Managers of Wealth

AND THE WINNER WAS... (and Hitler’s Ball) by Justin Urquhart Stewart

This article represents a personal and light-hearted view from 7IM, and is based on current financial news and events around the world.

Schroders' Louisa Lo gives her Greater China Equities Outlook for 2016

In today's Outlook for 2016, Louisa Lo, Head of Greater China Equities, highlights the importance of bottom-up stock selection for 2016 against a backdrop of sluggish economic growth and anaemic earnings

Leaner, meaner and a darn sight keener – the taxman ups the fight against evasion in 2016 by Mike Down

HMRC has recently been criticised for being too soft on criminal tax investigations. But hold on to your hats because a leaner, meaner taxman is getting ready to take on the serious evaders in 2016…

Easing and squeezing - St. James's Place Market Bulletin

The beginning of the new millennium’s first financial crisis is usually dated to the bursting of the housing bubble in the US in 2007; identifying the close of a crisis is a trickier business.

How Much Oil Is Needed To Power Santa’s Sleigh? by By Michael McDonald of Oilprice.com

Well the answer is complicated by a number of factors most importantly, we just don’t know a lot of about Santa’s rounds, the shape of the sleigh, the air speed of the craft, or the weight of all those presents. But, we can take some educated

Schroders' James Sym and James Rutland share their Outlook for 2016

In their outlook they see a major turning point occurring in the business cycle at this point.

BVI shaping up to compete with the Cayman Islands by Philip Graham

The Cayman Islands may offer sleek Ferrari style products but the BVI has packed on some muscle recently and, like the Mustang GT in this YouTube clip, is giving Cayman some competition.

How 2015 made me wiser… by Penny Lovell

In the investment world every day is different. Yes, some aspects may seem repetitive but every day, every year, we learn new things. It’s like cooking: the raw materials and the recipes might look the same, but each restaurant is different from the

The hike before Christmas by Tim Price

“Christmas at my house is always at least six or seven times more pleasant than anywhere else. We start drinking early. And while everyone else is seeing only one Santa Claus, we'll be seeing six or seven.' - W.C. Fields.

A brief glimpse for Williams and Glyn's? by Justin Urquhart Stewart

Although it can date part of its roots back to 1771, with the founding of the private bank, Williams Deacon & Co, the bank remained independent before being taken over by Royal Bank of Scotland

Barings’ Laud uses property as a ‘natural diversifier’ over equities

The fund now has “a strong weighting” in property, representing 11 per cent of the portfolio.

Unigestion: 2016 Perspectives by Florian Ielpo, Head of Macroeconomic Research

Seven years after the end of one of the worst world recessions, inflation is nowhere to be found

EFG 2016 Outlook & CIO Resolutions by Moz Afzal, Chief Investment Officer

2016 is set to be a year in which economic growth in the developed economies levels out at around 2%.

'The other Great Wall of China - the Wall of Money' - Temple Field Property

Asian interest in UK residential real estate is building rapidly, and Temple Field is increasingly and strongly of the view that the true impact of Chinese investment into the UK, and in particular the London residential property market, has only just beg

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