04/08/2014
'Handicapped' by wealth: The dangers of unprepared heirs
The phrase describes how families that build wealth in a generation tend to lose most of it within three generations
04/08/2014
Diamond Industry Implications From Ukraine Crisis
This is not a large figure in proportion to the overall global economy
04/08/2014
Dubai Tells Global Bankers To Expect Another Boom
The emirate organised its first big investor roadshow since the crisis in London.
04/08/2014
Bank of Japan’s wait-and-see approach to the impact of the consumption tax risks it falling further behind the ball - Nancy Curtin, CIO Close Brothers
A repeat performance would provide real cause for concern. Economic indicators have already been softening, with little evidence to suggest momentum has been built this year.
04/08/2014
Have you made your fund manager rich?
Fund managers and brokers are often highly profitable
04/08/2014
Warburg Pincus Wagers on Mideast, Africa After Dubai Investment
Warburg Pincus LLC, the private-equity firm managing about $37 billion in assets, is considering investments in Africa and the Middle East as capital starts to flow back into emerging markets.
04/07/2014
The sector has the potential to amplify pro-cyclical swings in the financial system and wider economy, giving a false picture of the price of risk.
04/07/2014
Risk asset valuations in the developed economies are also asymmetrical to the monetary and economic cycle
04/07/2014
Major banks have encouraged their wealthy customers to invest in certain assets and advised them to shift such portfolios to foreign markets to take advantage of economic recovery in developed economies and avoid volatility at home.
04/07/2014
Recall that since May, every single investment house recommended DMs over EMs - the latter were said to have weak fundamentals, their current account deficits were too large, their currencies needed to be devalued
04/07/2014
It is a dazzling morning and Bestinvest chief investment officer Gareth Lewis has strolled for 10 minutes in the March sunshine from his London home to Bestinvest’s Mayfair headquarters, tucked away in a quiet cul-de-sac close to businessman John C
04/07/2014
So the question was - is it a good recovery or a great recovery?
04/07/2014
Sustainability advocacy group Ceres, in collaboration with BlackRock and other major institutional investors across the globe, announced an initiative to engage global stock exchanges, via the World Federation of Exchanges, on a uniform standard for susta
04/07/2014
Many policymakers believe the worst is over, but is this just 'groupthink'? And which warnings might the IMF miss this time?
04/04/2014
One of the most controversial aspects of fund management is performance fees - payments made in addition to management fees.
04/04/2014
The world's $87 trillion (£52 trillion) asset management industry is getting riskier and echoes some of the "too big to fail" risks already being addressed at banks
04/02/2014
This information update contains important information that directors of issuers listed on the Official List of the Channel Islands Securities Exchange Authority Limited should be aware of.
04/01/2014
Demographics Provoke Wealth Firms to Undertake Wholesale Transformation
Sometimes change just explodes all around us, like in Venezuela and the Ukraine.
03/31/2014
Don't be April Fooled by Justin Urquhart Stewart
The UK consumer is a powerful part of the UK economy.
03/31/2014
Property Taxes – Over extended? by Baker Tilly
Last week’s Budget introduced three phased changes for properties bought by a company or an arrangement that includes a company.