05/22/2018
From Teslas to rust belts: China’s yawning wealth gap
China’s rich-poor divide has narrowed by about half by some measures but there’s still a big difference between life in a top-tier city and the hinterland
Comment & Analysis
05/22/2018
Women Are Becoming Billionaires at a Faster Rate Than Men
The ranks of women billionaires are growing faster than men, Focus adds a team of former Merrill advisors and Securian Financial launches its first national ad campaign.
05/21/2018
I hear there's a football match on? by Penny Lovell
Interestingly, there is also growing support among Millenials for pre-nuptial agreements.
05/21/2018
Market conditions starting to favour active managers by By Anthony Torr
Active managers have historically performed better on a relative basis when intra-market correlations are lower, dispersion levels are higher, and market leadership is not excessively concentrated.
05/21/2018
The Mafia Reporter With a Police Escort (and the 200 Journalists Like Him)
Angering the mafia as a journalist in Italy makes for a lonely life.
05/17/2018
Revealed: The world's largest banks by assets
This is up $1.727 trillion since last year’s ranking, with half of this growth due to a strengthening yuan against the US dollar.
05/17/2018
Flights of fancy: eight tips for stylish travel - Coutts
Tired of the hustle and bustle of airport terminals? It doesn’t have to be that way.
05/16/2018
UAE ‘as competitive’ for international wealth as the US
Deloitte compares the centres based on business environment, provider capability, stability, and tax and regulation.
05/16/2018
How wealthy S'poreans are preparing to live to 100
A recent survey by UBS Investor Watch found that the majority of affluent Singaporeans believed that they could live to a 100.
05/16/2018
Five Predictions On The Future Of Wealth Management
From robo-advisors and the digital transformation to shifting demographics within advisories themselves, here are five of the biggest changes that we see on the horizon for wealth managers across the board.
05/15/2018
Opportunities in a complicated world by Gary Dugan
OPEC meets again next month in Vienna.
05/15/2018
Hong Kong could overtake New York as the world's billionaire capital very soon
According to Wealth-X research, Hong Kong's surge in wealth was "driven by a strong domestic economic performance
05/15/2018
AMP 'rotten', says Wilson Asset Management's Geoff Wilson
Investors are struggling to value shares in the $11 billion company given the damage done to the brand and the likely hit to future earnings from the loss of trust in the scandal-plagued financial planning business.
05/14/2018
The best 50 minutes you will spend this year
We live in a golden age of information.
05/14/2018
22 amazing rooftop bars in London
The open-air venue offers an intimate space dotted by palm trees, live DJ sets, and a sweeping U-shaped bar.
05/14/2018
Automation in financial services
Automation brings tangible benefits and a fast return on the investment made, says Ascent Software CEO Joseph Sultana.
05/14/2018
Jersey - First for Finance
It also includes informed and insightful comment from leading experts and members of Jersey’s finance industry, examining the Island’s fiscal infrastructure, its vital role in international finance and the breadth of its banking, funds and wea
05/14/2018
Sold! How becoming a billionaire is all in the mind... by Penny Lovell
Becoming a billionaire is harder, though not impossible.
05/14/2018
A Crypto Tycoon, Banking Heir and the Mysterious Fight for Gold
Petropavlovsk cut gold output in recent years to focus on more profitable ounces, and so far it seems to be working.
05/12/2018
The real reason tech billionaires are prepping for doomsday
A misanthropic view of humanity guides the tech aristocracy — and it’s trickled into their vision of the future