Managers of Wealth

Want to get rich? Move to Dubai

The Emirate ranks high for salaries, disposable income, and safety

The World’s Rich Once Flocked to Geneva. Now Its Allure May Be Fading

Although the city has largely recovered from the end of secrecy at banks, whose numbers have shrunk by a quarter, Geneva faces questions about its allure for international businesses and the world’s wealthy.

Women-led hedge funds try to crack the boys’ club

Female asset managers struggle to attract investments even as they outperform their male peers

Move over Millennials, there is a new gang in town and they mean business

The post-Millennial generation known as Generation Z will make up nearly a third (32%) of the global population of 7.7bn in 2019

The Sunday Times Rich List 2019: age of uncertainty rattles the super-rich

After a year of turmoil on the stock market and high street, the super‑rich have a new fear — Corbygeddon. Robert Watts reports on how they are planning to protect themselves from a hard-left government

Influential themes driving investment in emerging Asia

The growth in Asian economies has been driven by manufacturing and exports thus far.

Top Dogs and Fat Cats

This is in part the consequence of globalisation and developments in communications technology

The psychotic freakshow rolls on by Tim Price

Any government will struggle to sign something they know will be hated by so many and held up as an example of the two parties serving themselves.

Who Owns England? by Guy Shrubsole review – our darkest secret

This passionately argued polemic reveals that half of England is owned by less than 1% of the population

Millionaires Tell UBS They're Bullish on Stocks

Global investors are holding 32% of their portfolios in cash

Report provides largest analysis ever of UK Women’s attitude to wealth.

The WealthiHer Network Report 2019: Understanding the Diversity of Women’s Wealth, is the UK’s largest ever study into the female experience of wealth and the finance industry.

HNW investors feel good about global economy: survey

Only 21% reported feeling pessimistic

Vontobel: Solving Social and Environmental Problems with Impact Investing

Investing and generating a financial return while at the same time solving the world’s social and environmental problems sounds appealing to investors.

Geneva PM on how not to fall into the private assets trap

nvesting in private equity through funds, funds of funds or in direct deals is not something new in the wealth management industry but in the past it was more limited to specialists and it certainly was not common for many private clients.

Macro and Markets Weekly by Gary Dugan

The Chinese will feel more comfortable dealing with the matter than they did last year.

Transforming the HNW Client Experience in Asia-Pacific by Steve D'Souza

Making the transition from manual-to-digital onboarding will allow private banks to reduce their time-to-revenue

The limited choice from Buffett’s buffet by Tim Price

False dawns in Japan have scarred plenty of investors.

Investors hold $517bn of ‘immediate’ climate risk

Moody's 2018 corporate social responsibility report warns fixed income investors of 'elevated' dangers

Infrastructure a Highlight in the Mediocrity - Gary Dugan

Don’t let the headlines deceive you.

How Schwab Came to Tower Over Wall Street

Those firms, as well as other big Wall Street names, are now following Schwab’s lead, by lowering or canceling fees, launching new services and seeking mass-affluent customers.

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