Managers of Wealth

Finance execs back blockchain and AI potential - survey

The survey was conducted with 92 banking and capital markets institutions, with executives that are directly involved with technology decisions at their firm.

Schroders: Our hopes and concerns for the current market

The bond market, for example, now looks incredibly expensive.

Bahamas Improves Ranking as a Caribbean Destination

The Bahamas leapfrogged Jamaica in this year’s absolute ranking, the report states.

St. James’s Place – If oil reaches $60, it will limit growth in the Eurozone and Japan

The price of oil continued to rise last week, pushing above $50 a barrel, despite a decision by OPEC not to cut production. In this context, a rising oil price might be seen as a net positive for the global economy, but a report by Citigroup suggests the

Can Singapore stay clean when banks play dirty for wealthy clients?

Being a private banking hub exposes the city-state to tainted money, analysts tell Money Mind. But bankers have been sent a strong message to play by compliance rules - or else.

Barclays’ Ex-CEO Sees Blockchain Uprooting Critical Core of Banking

Speaking at the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, Jenkins touched upon banks’ reliance on maturity transformation – a core component of retail banking, critical to its very existence.

Jack Nicklaus leads tributes to Muhammad Ali from the world of golf

I was incredibly honoured and humbled to receive an award in December bearing his name.

What does Lord Rothschild know about the markets that others don't?

Its approach has barely changed since the end of the Second World War.

The root of good art by Penny Lovell

“When a new work of art is created something happens simultaneously to all the works of art that preceded it.” T. S. Elliot

Currencies – Gold, paper, plastic by Justin Urquhart Stewart

For centuries, countries and those trying to run their economies have fretted over the value and strength of their currencies.

Why portfolio theory is wrong by Tim Price

Capitalism is a matter of risks and rewards

Miton’s David Jane: Risk – it’s a question of experience

Risk in its simplest sense is uncertainty and that is a fact of life in the investment world.

INSIGHT - Latest edition of SANNE Connect

Martin Schnaier and Peter O'Leary from our Debt division examine peer-to-peer lending platforms as a new investment focus for institutions;

Brazil bounce could be short-lived, warn Nikko AM duo

Brazil will need to enact reforms to return the country to a sustainable path before losing the confidence of the markets.

FTSE could fall over 10 percent if UK votes to leave EU - UBS Wealth Management

UBS Wealth Management forecast sterling/dollar GBP= falling to 1.25 and sterling/euro GBPEUR= down to 1.20 on currency markets if Britain voted to leave the EU.

What would a Rothschild-Alliance merger mean for investors?

But this may be the start of a long period of mooted mergers for Alliance.

Stay Away From Indian Indexes, Biggest Wealth Fund Manager Says

Betting on this strategy can easily go to pieces if the government changes, according to Dayal.

How secure is gold as a store of wealth for investors?

Gold is one of the best-performing assets of 2016, but its reputation may be overstated

St. James's Place - A Fed rate rise is expected to occur shortly Inbox x

A Fed rate rise is expected to occur shortly as strength in economic data and the S&P 500 rose 2.2%. Reid believes that the first rise was perhaps a little early, expecting a rise to occur in September but with the “possibility of two rises this

Wealth management industry dangerously behind the curve in adoption of digital technology

Firms that don’t respond now simply won’t survive in the medium to long term, says new PwC report

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