Managers of Wealth

World’s Richest Add $200 Billion as Global Markets Surge

This year’s top 100 billionaires own discount supermarkets and luxury brands, oil refineries and cement factories.

Rich families hoarding cash: Citi

Wealthy families have about 39 percent of their assets in cash

Higher Swiss Leverage Ratio Could Mean End of Universal Bank

Swiss Finance Minister Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf said lenders including UBS AG and Credit Suisse Group AG may have to pull out of investment banking as she called for their leverage ratios to be raised.

UK creates create transparency benchmark against which other countries will be judged by George Bull

While the UK will not on its own succeed in achieving global change, it creates a benchmark against which other countries will be judged.

Coutts Wealth Watch: ECB to loosen up

Thursday’s eurozone data, showing very low inflation and unemployment stuck at a record high, stresses the need for greater stimulus.

Capturing Affluent Clients Now

Wealth management is possibly the best opportunity in financial services" right now

ECB’s Draghi signals time is up for Eurozone banks

In the UK, banks have been making the long haul back to recovery for a number of years, and are finally beginning to emerge from the shadow of their impaired book of bad loans.

Nick Gartland, of Investec Wealth & Investment, on the economic path ahead

The principal focus for investors during the past quarter was on the expected path of tapering from the Fed and the implications that had for the movement in interest rates, not merely in America but across the developed world.

The top spots for making friends, getting rich and raising kids

Thailand leads the way when it comes to quality of life and a good social scene, while Switzerland is top for making money and Germany for raising children

Coutts' commentary - Global View from Asia - "Hope eternal"

It is always unnerving for an asset allocator when you see both bonds and equities rally as it can never last.

Why this wealth manager is sticking with emerging markets

The data appears to show we have averted catastrophe, leading to a rally in the markets before year-end.

Darker Nights but some Brighter Lights by Justin Urquhart Stewart

So the clocks change, the evenings draw in earlier and the first Autumn storm hits the country – so nothing new then?

Emerging markets - crisis or healthy correction? by Erdinç Benli, Swiss & Global Asset Management

Emerging market equities have been suffering from investors’ ‘sell-off’ mindset for several months.

Almost half (48%) of British SME owners plan to pass their business onto their children

SMEs are the building blocks of the economy, and their longevity is crucial

Fund managers face £3bn hit if sell-side research is banned

The suggestion is one of a series being considered by regulators and industry bodies on both sides of the Atlantic as they consider potential conflict of interest concerns over how research is paid for.

100 most influential women in finance revealed

These women are doing deals and growing revenues.

The pension generation – time for liberation! by Gary Heynes

This week sees the first European-level summit dedicated to the digital agenda, with member states more keen to focus on the ‘digital single market’ than engage in a debate about data protection regulation.

Does it Matter Whether You Eat Your Own Dog Food? by Phil Banas

An ugly and somewhat unsavoury expression of obscure origins, in the software business, “eating your own dog food” means using software you have developed yourself.

UK stock market confidence rises to a 2013 high

Investor confidence in the UK stock market has reached the highest point in eight months

Investment fraud reports jump 75% to hit four-year high

The FCA has recently warned of a number of instances where fraudsters are using the name or other details of a genuine firm

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