12/12/2019
Jeff Bezos Net Worth: Amazon Founder & World’s Richest Man
His recent divorce from his wife, Mackenzie Bezos, also cost him $38-billion, making Mackenzie the third richest woman in the world overnight.
Comment & Analysis
12/12/2019
Africa’s digital divide
The worldwide digital economy is currently estimated at 15.5% of global GDP.
12/12/2019
Progressive Approach in Embracing the Digital Finance Key to Labuan IBFC’s Growth in Financial Innovation
Labuan IBFC entities employ more than 6,000 people, making the IBFC the largest employer compared to other industries in Labuan.
12/11/2019
Saffery Champness director named in top 50 most influential list
At Saffery Champness, Lisa heads up a Family Office Team managing offshore structures for ultra-high net worth families, focusing on the Middle East.
12/11/2019
AI, IoT and Blockchain: Using the power of three to create business, legal and technical solutions
This includes the technology stack in addition to code and deployment techniques and examples including an entire application from code start to deployment finish.
12/11/2019
Guernsey political stability highlighted on eve of UK elections
This is a serious point, and something we as advisers are very live to.
12/11/2019
These Are Bill Gates’ 5 Favorite Books Of 2019
For readers looking for something thought-provoking, Gates promises “you’ll find yourself sucked into it despite the heavy subject matter.
12/10/2019
Morgan Stanley cutting jobs due to uncertain global environment -source
The Wall Street investment bank and wealth firm has been trying to keep compensation expenses down because it expects revenue next year to be under pressure from market volatility, ongoing trade tensions and a global economic slowdown
12/10/2019
The 9 Cardinal Rules of the Office Holiday Party
How to crush it at work this holiday season—and not make an ass out of yourself.
12/10/2019
"Our future is in our own hands" – Message to staff from Christian Sewing on the Investor Deep Dive
This strong start to our transformation was extremely important.
12/10/2019
Christmas Stars and Fallen Angels by Patrick Thomas, Canaccord Genuity Wealth Management
The investment world has been interesting
12/10/2019
How are reputation, credibility, and social media shaping the future of long-term family success and building wealth that can be passed on for several generations?
Why? In essence, it’s because a family, their business and the family’s wealth are so intertwined that any reputational damage can have a lasting and devastating affect on the business and the family’s standing in the public eye and in t
12/10/2019
How NLP can revolutionise research for asset managers
NLP has now many applications and industry verticals, one of them is fintech.
12/09/2019
Buy a Monet instead of a Treasury? Art has shown long-term returns that rival bonds
Contemporary art has returned an average of 7.5%, and the art market as a whole has averaged 5.3%.
12/09/2019
Living in Fear of Inflation and Labour - Gary Dugan
While we have our doubts that persistent inflation will take hold, the global economy is extremely vulnerable to a spike in inflation.
12/09/2019
Study: Can’t Shake High Blood Pressure? Mindfulness Training May Be The Answer
Mindfulness may represent another approach to helping these people bring their blood pressure down, by allowing them to understand what’s happening in their minds and bodies.”
12/09/2019
Financial threats in 2020: fintech, mobile banking and e-commerce are in the crosshairs
These events allowed Kaspersky researchers to suggest several important potential developments for the financial threat landscape for 2020.
12/09/2019
Diamonds as an Investment
“Diamonds are the most valuable, not only of precious stones, but of all things in this world”, said Pliny the Elder, a Roman naturalist and philosopher, in the first century AD.
12/09/2019
Asia: a world of opportunity
‘For many of our clients, ‘opportunity’ really is the word of the moment,’ says Wendy Sim, Managing Director ZEDRA Singapore.
12/08/2019
Cryptoassets and digital operational resilience by Valdis Dombrovskis
There is a broad consensus on the need to move forward with the new energy taxation framework, which is also important in the context of decarbonising our economy.