Managers of Wealth

Hedge funds that crowded into same names likely to nurse losses

The average hedge fund is off almost 2 percent for the year, according to Hedge Fund Research data, while the Standard & Poor's 500 index is down almost 5 percent.

Volatile Markets Are Next ‘Stage in Currency Wars’ — Schroders

Investors are currently guessing that the yuan will continue its downward slide against the dollar

J.P. Morgan Outlines Trends Driving Investment Decisions for Endowments and Foundations

Institutions are actively restructuring their risk management, specifically in fixed income, toward more return-oriented strategies.

Columbia Threadneedle Investments: Market volatility: goldilocks in peril?

In the years since the financial crisis, we have been in what many observers have termed a “Goldilocks” economy where growth was persistent, but it was still modest enough to be supported by central bank easing at any sign of weakness.

JP comment: Investors adjust to China’s lower growth outlook

The People’s Bank of China has responded to the continued fall in share prices by further cutting interest rates in an attempt to stimulate economic growth.

Nedbank CEO Says Market Slump May Persist Until U.S. Rates Rise

South African stocks also declined, plummeting the most in more than five years as global commodity prices sank and threatened to weigh on the country’s already weak economic growth

Watch out, watch out – there’s a taxman about! by Mike Down

In his Budget speech the Chancellor made a commitment to crack down on tax evasion by wealthy taxpayers. So now armed with an additional £60m of funding, HMRC has assembled a ‘crack squad’ of tax investigators and criminal lawyers, sendi

Growing wealth outside the business

All businesses are unique and demand a particular set of skills.

Aberdeen Asset Management: The best way to invest in Chinese robotics

Kwok Chern-Yeh, head of investment management in Aberdeen Asset Management's Japanese Equity Team, discusses a quiet revolution that is taking place in China.

How Robos Handled Their First Major Market Challenge

Wealthfront was active on Twitter, reminding customers that though it can be difficult, it’s important to keep a long-term view and stay the course.

Black Monday? Keep calm and carry on, investors urged

Investors must, of course, be vigilant of the Black Monday events and what has led to them.

The Great Fall of China? by Geoff Cook

Tumbling stock markets around the world have triggered a resurgence in the debate about the sustainability of China’s economic performance. So what does the future hold?

Tide turns against the hedge funds

But is this the time to desert funds with good long-term records?

Baker Tilly comments on stock market volatility following China’s ‘Black Monday’

Fundamentally, the Chinese economy was always going to slow as the middle kingdom neared middle income status. That has, time and again, been the experience of the so called tiger economies that came before it.

"The Tax Tail must never wag the Investment Dog" by Justin Urquhart Stewart

I often look with astonishment at some of the intricate structures that are often promoted by clever tax advisers to bemused and confused clients

The Lion Awakes: Ugandan Millionaire Ashish Thakkar Tells Story Of African Renaissance In New Book

The Lion Awakes strikes purposefully in an effort to educate the reader and shift the Western perception of Africa.

A billion-dollar tech 'unicorn' was born every week this year, but winter is coming

It’s almost gotten to the point where you might think a tech company that isn’t a unicorn must have something wrong with it.

Global currency wars: why China's devaluation is a peace offering misunderstood by the world

Renminbi shift is not the opening salvo in a 1930s-style cycle of "competitive easing"

Donald Trump: "The hedge fund guys are getting away with murder"

They're paying nothing and it's ridiculous.

Napoleon and the rise of central banks by Penny Lovell

It’s now been 200 years since the end of the Battle of Waterloo, and Napoleon was very much in my mind on a recent visit to the beautiful Island of Elba.

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