Managers of Wealth

Opportunity knocks by Tim Price

Value investing works. Buy bargains.” - Seth Klarman

Europeans investing in gold, but are they buying the real stuff?

As more common people become first-time buyers of gold coins, counterfeiters have invested in sophisticated means to fool them with fakes.

Sallie Krawcheck Explains Why Women Don't Help Other Women—And How To Start

This public-private program brings women from emerging markets to the U.S. to be hosted by senior female executives.

A History of Malware and Viruses (Part 1/2) by Craig Smallman, Sammedia

The term computer virus was described in 1984 as ‘a program that can infect other programs by modifying them to include a possibly evolved copy of itself’, yet even before 1984, there were many papers published regarding viruses, even if they

Tax havens: drive to name and shame may push innocent to the dark side by George Bull

Contrary to much we’ve heard in the last week, not everyone who uses a “tax haven structure” does so to evade tax or to conceal the proceeds of crime - as a recent court ruling has recognised. While the temptation to name and shame may b

Japanese GDP figures flatter to deceive - Schroders

There are strong rumours that Prime Minister Abe is looking to postpone the next hike in the consumption tax scheduled for April next year.

Wealthroll Ponzi Scheme Shows Need For Wealth Management Regulation

Bitcoin has often been touted as a Ponzi Scheme- although it clearly is not – but the world of traditional finance is filled with similar pitfalls.

Nine questions for Joël Reuland: Controlling risk enhances performance

Joël Reuland, manager of the BL-Global wealth management mixed funds, presents its fund BL-Global 50, the neutral profile within the range.

Multi-asset managers reveal how they cherry-pick the best

They’ve come a long way from their origins as convenient vehicles in which to combine equities, fixed income and property.

Benjamin, Woody and my nightmare by Penny Lovell

While I’m not entirely certain that Ben Franklin ever did say "a penny saved is a penny earned", I do know that Woody Allen said “money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons."

Small is beautiful II by Tim Price

Size isn’t just a barrier to efficiency in asset management. Beyond a certain limit, size threatens operational performance in just about every facet of life. In the words of the late Dr. Albert Bartlett, emeritus professor of physics at the Univers

This is how the next financial crisis will spread around the world economy

Losses will be directed to insurance companies, pension funds and private investors – bailing them out may prove to be politically necessary

There's a 'revolution' coming to investing — and only the strong will survive

In Ang's opinion, the development of custom, factor-tailored products is going to usher in a whole different age of investing.

Cannes Film Festival Panicked By ‘ISIS Militia’ PR Stunt

On its website, Oraxy is described as “the world’s first private global marketplace reserved exclusively for UHNWI, which translates to Ultra High Net Worth Individuals.

PGA Tour commissioner: 'Enthusiasm' for Olympic golf

With the Olympic men's golf competition to be played from August 11-14, the year's final major, the PGA Championship, has been brought forward to late July from its traditional date in the second week of August.

Miton’s David Jane: The only certainty is uncertainty

This makes us feel that currency risk is elevated and also that short term interest rates will remain low for an extended period, even if the US has begun putting rates up.

GAM's Larry Hatheway on Markets - Dollar weakness and outlook for US interest rates

Higher US growth or inflation could reverse dollar sentiment

China: "Not as badly broken as some would suggest" - Matt Sheldon, Kleinwort Benson Investors

“Having visited those driving change in China, I am less confused and increasingly of the belief that the next few years will be stronger than the market currently predicts.”

Strategy Update from BNP Paribas Investment Partners

Looking beyond the disappointment in US employment growth

Are politics pivotal? by James Klempster, Momentum Global Investment Management

As a result individuals rightly worry about the likely outcome of general elections and referenda.

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