Managers of Wealth

A wealth of reasons not to leave the kids a fortune

We are becoming increasingly reliant on inheritances, but large bequests can cause your children even larger problems.

Why Canada’s startups should look to Asia for investors

Common among this new community of wealthy Asian investors is an appetite for alternative asset-class investments both domestically and internationally.

Guernsey: What Needs To Be Done By Private Clients Relocating To Guernsey?

It is highly regarded in the international finance industry with experienced lawyers, accountants, trustees, asset managers and fund administrators.

The Rich List 2017 reflects much investment from the Chinese

The influx of massive Chinese investment into the region's four major football clubs is reflected in our 2017 roll call of the Midlands' wealthy.

Standard Life Investments - Higher is not always tighter

More generally, the second derivative of the advanced economy central banks’ aggregate balance sheet (one measure of the QE impulse) will turn negative in 2017 for the first time since 2014

Schroders’ fund managers comment on the outlook for China

The view from Matthew Dobbs, Fund Manager, Asian Equities

View from the UK: Schroders' David Docherty weighs up the market impact of the Trump administration

Trump’s energetic commitment to deregulation is highly market and economy friendly and is actionable through executive orders.

Will the Year of the Rooster turn out to be Year of the Bear instead?

Don't get dazzled by big GDP numbers

Beyond economics? by Peter Andrews, Chief Economist, FCA

My perspective is that we must discuss how economics and other disciplines can help regulation because the challenges regulators face are large and chronic. Here is a brief historical detour on the point.

BoE speech on Market Functioning at the OMFIF City Lecture

He then explains how the Bank’s analysis of market structure shaped the design of our corporate bond purchase scheme, and how the scheme may have affected the functioning of the market.

Why wealthy families lose their fortunes in three generations

In some cases, the money itself disappears, and in others it’s the family business that’s lost.

Deloitte’s merger and acquisition compendium

For M&A to be successful, you can’t just make the deal, you have to make the deal work.

London is top city for wealthy property investors

It reveals that 10% of ultra-high net worth individuals those with a net worth of $30 million or more own five properties or more.

Court’s Brexit ruling means little to wealth managers

The decision is expected to result in a marginal delay to the triggering.

Not the Blockchain again?

Which fintech organisations are shaping the market?

Aspiriant's focus on scale and aggregation makes it a top-tier RIA consolidator

CEO Rob Francais turns RIA sellers into owners

Where high-net-worth investors are putting their money right now

All this is a strong signal that HNW investors remain in a “wait and see” defensive posture

Tough times, but SA wine industry is tougher

We need to increase wine prices collectively to get to that level

Private jet customer is a more modest type

Its quarterly insights report was launched at the beginning of 2016.

Why Zimbabwe’s use of elephants to pay off old debt to China is problematic

Animals are also exported to restock parks or reserves elsewhere on the continent.

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