Managers of Wealth

What's up in the North - catching up with Sanlam's Teesside office

Tindle, like many, recognises there does appear to have been a focus on Manchester and the North West in George Osborne’s original plans.

Outlook 2018: Global Economy - Brown Shipley

The disillusionment of investors in the effectiveness of central bank policies to lift economic growth sufficiently has been manifest in the degree to which longer term interest rates (bond yields) have fallen.

Vontobel's Financial Markets Outlook for 2018

The global investment grade bond markets recorded a modest increase (currency hedged) globally.

High-End Wealth Mangers Are Embracing Private Placement Life Insurance (PPLI)

Private placement life insurance is becoming a staple on the high-caliber wealth manager’s platform

The Bears Invade the Bond Market by Gary Dugan

Factors such as oil prices rising to $70, the Chinese government reported to be either slowing their purchases of US Treasuries or potentially selling, only adds to the pressures that were already in place once the Fed talked about reversing quantitative

Worrying quotes by Tim Price

What is perfectly clear is that there may well be trouble ahead.

Dave Field: Offshore does not have to be a dirty word

Paradise regained?

Philanthropist Floyd Jones dies at 90

Among the couple’s gifts was $10 million toward the construction of the Stanwood-Camano YMCA.

Why 2018 is the year to buy gold

Central banks in Britain, America and Europe are expected to raise interest rates in 2018

Creating business value with Legal Entity Identifiers Interview with Stephan Wolf, CEO, GLEIF

The use of Legal Entity Identifiers (LEIs) as a common identifier to combat this issue has a wide range of business use cases that span multiple industries, business activities and functions.

700+ new listings on TISE in 2017

During 2017, financial services business PraxisIFM Group Limited became the latest trading company to be listed on TISE.

Private banks warm toward Asia

Citi Private Bank was also bullish on European equities but recommended caution on U.S. stocks.

The Economic Outlook for 2018 - Sanlam

As global investors, we’re feeling optimistic about the economic outlook for the year ahead. Last year ended on a high, with global growth accelerating to 3.7% (source: IMF) - the highest level since the financial crisis, and we’re expecting t

Sky-high Hong Kong property market could hit turbulence

Low debt ratios make crash unlikely, but capital outflows could hit prices

Top 5 wine predictions for 2018

Wine Intelligence has provided its top five predictions for the coming year.

How High-Net-Worth Accountants Build And Manage Exceptional Teams

To be clear, team members are other professionals – specialists – that accountants bring into wealthy client situations to augment their capabilities and deliverables

Odds stacked against women in German finance jobs, study says

Only one of Germany’s larger private banks was chaired by a woman

St. James’s Place – “The US leads the stock surge into 2018”

As trading resumed in the New Year, stocks showed no sign of losing their momentum.

Swiss National Bank expects record 2017 profit of 54 bln Sfr

The Swiss National Bank expects an annual profit of 54 billion Swiss francs ($55.25 billion) for 2017, the central bank said on Tuesday, the biggest profit in its 110-year history

Much to Look Forward To by Gary Dugan

As the financial markets open their account in a new year, there is much to look forward to.

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