06/25/2014

USA Crowned Champions In The Wealth-X “World Cup Of Wealth”

Although the United States has never won the FIFA World Cup, Team USA was crowned champions of the Wealth-X World Cup of Wealth with more than 65,500 ultra high net worth individuals, beating runner-up Germany, which is home to 17,820 UHNW individuals.

06/23/2014

Lights Out by Justin Urquhart Stewart

"The lamps are going out all over Europe" was the first part of the famous and very prescient quote by Sir Edward Grey on the eve of the outbreak of the First World War.

06/23/2014

US in the Goldilocks zone - Coutts Global Markets Weekly

Recent minutes and statements from the major central banks reveal that the US economy is in the Goldilocks zone – not too hot (think UK housing), not too cold (think eurozone deflation threat), but just right.

06/18/2014

EVCA Symposium strikes confident note

The flagship event of the European Private Equity and Venture Capital Industry took place last week in Vienna. It was striking to see how the dialogue is moving on from regulatory implementation to investment, jobs and growth.

06/16/2014

Fracturing Fiefdoms by Justin Urquhart Stewart

Fracking - it seems that we are now getting used to the unpleasant nomenclature attached to fracturing rocks to extract various types of gas. However, in the UK we are about to enter the period of political fracking which will also result in the release o

06/12/2014

Last nail in the coffin for trusts? by Gary Heynes

Last Friday’s consultation on changes to the way IHT trust charges are calculated is the latest in a series of assaults which are leading to the demise of trusts, but could we end up with a tax system that encourages wealth to be passed on to very y