Managers of Wealth

Follow The Money: How UK Fund Flows Changed After Buxton's Exit

Richard Buxton’s decision to leave Schroders for Old Mutual Global Investors in March has helped boost a number of UK equity funds as investors switched holdings.

Global Asset Managment Sales and Marketing Demands Central Coordination and Local Action

Senior employees at corporate headquarters seek to exert more control across all the firm's offices, while local teams hold on tight to their autonomy

When it’s time to take control

The pressure on small and medium-sized wealth management firms to invest in compliance is driven firstly by the need to meet regulatory requirements

Will a Sneeze in the Emerging Markets Lead to a Cold for Developed Markets? - UBS Global Asset Management

Three market scenarios are proposed at each Cyclical Market Forum and are debated by UBS Global Asset Management investment teams covering equities

Coutts' commentary - Global View from Asia - "Return to the safety of income"

The problems in the US are only symptomatic of the trials and tribulations being seen in many G-7 countries as they attempt to cut the burden of government debt.

Hope and history - St. James's Place

History is not a guide to future performance, but that rarely stops financial markets and investors from glancing back in the hope of gleaning what might lie ahead.

Most Wonderful Time of the Year By: Tom Becket, CIO,Psigma

Market timing, although scoffed at by many as impossible or pointless, has taken on far greater importance in the last few years

Specialist Advisors Manage Double the Average Assets per Advisor

"We estimate that only 15% of advisors tailor their business to a unique clientele, such as institutions, retirement plans, or high-net-worth investors."

Advisers Agree Post-RDR Landscape is Better Than Predicted

28% have seen an increase in active clients post RDR

Bank boss's break shows stress needs to be taken seriously

The latest high-profile victim of stress and exhaustion comes just days after the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development /Simplyhealth annual absence survey

UK Start-Ups, Japanese Kick Starts by Justin Urquhart Stewart

Bravo start ups

Asia still 'global growth leader' in 2013-14

THIS year's IMF and World Bank annual meetings closed at the weekend in a Washington that was partly shut down by the US Congressional deadlock over government funding. But despite the long shadow cast by the US crisis

How Credit Suisse underwent painful bond surgery -and survived

Credit Suisse has been among the most aggressive banks in paring back its fixed income, currency and commodities trading business after the financial crisis.

Companies lack trust in forecasts, warns study

Less than half of all finance professionals at UK companies think the forecasts they rely on are reliable

Where China Invests Its Wealth

The Chinese used to be the savers of the world – holding onto their yuans with a tight fist – but that’s changing.

Advisors Obsessed With Asset Allocation Are The Real Dinosaurs Of Wealth Management

Stock and fixed-income ETFs have made this relatively easy.

High net worth individuals aren’t always smart investors

They stay away from shoddy chit funds and phoney plantation schemes.

Tax debate shifts from avoidance to evasion by George Bull

With the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development now working on plans to tackle international tax avoidance by multi-national corporations, and summer rapidly turning to autumn in the UK, we expect to see a change in emphasis in the Great Ta

The Shifting Forecast by Seven Investment Management

The IMF has confirmed what much of the economic news in the past few months has been telling us. In the ebb and flow of global economics, the developed world has been riding up the crest of a wave. But emerging markets, to continue the maritime analogy, h

New reporting obligations for trusts in Italy - Withers

New reporting obligations for trusts in Italy

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