12/03/2017
Forward, comrades, to the past! by Tim Price
November 1977, when troops were called out to replace them, complete with Green Goddess vehicles not wholly fit for purpose given that they hailed from the 1950s.
Comment & Analysis
12/03/2017
A $5 Billion Fund Manager Says Fears of China Are Overblown
Alibaba has “an exceptionally scalable business model” and the “monetization potential of customer engagement still have a lot of room to grow,” according to Noeddekaer.
12/01/2017
Should the wealthy be worried about pension penury ahead?
UK retirees are in a better position than many, but their situation remains grim
11/30/2017
Gen X Saddled with Debt
Generation X’s debt is hurting long-term planning, alternative fund fees dwarf traditional mutual funds and Guggenheim predicts the next recession.
11/30/2017
Will The Thousand-Franc Note Become The Cash Of Choice For Crooks?
A Government Proposal That Would See The Swiss CHF1,000 note – Currently The Most Valuable Banknote In The World
11/30/2017
Offshore funds and their importance to the global economy
Investment is a truly global activity and it needs to take into account the location of prospective investors
11/30/2017
Offshore Banking Guards Against Tyranny
There are often good reasons for placing money in shadowy accounts abroad.
11/30/2017
This Is What Could Pop The Bitcoin Bubble
Bitcoin And Bubble Have Become Virtually Synonymous In The Minds Of Many Skeptics During This Year’s Breathtaking Rally
11/30/2017
Why this is the era of exotic investment
Cheap borrowing looks to be at and end
11/30/2017
Standard Chartered's Gautam Duggal on Why Africa is a Good Bet for Returns
This means he has to be exceptionally well versed in who his client base is and what their attitudes are towards investment.
11/29/2017
Landing on the Moon Won’t Be Easy for Unicorns
The successful lunar startup will need a good rocket and a favorable tax plan.
11/29/2017
How tech is changing wealth management
It’s no surprise, then, that banks are evolving their digital offering to adapt to evolving customer needs.
11/28/2017
Opinion: In defence of offshore jurisdictions post-Paradise Papers
It is hard to understand how most of the offshore jurisdictions do anything different from a tax and transparency perspective than a number of onshore ones.
11/28/2017
Chinese Bullish on Dog Year
PwC’s 2017 APEC CEO Survey China report revealed that 39 percent of the executives in China are optimistic about their company’s prospects for revenue growth in the next 12 months.
11/28/2017
St. James’s Place – “Hammond’s Budget brings bad news”
Philip Hammond delivered a low-key Budget that targeted housebuilding but let pensions be
11/28/2017
Dodging taxes isn't the only reason the rich stash cash offshore
Right now they can just pay fines
11/28/2017
Advisors, B/Ds Too Distracted to Invest in the Future
Like investors, advisory firms are taking a short-term view when it comes to deploying technology, according to a new Pershing study.
11/27/2017
Wealth Management - retro-fitting for success
As Bill Gates put it… ‘Banking is necessary, banks are not’
11/27/2017
When size sucks by Tom Price
Social problems have the unfortunate tendency to grow at a geometric ratio with the growth of an organism of which they are a part, while the ability of man to grow with them, if it can be extended at all, grows only at an arithmetic ratio.
11/27/2017
Royal Romance: Some taxing reasons Prince Harry may have popped the question
This option is not available to unmarried couples, as movement of assets between couples is a disposal for capital gains purposes and would negate the benefits of this exercise.