating from the Asian market.

Rare coins, whiskey and art investments gain traction amid uncertainty

The equivalent of 1,306 online searches each day of last month.

Beware passively seeking yield - Rathbones

Helping clients find income has been a tough gig for many years now, yet pandemic-induced dividend cuts have made that task even harder.

Will lenders support businesses through the crisis?

Banks provide the working capital, revolving credit facilities and overdrafts.

China Crisis Could Divide the World - Coutts

The US and China have been on a collision course for some time, and their conflict could have big ramifications for investors.

The new normal for the private wealth sector

Wealth structuring and intergenerational planning is only going to become more complex’

Are global economies heading for a V-shaped recovery?

While acknowledging that, in light of the ongoing coronavirus uncertainty, nobody knows exactly how global markets are going to play out, Buchholz argues that what he calls ‘The Great Cessation’ can end with a V-shaped recovery in the US.

It Ain’t Over ’til It’s Over

The re-openings that have turned problematic in our view will require reassessment of how and what needs to be done to avoid the surges in the virus that have met these first efforts.

The Second Quarter, Speech given by Andrew G Haldane, Chief Economist, Bank of England

Both the UK and the global economies are already well into the “second quarter” – the recovery phase.

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