Managers of Wealth

Predictions for financial services in 2017 - Joe Bloemendaal, Mitek

2017 will see an end to regulatory leniency for Fintechs as the bell rings on play time

A principled response to Enron, 15 years on by Aberdeen Asset Managers

By playing at the boundaries of accounting standards, the US energy trader was able to hide its losses off balance sheet and continue to operate when it was in effect already bust.

How the Twinkie Made the Superrich Even Richer

The iconic snack cake returned to shelves just months after Hostess had shuttered its bakeries and laid off thousands of workers.

De Beers Jewellers CEO on Diamond Market

De Beers is seeing strength and even double-digit growth in some markets.

How will this year’s ‘black swan’ events and changes to interest rates affect investors? - comment from Ausaf Abbas of Multrees

Ahead of the UK interest rate decision (15th December), Ausaf Abbas, non-executive director of Multrees Investor Services, answers the question: how will this year’s ‘black swan’ events and changes to interest rates affect investors?

The Future of Online Banking

By Marie Austenaa, VP and Head of Personal Data & Mobile Identity Programme at GSMA

2016: Trends to Watch in Wealth Management

The universal banking model of old is diminishing and many players are stepping back from investment banking.

BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research Calls Heads or Tailwinds as Markets Swing on Policy Shifts

The Economy Resuscitates, Stocks Gain, Rates Rise, Inflation Grows; Heightened Volatility and Potential for Big Market Swings Likely

Singapore stresses under a wealth of worries

Prime minister Lee Hsien Loong admits low growth may be the "new normal".

Hedge funds closures set for worst year since 2008

Investors continue to pull money citing poor performance and fees

Activists say J.P. Morgan and Bank of America Have a Big Gender Gap Problem

The investors, who have made headway on pay disparity with tech giants including Amazon and Apple, are trying to do the same in the finance sector.

Can current offshore wealth management centres survive?

Luxembourg has long been strategic in developing particular products and services for specific elements of the investment industry

Switzerland knocked off asset management podium

Within a decade, growth in the US at Switzerland’s expense has knocked the Alpine country from third position in 2005

The 21 richest people in Europe

Europe's wealthy elite is worried: political stability and a generous tax regime are rarely the hallmarks of populist government

Credit Suisse Group AG: Go For Emerging Markets in 2017

There are many challenges in front of the global economy but the emerging markets are now better positioned to deal with all of those challenges.

No game changer for Italy – but watch France and Germany in 2017 - Unigestion

As with Brexit and the US election, voters treated the referendum as a vote of confidence in the political elite. Once again, the message from the comprehensive rejection of the proposed amendment was “extraordinarily clear”, as described by a

St. James’s Place – “Politics and macroeconomic issues remain front and centre”

In a year beset by global political risk, Italians voted decisively in a referendum to reject Matteo Renzi’s reform package.

Strategy Update from BNP Paribas Investment Partners

Asset allocation: closing overweight in euro inflation-linked bonds

When wonks go rogue by Tim Price

Far from reducing crime and corruption, it boosted both. Al Capone, one of the most infamous beneficiaries of prohibition, was by 1927 earning $60 million a year from alcohol sales alone. As he conceded, “all I do is satisfy a public demand.”

The Season of Giving by Penny Lovell

Philanthropy has always been important to us here at Close Brothers. In today’s world, it is necessary to do more than simply giving and it is expected that the AUM dedicated to impact investing will reach between $400 billion and $3 trillion by 202

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