Managers of Wealth

Rocky relationships within asset management

Poor performance or fee competition are more often the spurs when companies shift their funds to new managers.

Assessing the risks to the upside of the US 10-year Government Bond Yield by Gary Dugan

The cycles of central bank balance sheet expansion have shaped the level of yields

Opportunity for Guernsey funds market as investor demands encourage managers to look at new structures

“There is no single structure right for every jurisdiction, investor base or opportunity set,” he said.

Geneva’s ‘safe-haven’ houses look vulnerable

Fines on Swiss private banks and sky-high living costs are hitting the property market

Elon Musk's brilliant email rule at Tesla

"There's only one problem with Musk's proposed solution: it's extremely difficult to cultivate in the real world."

Fasten your seatbelts, and (try to) enjoy the ride By Matthew Brittain, Investment Analyst at Sanlam UK

The great news for our investors is that we’ve been very focussed on this risk, and our portfolios were well prepared.

Looking at Sustainable Investing Through a Gender Lens

The opportunities to align investments with causes important to women are plentiful, ranging from microfinance to fighting ultra-poverty to gender parity in the workplace.

Market-based finance: a macroprudential view

Sir Jon Cunliffe, Deputy Governor Financial Stability, Member of the Monetary Policy Committee, Member of the Financial Policy Committee and Member of the Prudential Regulation Committee

Let common sense prevail... Men are not the enemy by Penny Lovell

Well, it's been quite the week for women, hasn’t it?

ANZ Sending Jobs Back to Asia

Ironically, the planned offshoring comes as ANZ reduces its presence in the Philippines by closing its retail unit in the country.

UBS prioritising Asia's female clients

The private bank has a five-year plan to significantly scale up its expertise to better serve them.

Investec’s joint CEO structure yet another cop out

Like Standard Bank and Sasol, this is nothing but absurd.

Technically that Looked Like Panic by Gary Dugan

Let’s hope for no surprises in the St Valentine’s Day US inflation report

Happy New Year (of the Dog) By Mark Ward, Head of Trading, Sanlam

China now has 251 billionaires, behind only the United States on the global Forbes rankings table.

China’s Rich List 2018: who are the nation’s wealthiest man and woman?

Jiemian.com list of 1,000 richest billionaires ranks Tencent’s Ma Huateng, on 282 billion yuan, as top man and Yang Huiyan, on 149 billion yuan, top woman

Sallie Krawcheck has a plan to finally put women on a level playing field with men

“The good news: we can fix this,” Krawcheck says.

Fueled by Global Economy, Art Market Could Continue Boom in 2018

“The wealth effect is a huge driver” of the art market, says Evan Beard, National Art Services Executive at U.S. Trust.

Why should you consider outsourcing?

As wealth management businesses grow they start facing some internal challenges such as regulatory changes, increased demand from clients/investors and accessibility to back-office data.

Big data vs. bad data

Big data is certainly not bulletproof and having a lot of information should not be confused with having credible information.

Can DBS' Wealth Unit Rise to the Challenge?

Tomorrow's results will indicate how close that wish is.

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