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
02/04/2014
While there are undoubtedly strains in some emerging markets, to read the headlines would suggest there was a pending meltdown.
02/03/2014
I have found it a very interesting contrast this year to last January. Then in 2013 the news was filled with dire warnings of doom and gloom, as the IMF and the OECD both pointed to lower figures
02/03/2014
The performance caps eight years since Gardner joined the firm and brought sweeping changes to its investment proposition, shifting what he saw as a “UK stockbroker-style outfit” to a full service private bank.
02/03/2014
A number of issues are affecting the speed of recovery, added an extensive global survey conducted by Booz & Company, a leading global management consulting firm.
02/03/2014
This follows the results of the recent Jersey Business Tendency Survey, which found that just over half of financial services firms anticipate a rise in employment numbers and expect profits to increase over the course of the whole year.
02/03/2014
The family office concept has been around for decades, but it is only in recent years that the industry has begun to expand at an impressive pace with new family offices opening every month and the value of assets increasing.
02/03/2014
When seeking solutions for structuring their wealth, Asian investors are fairly open to placing their assets in offshore locations. But there is a tendency for Asian clients – and advisers – to stick to what they know, and for this reason, the
02/03/2014
According to the latest research from global analytics firm Cerulli Associates, 32% of financial advisors in the U.S. plan to exit the business within the next 10 years.
01/31/2014
Relendex’s first effort to raise a loan of several million proved over-ambitious, and was unsuccessful. While there is no shortage of potential borrowers, the lenders are all types and want all manner of different terms and yields.
01/31/2014
Although social channels have become powerful and cost-effective tools for customer service, management may be in the wrong hands.
01/30/2014
More than 300 staff volunteered their bonus data to Emolument
01/30/2014
The richest of the rich make sure they own properties in London, New York, Tokyo, Singapore and Hong Kong
01/30/2014
Half the world economy is one accident away from a deflation trap.