Managers of Wealth

Is Blockchain the Next Great Hope — or Hype?

Cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin may have captured the public’s fancy – and also engendered a healthy dose of skepticism

Will a Trump presidency make US active fund management great again?

But we are moving into very different times and it may just be the case that more discerning approaches start to pay off.

Making the Case for Emerging Market Assets

Emerging market growth and the U.S. dollar.

GSAM's assets up 2% in quarter; firm reports $48 billion in net inflows

Liquidity strategies recorded net inflows of $31 billion.

Millennials are falling behind boomers—here's how they can catch up

Nearly half of all millennials are living in their parents' basements.

Diamond Said to Mull Atlas Options Including Taking Private

Atlas Mara began cost-cutting in 2016 as expenses engulfed income and threatened the firm’s ability to grow through acquisitions.

Self-made millionaire Sallie Krawcheck reveals the mistake that hinders all careers

Krawcheck builds her case through lessons from her career journey

Speech: ECB exutive board member Yves Mersch on digital base money

Technological feasibility and cost considerations alone will not change our mandate.

Brexit Update – Theresa May Sets Out UK’s Brexit Plan - Farrer & Co

The British Prime Minister, Theresa May, today provided the clearest indication yet of the UK’s negotiating position in the forthcoming Brexit negotiations with the EU.

What a difference a year makes

Standard Life Investments - Weekly Economic Briefing - Stronger but riskier

The government's negotiating objectives for exiting the EU: PM speech

They will know that we built them a better Britain.

Economists slam Oxfam report on billionaires v the world's poorest people

Aggregating net wealth figures is largely meaningless headline fodder

Economic Perspectives - AllianceBernstein

Political uncertainty remains high, but the near-term cyclical outlook has improved and the era of ultralow inflation seems to be over. The market outlook depends heavily on what central banks do next.

The True Story of the Fugitive Drug Smuggler Who Became an Environmental Hero

In the coming days, newspapers ran stories about the “local tourism stalwart” who “did not have a bad bone in his body.”

How to survive in a hedge fund over the next five years, by Point72 Asset Management

“At Point72 we have portfolio managers who use the best of both,” said Grenade

UK tax haven suggestions 'hypocritical'

However, Mr Webster says the suggestion poses no great threat to the Island's competitiveness

Strategy Update from BNP Paribas Investment Partners

Politics are back

Coutts looks to opportunities in Sterling, financial debt and US technology firms for 2017 investments

Throughout 2017 and beyond, the Coutts investment team will increasingly look to invest responsibly for sustainable returns.

Coutts looks to opportunities in Sterling, financial debt and US technology firms for 2017 investments

Throughout 2017 and beyond, the Coutts investment team will increasingly look to invest responsibly for sustainable returns.

St. James’s Place – “Consumer spending revitalises a nation of shopkeepers”

“Much of what we saw in 2016 does not appear to be grounded in fundamentals” says Neil Woodford of Woodford Investment Management

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