09/10/2015
The Changing Face Of Wealth
The rich are different, we are told. So what does a typical billionaire look like?
Comment & Analysis
09/10/2015
Wealth Manager Websites - What's Going Wrong? by Dominic Gamble
Another report has been published this week highlighting the perpetual achilles heel of the wealth management industry - bad websites.
09/10/2015
Coutts September Real Estate Perspective
Sterling strength is enticing UK buyers into the European holiday homes market
09/09/2015
Tax avoidance and the law of unintended consequences by George Bull
From the perspective of tax authorities worldwide, tax avoidance is a massive example of the operation of the law of unintended consequences. At a time when tax authorities around the world are rushing to crack down on tax avoidance, it’s therefore
09/07/2015
Back to school: An education for parents too by Penny Lovell
The extra pressure involved with children going back to school isn’t purely linked to extra “school admin” – preparing sports kits, sewing labels, school runs, paperwork – it is financial too.
09/07/2015
The Sixth Rule of Investing: Understanding & Visibility by Justin Urquhart Stewart
We may teach schoolchildren economics, but rarely do we teach them finance.
09/07/2015
Who let the doves out? Coutts Global Markets Weekly
Over recent weeks the doves have been out in full force, with even the International Monetary Fund (IMF) joining the chorus with an unusual request for central banks to hold off raising rates. But we are maintaining our view that global economic fears are
09/06/2015
‘Chaos and carnage’ threaten emerging market-focused hedge funds
Top of his list of concerns is the fact that an imminent US rate rise is expected to trigger further volatility across emerging markets.
09/06/2015
The Art of Alternative Investment – A New Asset Class
Trust in alternative investment took a significant plunge during the financial crisis of 2008 and deterred investors worldwide.
09/04/2015
Financial Sector Reform—an Investment in Asia’s Future
Asia needs proactive policies, structural reforms to weather future crises
09/03/2015
The Management Of Foreign Wealth Entering The United States
In many ways, the United States is one of the safest domiciles for private wealth.
09/02/2015
FinTech Trends: Wealth Management and The Rise of Robo Advisors
Man or Machine. Today the battle has begun.
09/02/2015
The Cayman Islands: Tourism Paradise or Economic Hell
Cameron Lee | 3 minute read
09/02/2015
St. James's Place Market Bulletin
After the shock of ‘Black Monday’, the sea of red across dealing screens had largely turned blue as calmer conditions returned to global markets at the end of a dramatic week of wild swings for equity and commodity prices.
09/01/2015
Rolling boulders uphill by Tim Price
“Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them.”
09/01/2015
Hedge funds: time to exit or do they still have a place? by Paul Wiseman, Maitland
The violent intra-day market volatility seen in the past two weeks has caused widespread panic and has undoubtedly seen many investors making irrational and emotionally-driven decisions.
09/01/2015
Cerno Capital compares vulnerabilities in the Turkish economy vs. the Chinese economy
In recent weeks, China has dominated the headlines; in particular the recent stock market and currency volatility have sparked fears across global markets. Fay Ren, Investment Analyst at Cerno Capital (http://cernocapital.com/about/), highlights a less di
08/31/2015
Sadly the financial services industry is littered with examples of heinous behaviour from the misleading to the criminal.
Over the years I have found that some of the most pernicious examples seem to relate to the costs and charges that are levied on private investors.
08/28/2015
Keeping calm when the alarm bells are ringing by Penny Lovell
The investment world is defined by the interaction of two basic elements: sales and investment, or show and analysis. At Close Brothers we pride ourselves at being cool-headed investors with a mind for security selection and long-term investing.
08/28/2015
Look beyond China for the causes of the rout by Mark Burgess, Columbia Threadneedle Investments
It is often said that a week is a long time in politics, but in financial markets a week can feel like an age.