Managers of Wealth

Barclays' slowly improving reputation may disappear in these murky waters

The allegations of wrongdoing in the bank's 'dark pool' trading system are bad news for Antony Jenkins, for they cannot all be laid at the feet of the old regime

Barclays CEO Falters in Culture Shift as Suit Cites Fraud

The bank is cooperating with Schneiderman’s office and is examining the matter internally

Sport’s Summer Season is upon us - don’t let the taxman bowl you a googly byLesley Fidler

Sport’s summer season has finally arrived, and many businesses will be digging deep to impress clients and staff with a bit of corporate hospitality – but care is needed to avoid falling foul of the taxman…

German customs authorities seizing containers with files on account holders from the Cayman islands - Dawn Register, tax director, tax investigations team, BDO

HMRC will open enquiries and investigate the tax affairs of anyone they suspect of having undeclared assets.

Offshore or onshore investment trusts?

Should investors pay much heed to domicile when investing in an investment trust IPO?

USA Crowned Champions In The Wealth-X “World Cup Of Wealth”

Although the United States has never won the FIFA World Cup, Team USA was crowned champions of the Wealth-X World Cup of Wealth with more than 65,500 ultra high net worth individuals, beating runner-up Germany, which is home to 17,820 UHNW individuals.

An Offshore Tax Haven Plans to Become the World's First Bitcoin Island

While many places around the world want nothing to do with Bitcoin, some locales are trying hard to make the cryptocurrency happen, not just in the murky international waters of cyberspace or the confines of a student-fuelled experiment, but as a real loc

Who will teach responsibility in a buck-passing world?

Both regulations and the structure of capital markets foster a culture of ‘passing the buck’

Lights Out by Justin Urquhart Stewart

"The lamps are going out all over Europe" was the first part of the famous and very prescient quote by Sir Edward Grey on the eve of the outbreak of the First World War.

US in the Goldilocks zone - Coutts Global Markets Weekly

Recent minutes and statements from the major central banks reveal that the US economy is in the Goldilocks zone – not too hot (think UK housing), not too cold (think eurozone deflation threat), but just right.

IHT – have the wheels finally come off? by Gary Heynes, Baker Tilly

Recent figures have revealed that nearly a quarter of a million families are expected to pay Inheritance Tax over the next five years.

Globalization’s ‘Game of Thrones’, Part 1: Dynastic Power in the Modern World

. For the rich and powerful, the family unit has been the principal institution through which power is accumulated, preserved and propagated, precisely because the interest is multi-generational, requiring long-term planning and strategy.

EVCA Symposium strikes confident note

The flagship event of the European Private Equity and Venture Capital Industry took place last week in Vienna. It was striking to see how the dialogue is moving on from regulatory implementation to investment, jobs and growth.

Zen and the art of fund management

I'd like to start by making a confession: it's never been easy being me.

Life is Too Short to Drink Cheap Wine

That means having fun

It seems monkeys and business really do mix when it comes to investing

An experiment in which computer 'monkeys' picked random stocks has produced better results than stock market trackers

Fracturing Fiefdoms by Justin Urquhart Stewart

Fracking - it seems that we are now getting used to the unpleasant nomenclature attached to fracturing rocks to extract various types of gas. However, in the UK we are about to enter the period of political fracking which will also result in the release o

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