02/11/2014
Swiss multi-asset manager goes East
Independent alternative multi-asset management firm headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland, has been going through many transformations since the crisis of 2008.
02/11/2014
Many people are suggesting that the recent volatility in emerging markets will trigger a repeat of the 1994 or 1998 crises. We don’t think this is the case. This is not an emerging world in huge debt to the rest of the world – and in fact some
02/11/2014
Overall, 91% of IFAs are either 'very' or 'quite' favourable towards European equities, up from 63% 12 months ago. For the UK, 93% are favourable, up from 79%.
02/11/2014
Almost one in every four employees (39%) thinks that their boss dislikes them
02/11/2014
There was a big sigh of relief on Friday from tax professionals involved in completing tax returns for individuals, having worked long into the January evenings and weekends.
02/11/2014
Cybercrime is one of the fastest-growing criminal activities on the planet. It covers a huge range of illegal activity including financial scams, computer hacking, virus attacks and stalking by e-mail.
02/10/2014
Fed and ECB policies aim to reassure financial market participants rather than keeping them guessing. In the “good old days”, before quantitative easing, forward guidance and zero real interest rates, investors, asset managers, traders and ban
02/10/2014
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard answers your questions about the global economy amid tightening in the US and China, ECB inaction and emerging markets turmoil
02/10/2014
Jamie Dimon’s JPMorgan Chase and Gerald Hassell’s Bank of New York Mellon could learn a thing or two from a financial crisis that occurred some time ago—in 1763, to be precise.
02/10/2014
Wealth, among other things, buys the ability to innovate without constraints or boundaries, writes Mykolas D. Rambus, CEO of Wealth X.
02/10/2014
Political and financial upheaval in some of the world’s largest emerging economies is driving a new wave of rich migrants to London’s supercharged property market as a place to park their wealth.
02/10/2014
REMAP portfolios seek diversification in infrastructure & currencies
02/07/2014
Barclays is poised to defy calls for pay restraint by lifting staff bonuses by at least 10 per cent despite an expected slide in profits
02/06/2014
Deutsche Bank caps cash bonus at 300,000 euros
Deutsche, which told staff about bonuses on Wednesday, said last week total pay in its corporate banking & securities division was 5.3 billion euros for 2013, down 14.4 pct from 2012.
02/06/2014
Equities more attractive than other asset classes; portfolio hedges increased as valuations stretched
02/06/2014
Although challenging, 2013 was a good year for the Swiss funds and asset management industry.
02/05/2014
Is wealth management what is wanted?
Private banks are in danger of losing a grip on what makes them attractive to the wealthy
02/05/2014
Legendary investor Sir John Templeton once said: "It is impossible to produce a superior performance unless you do something different from the majority." No one encapsulates this more than Richard Buxton, one of the most successful fund manager
02/05/2014
Cold Turkey - by Johannes Oehri, Financial Economist from LGT Capital Management
Global financial markets have been very nervous since mid of January.
02/05/2014
Market performance in the first month of the year has been a challenge to our 2014 Outlook. But equities are still our first choice, and we see limited upside for bonds