Managers of Wealth

St. James's Place Market Bulletin - Tuesday 2 June 2015

In a week of eye-catching headlines, disappointing data and further uncertainty, there was very little movement for the major global equity markets.

deVere: Presidential candidates owe it to America to explain their stance on controversial FATCA

Presidential candidates must come clean on America’s highly controversial global tax law - and more must urgently be done to repeal it, not least because it is “a blue print for worse to come”, warns the boss of one of the world’s

Oliver Stone says America’s big banking bosses should have been jailed

Greed, says three-time Oscar-winning filmmaker Oliver Stone, is not good.

The New Imperial China? by Justin Urquhart-Stewart

Chinese President Xi Jinping and the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi sat down last week for a vital meeting to try and develop the tense relationship between these two giants.

The OECD’s Business and Finance Outlook looks at the Greatest Puzzle of Today

The greatest puzzle today is that since the global crisis financial markets see so little risk, with asset prices rising everywhere in response to zero interest rates and quantitative easing, while companies that invest in the real economy appear to see s

Building concerns by Tim Price

As for the rest of the billions, it’s not clear precisely where that money went.

Water investors to enjoy double digit earnings growth in 2015/16 according to Kleinwort Benson Investors CIO

Kleinwort Benson Investors highlight drivers of outperformance

Swiss Pensionskassen stay calm under negative rates pressure

Buyers were adding to larger diversified bond portfolios

3 fundamental lessons Warren Buffett learned from his mentor Ben Graham

Warren Buffett spent his late teens consuming as many books on stocks and investing as possible

Robo wealth advisors: has the terminator arrived?

Just as the ATM did not displace the bank teller, robo advisors are unlikely to replace all wealth managers

HSBC Should Stay Put and Get Bigger, or Leave and Shrink — UBS

HSBC Holdings is once again assessing whether to shift its headquarters from the U.K. But one of the options — moving bank to Hong Kong — “is certainly the wrong answer,” according to analysts at UBS AG

China update - why the reform process needs a strong equity market

Despite an overnight correction following the recent run-up, China remains the world’s best performing equity market since the start of the year.

Banks and entrepreneurs would do well by teaming up

While banks have traditionally been the guardians of financial transactions, in the last decade and a half, nontraditional players have begun to pose a threat to their business, putting pressure on banks to evolve.

Ever wondered what makes perfectly smart people behave irrationally?

Close Brothers - Weekly Close Up

Strategy: waiting for opportunities - BNP Paribas Investment Partners

Eurozone economy reaching cruising altitude

Amazon – first to blink in the game of international tax poker? by George Bull, Baker Tilly

Amazon may be the first of many multinational corporations to recognise UK profits in the UK, rather than in overseas tax-haven operations.

Where to invest outside of developed real estate markets

A condotel near the beach in Bali, eco-friendly commercial space in Dhaka and affordable luxury living in Addis Ababa.

BFSB targets Swiss and Latin American events

Mexico will be the focal point for BFSB in June

On not adding, but taking away by Tim Price

“Our job is to find a few intelligent things to do, not to keep up with every damn thing in the world.” - Charlie Munger.

Appleby Raises $15,400 for Nepal Victims

The funds raised by Appleby were donated to the Disaster Emergency Committee and the Bermuda Adara Group. Staff in The Seychelles donated money locally to the Red Cross and their affiliated church.

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