10/11/2019
Class, cliques and social codes: doing more on diversity by Christopher Woolard
Speech by Christopher Woolard, Executive Director of Strategy and Competition at the FCA, delivered at the UBS Hedge Fund COO Conference.
Comment & Analysis
10/10/2019
Researchers: America's richest 400 families now pay a lower tax rate than the middle class
The tipping point came last year when the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which was signed into law by President Donald Trump at the end of 2017, took effect.
10/10/2019
Female Entrepreneurs Face Least Gender Bias in Asia
Whilst there is optimism about female fundraising in Asia, other areas of gender bias remain a global issue.
10/10/2019
Corporate governance: the longest play of all?
Essentially it is that companies are analysed more extensively than ever before on their corporate governance.
10/10/2019
Top Takeaways from our Zurich and Geneva Trust and Private Client Seminars
Foundations emerged as a new type of incorporated entity in Jersey and Guernsey
10/10/2019
Hong Kong’s Crisis Is Creating an Opportunity for Investors, Julius Baer Says
Julius Baer’s positive outlook contrasts with pessimism in other quarters. S&P Global Ratings warned Tuesday that residential property prices may fall by 10-20% from their recent peak by the end of 2020 as a result of the sustained civil unrest.
10/09/2019
Job Cuts in 2019: A Bleak Year for Bankers
Low (or negative) interest rates, challenging markets and investors that are holding back on placing their assets are combining with new regulation to make life tough for the European banks.
10/09/2019
How Technology Can Drive More Sales and Enhance Client Relationships
From the very start of prospecting clients, we offer solutions to formalise and digitise the information that helps you capture, control and manage client data.
10/09/2019
Five Ways For Adviser To Move With The Times
Advisers need to be prepared to innovate when it comes to recommending the type of structures and solutions most appropriate to their clients.
10/09/2019
BoE Governor Carney speech on sustainable finance and TCFD
The demand for TCFD disclosure is now enormous.
10/09/2019
Differentiated solutions required to overcome ‘age of anxiety’ by Luc Filip Head of Private Banking Investments, SYZ Group
Failure to reach agreement by 2020 would greatly increase the risk that countries will act unilaterally, with negative consequences on an already fragile global economy.
10/08/2019
SCB-Julius Baer CEO On The New Paradigm of Wealth Management
Compared to the likes of Hong Kong and Singapore, Thailand is relatively new to the private banking field.
10/08/2019
Talking with ... Investec's Alastair Mundy
'It's down to experience'
10/08/2019
Exclusive: HSBC and other large banks cut staff by the thousands. Two main reasons why
Following the footsteps of its peers in the banking industry, HSBC has recently announced that the company might axe up to 10k jobs.
10/07/2019
Moral Sentiments At The Business Roundtable
Smith emphasized that capitalism needed a conscience.
10/07/2019
Are You In The One Percent? Here’s A Wealth Rank Calculator
It does not include the value of pensions, annuities or future Social Security benefits.
10/07/2019
Bigger is better in asset management world
The 20 largest US fund managers control more than a third of global assets
10/06/2019
Books That Will Inspire You To Give Back To Society
These are the themes of books that comprise the reading lists of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s M Har
10/06/2019
Spooky by Tim Price
Autumn naturally lends itself to a mixture of retrospection and introspection.
10/06/2019
Quarterly Update: Central Bank Support Soothes Political Pain by Coutts
Resilient economic growth and supportive central banks outweighed the impact of a series of political shocks in the third quarter of 2019