Managers of Wealth

IMF speech on redefining the financial sector by Christine Lagarde

So let me start with a Hollywood story.

How the spending habits of millionaires have created two distinct luxury worlds

The rich, who are more discreet about how they show wealth, increasingly buy goods online and brands with which they feel a connection

Half of Singapore and Hong Kong investors believe the economy will improve in the next three months: survey

“The survey results indicate that a global recession is expected in the first half of 2020, with two further rate hikes from the US Federal Reserve in the pipeline,” LGT said in a statement.

Billionaire list shows $1T hit from '18 market meltdown

The biggest gains in wealth last year came in the areas of technology, media and telecoms, followed by real estate and other investments, manufacturing and retailing.

A pizza night for advisors brought in HNW clients

There's no single formula deployed by the best planning firms to attract wealthy clients, leaders of three top firms explained, but they’ve all found their own ways.

Wealth Managers Need to Re-Think Digitalization

The average survey respondent was 37 and described themselves as an early adopter or a technology follower and mirrored the technology adoption traits of millennials.

One fifth of UK millionaires over 45 will not hand down wealth

Canada Life’s survey highlights people need to have ‘frank and honest’ inheritance conversations

Cyber Security and Cyber Risk: A universal Challenge by Gabriel Bernardino, EIOPA

Cyber security and cyber risk both topics are very high on the agenda of any organisation and its management.

Guernsey and China – the Island's appeal, the risks, and HNWI trends

The attractions of Guernsey to service this need remains as it always has

60 second interview with Private Client and Trusts Partner Josephine Howe

The regulatory landscape has also dramatically changed

European Commission speech on FinTech

VP Dombrovskis speech opening the 3rd annual Afore Fintech Conference

The $32 Trillion Push To Disrupt The Entire Oil Industry

The main driver for NOCs is to support the sustainable economic growth of their home country or government.

Future-proof your business when Gen Z takes over

Gen Z was raised with access to technology and they grew up with access to the internet.

Two minutes with Susie Hillier

We work with a huge range of clients

How companies change when white men don’t run the show

Our editors speak with Sallie Krawcheck, a titan of Wall Street, in our weekly podcast on the markets, the economy and the world of business

Kleinwort Hambros’s Paul Kearney: ‘The way families engage with philanthropy has changed’

Joining forces with each other can pay dividends for private banks, says Paul Kearney of Kleinwort Hambros, whose career has seen its share of takeovers and mergers, writes Christopher Silvester

Change not fast enough for women in private equity

When asked to compare their career satisfaction with 12 months ago, 29 per cent of women said they were less satisfied, compared to only 12 per cent of men.

Morning Coffee: Top trader's revenge on the bank that fired him. Fresh horrors at SocGen

As of last week, he's succeeded in that too: Barclays must now pay Fotheringhame £948k ($1.2m) in compensation for firing him in 2016 at the behest of the New York Department of Financial Services, which alleged that Fotheringhame was a key pla

How a post-Brexit influx of bankers could boost Frankfurt’s art scene

Up to 2,000 financiers are expected to relocate from London to the German city by 2020

The Worlds Growing Appetite For Electric Cars Will Drive Growth In Africa

The report further noted that electrified buses and cars will displace a combined 7.3 million barrels per day of transportation fuel in 2040.

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