Managers of Wealth

News for Saga Louts by Justin Urquhart Stewart

Personally I was particularly enthusiastic that they were targeting those of my age who were referred to as the 'Saga Lout' generation,

Our Top 10 Financial Films by Penny Lovell

I adore films. Fantastic audio and visual effects combined with gripping storylines give them the power to convey complex ideas and information, to challenge our beliefs, and even have fun in the process!

Islamic fund management industry still a fringe player

Assets under management seen growing to $77b by 2019 but this is only a drop in $2tr global fund bucket as limited product offering crimps prospects

Coutts Global Markets Weekly: Change in view on interest rates

There are good reasons to keep rates low at present.

Don't tell my mother I'm in finance– she thinks I work in a brothel by Tim Price

This was written by Tim Price, London-based wealth manager and editor of Price Value International

Asia's growth story "alive and well": DBS chief

If you ignore the cycles, the reality is that the megatrends on which the Asian story is founded, are pretty inexorable and quite immutable.

Metal settle - St. James's Place Market Bulletin

Commodities experienced a long-awaited surge, taking global stocks with them as the S&P 500 rose 3.29% over the course of the week

Divorce: myth-busting and education by Penny Lovell

With the findings published, we invited everyone from psychotherapists to divorce lawyers and accountants to the Connaught Hotel to put our heads together once again, share professional experiences and use this insight to draw some final recommendations t

7 out of 10 people without an adviser only plan short-term finances

The difficult part is starting to plan long-term

The Implications Of Financial Stress

The quarterly Global Outlook from Standard Life Investments considers how investors’ portfolios should be positioned for the next phase of the cycle, after a prolonged period of financial stress.

Navigating multi-strategy hedge fund waters in the quest for outsized returns - Alex Tsatsos, Aurum

Writes for Citywire's Modern Investor Magazine

Schroders finds demand for income and active strategies still front of investors’ minds

The survey of 2000 intermediaries showed that most respondents expect demand for investment advice to increase over the coming months

The truth about risk in multi-asset portfolios by James Klempster, Momenutm Global Investment Managment

Can we control risk in multi-asset portfolios?

The forces of the bull regime are lining up - Mikio Kumada, CIIA, Global Strategist LGT Capital Partners

Following two volatile months in the aftermath of China’s stock market crash and the US rate hike postponement, global investors have apparently started to recover from their latest manic-depressive outburst.

Emerging markets: Out of adversity comes opportunity? - Columbia Threadneedle Investments

Emerging market equities delivered stellar returns for much of the noughties.

Coutts Wealth Watch - MLP yields: resilient amid oil slide

There is no delicate way of expressing it. Master Limited Partnerships, which generate income through their ownership of US energy infrastructure, have had a terrible year.

The Golden Years are over - how to deal with volatility and crowdedness

Asset allocators have had some golden years behind them.

The end of tax avoidance as we know it? by Rebecca Reading

So the OECD has delivered its final package of reports on its Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) project. So what does this mean for the large multinationals, and is there is a danger that smaller business with international operations could end up

St. James's Place Market Bulletin - Summer showers

Investors will be happy to see the end of a volatile third quarter and now is a good time to put the recent fears into context. The figures were never going to be particularly positive but some signs remained good, especially as recently released data sug

Dubai’s ruler launches global aid foundation

The Mohammed Bin Rashid Global Initiatives project will focus on education, innovation and the eradication of poverty

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