08/01/2017
St. James’s Place – “Shrinking chocolates and stuttering growth”
A busy week of news for company earnings and economic growth ends with a tumble for technology and tobacco stocks.
Comment & Analysis
08/01/2017
Beware of bitcoin, warns Lombard Odier
Volatility and rising competition are both fundamental concerns.
08/01/2017
Do Not Expect Anonymity from Virtual Currency
The IRS acting through the Tax Division of the Justice Department recently sought a John Doe Summons for records of Coinbase, a virtual currency exchange.
07/31/2017
The Business Case for Reinvention by Penny Lovell
“I reinvented my image so many times that I’m in denial that I was originally an overweight Korean woman” – David Bowie
07/31/2017
Every generation of investors has its darlings... by Tim Price
Given what John Maynard Keynes and his acolytes have done for the economy and financial system, there is a grim irony in his followers doing the same thing for their own life savings.
07/31/2017
The Woman Trusted To Making Dubai The Smartest City On Earth
As the fourth most visited city in the world in 2016, Dubai has become an urban hub of the first degree.
07/31/2017
How much of the world's wealth is hidden offshore?
Are you bored and confused yet?
07/31/2017
Are impact investors really after impact?
It is not just G20.
07/31/2017
Most Expensive Place To Live In 2017
It conducts surveys to help their customers make well-informed decisions.
07/31/2017
Rolls-Royce cautions investors on cash flow target
Executives fear market is ignoring operational challenges faced by aerospace group
07/31/2017
Are UK ‘Dog funds’ facing extinction?
No Global Emerging Market funds hit Bestinvest’s filters in this edition.
07/31/2017
Swiss banks paid $1 billion in negative interest rates in first half
The amount rich clients are opting to keep in cash has largely come down from the record-high level seen during the financial crisis but is falling very gradually.
07/31/2017
Life at Ogier: Meet three new members of our Jersey Private Client and Trusts team
Work hard but find time to enjoy yourself and have some downtime. You can't work all the time.
07/28/2017
50 richest Singapore tycoons got 11% richer: Forbes
The total net worth of the top 50 tycoons on the list rose to US$104.6 billion (S$141.9 billion), an 11 per cent increase from last year.
07/28/2017
How Banks Can Keep Up With Digital Disruptors
There are very few industries in which CEOs do not live in fear of digital disruption.
07/26/2017
Ulrich Koerner Nixes UBS Disposal
UBS is neither niche nor huge.
07/26/2017
The $74 trillion dollar question - Standard Life Investments
This year has offered some surprises – the political gridlock in Washington has surpassed even the most pessimistic expectations,
07/26/2017
GDP: "growth is clearly becoming harder to come by" Close Brothers Asset Management
The UK’s economy is a long-way from grinding to a halt, but growth is clearly becoming harder to come by.
07/26/2017
Bankers Ditch Fat Salaries to Chase Digital Currency Riches
Cut out of the action
07/25/2017
AI May Soon Replace Even the Most Elite Consultants
Allows some of UBS’s European wealth-management clients to ask Alexa certain financial and economic questions.