Managers of Wealth

Emerging Markets: faster, higher, stronger? Craig Botham, Schroders

High frequency data suggests a recovery of sorts in Brazil, though it will still be a few quarters before we see positive growth.

Investment trusts no longer lower cost than similar open ended funds

The firm argues the switch in performance advantage towards funds over the shorter time period will principally reflect a widening of investment trust discounts.

Hitting a home run on client engagement by Caroline Burkart, Scorpio Partnership

When I travelled to the West Coast this summer, my intention was to have a few weeks respite from HNW client engagement.

Strategy Update from BNP Paribas Investment Partners

Corporate earnings beat low expectations; outlook less positive

Sparking Hope Through Philanthropy

In disheartening and divisive times, charitable acts can enable your clients to view the glass as “half full”

Global Outlook - Standard Life Investments

The August publication is largely devoted to various aspects of private markets and real assets.

58% Of Advisers Says Brexit Will Not Impact Their Business

In its annual Adviser Sentiment Summer Survey 2016, Panacea gathered views from over 60 advisers on some of the biggest issues currently impacting the financial advice sector including the recent Brexit vote, which 42% of advisers believe could prove dama

Why the days of Western banks in Asia are clearly numbered

N. Balakrishnan says the rising might of Eastern rivals and their own eroded reputations indicate that Western lenders, often guilty of bad choices, may become just a historical footnote within a generation

Many investors are uneasy, but they can STILL grow wealth with these two rules

This downbeat sentiment is fuelled by analysts, economists, politicians and media commentators who are all contradicting each other.

Mark Lister: The ethical investment dilemma

There are very few businesses anywhere that will come through a socially responsible evaluation process with a faultless record.

The mass escape from reality by Tim Price

“..Built into the speculative episode is the euphoria, the mass escape from reality, that excludes any serious contemplation of the true nature of what is taking place.

UK marketing post-Brexit: things just got exciting

Against the backdrop of a binary vote that saw UK opinion split in two, social divisions have been created that may never fully heal.

Why HSBC Private Bank Is Bullish on Chinese Stocks

The head of investment strategy for Asia sees significant outperformance for new economy stocks over SOEs.

Catering for women investors

Boston Consulting Group’s Global Wealth 2016 report, which was based on a survey of 130 women wealth managers, says women held an estimated 30% of global private wealth last year and expects the number to grow strongly in the next five years.

Hedge fund giant warns on 'biggest bond bubble' ever

The demand is especially intense in Japan, Germany and Switzerland, where the yields on 10-year debt are all in negative territory.

Can wealth management help the next generation of investors?

A study from Jump$tart and Capital One showed that 79% of American parents see themselves as positive financial role models — yet 42% have not even discussed basic money skills with their children. Parents can’t teach what they don’t kno

The banker who wants to revolutionise money

There is too much liquidity in the market now and it's more or less the same situation we had right before the 2008 crisis,

Digital revolution hits tax: how do you measure the benefits? by George Bull

This week saw the long-awaited publication of the 'Making Tax Digital' consultation documents which will revolutionise the way we deal with business taxes. But what will the new system cost and where do the economic benefits lie?

New figures confirm Jersey is continuing to attract new AIFMs - Appleby

Figures revealed for Jersey-registered alternative investment fund managers (AIFMs) show a continuing rise in the six months to 30 June 2016.

Fintech: Is the Party Over?

Invoicing in traditional banking remains a business that still involves the use of plenty of paper, making it prone to error and inefficient.

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