Managers of Wealth

The New Gold Standard: What Would Happen if Bitcoin Ruled World Finance

“I will call a monetary system the Bitcoin standard, because such a monetary system will very likely be similar to the gold standard,” the author suggests.

Make every penny count: next generation philanthropy by Penny Lovell

Effective philanthropy requires a lot of time and creativity - the same kind of focus and skills that building a business requires. – Bill Gates

A Happy New Financial Year to us all by Justin Urquhart Stewart

Well it may not be exactly a great cause for celebration, but it is still a vital date for us all to be aware of - from remembering to wrap up our tax papers for the past year

$85 Crude Oil By Christmas – An Interview With Mike Rothman

After a 50 percent rally in oil prices between February and March, crude has retreated a bit as of late.

Time to be bullish by Tim Price

“We don’t see a recession coming in the United States.” - Abby Joseph Cohen in a recent Bloomberg interview.

Miton’s Anthony Rayner: “A new political (dis)order”

History has many examples of extended periods of economic weakness leading to the popularity of extreme political parties or the introduction of extreme policy.

Weekly Investment Update - James Fairweather, Senior Portfolio Manager, Coutts

Our key messages this week are presented by James Fairweather, Senior Portfolio Manager, Coutts UK.

Man in the Middle

Deutsche Bank's supervisory board chairman is under fire for decisions some say steered Germany's largest bank into one of its biggest crises ever. In an exclusive interview with WirtschaftsWoche magazine, he takes on his critics.

Investors ‘dancing on a volcano’, says Carmignac

Saint-Georges said monetary policy alone could not solve the current problems and expectations of rate rises, notably in the US, were not the encouraging signs many investors believed them to be.

To Build Your Fortune, Adopt a Millionaire's Mindset

Can you really think and behave your way into wealth? Yes!

Panic over, but what's next for markets? - Schroders

Going forward we will need to see greater evidence of stronger activity for the rally to continue; however, this is also likely to bring the Federal Reserve back into play, posing a challenge for investors.

HSBC chief says China pessimism is overstated

The comments were the latest highlighting the gulf between senior bankers and the investor fears that gave world markets their worst-ever start to the year.

Why there’s a place for Panama-style financial privacy

Panama should be applauded for its “pro-active approach to enhance its effectiveness and credibility” as an offshore financial centre

Banks Will Disappear By 2026 Due To Blockchain Technologies, Says Sberbank Vice President

Sharov seems to have confused the Bank of England with R3 blockchain consortium which now has over 40 member banks.

St. James’s Place - “The majority of companies have seen their profits improving and their balance sheets are in really great shape”

Figures released last week for UK GDP showed stronger than expected growth in the last three months of 2015. “The majority of companies we see have seen their profits improving and their balance sheets are in really great shape,” said Richard

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