Managers of Wealth

Squashed by Tim Price

Today’s investors are not exactly a lucky generation.

Much ADO about Something - Diary of a Fund Manager

It was a week of two halves or to be precise four days of lethargic anticipation followed by a day of energetic confusion.

St. James's Place Market Bulletin - Playing safe

The most important event of the week was, in fact, a non-event – the US Federal Reserve chose not to raise interest rates. The downbeat comments which accompanied the news prompted some rotation out of equities and into bonds.

How Wealth Management Is a Lot Like Boxing

Despite everything I’ve learned from dodging left hooks, practicing undercuts and sparring with my peers, I believe this quote from Mike Tyson relates to all aspects of life: “Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.” It

This Is What Needs To Happen For Oil Prices To Stabilize By Dan Doyle for Oilprice.com

Back when the onslaught began, which I mark as Thanksgiving Day 2014—when OPEC declined to cut—Wall Street began talking of shale as being a switch; as in you can turn it on and off.

How does financial education help businesses? An interview with Jeanette Makings by Penny Lovell

One of my favourite quotes in business at the minute comes from Richard Branson: “If you look after your staff, they'll look after your customers. It's that simple.”

Invest in China? You Must be Completely Rational! by Chris Darbyshire, CIO, Seven Investment Management

China can do nothing right. Its economy is slowing and dragging the world down with it.

Overloaded! Can we really understand all of this information? by Ben Kumar, Seven Investment Management

A regular criticism of the current financial state of play is that quarterly reporting is not helpful. It seems odd to say in the modern world of big data, but there really is a genuine argument that less is more.

The Seventh Rule of Investing: Discipline and Co-ordination by Justin Urquhart Stewart

In this series I have deliberately avoided any of the rules around trading and short term investing.

How China decided to redraw the global financial map

The bank’s successful establishment is likely to bolster Beijing’s confidence that it can play a leading role in supranational financial institutions

Here's why one hedge fund manager thinks Alibaba could be a big fraud

Earlier this week, Alibaba responded publicly to a Barron’s article that expressed a similar skepticism about the “seeming improbability”

Follow The Money: How Schroders plc, Old Mutual plc & St James’s Place plc Could Make You Rich

Stock markets have been through a bumpy time but you wouldn't think it from looking at the shares of top FTSE 100 financials.

The Rich may soon own the world

This income inequality is going to become even starker very soon - the 80 richest people would be worth the same as the poorest 50%.

Fed watching goes into overtime - Coutts

Global growth fears were rekindled after Thursday’s decision by the US Federal Reserve to delay further its much anticipated tightening cycle.

Vontobel: U.S. Fed defers rate hike

We therefore expect the FOMC start hiking interest rates at the December meeting

There Be Dragons In The Land Of Pensions by Bill Longe, Baker Tilly

Tuesday was Pensions Awareness Day, and to coincide with this the Pensions Regulator is launching a TV campaign encouraging small employers to comply with their auto-enrolment obligations. But with concern growing that many of these employers are choosing

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