Managers of Wealth

Strategies for Growth by George Bull, Baker Tilly

It seems that economic strategy has shifted from fostering growth to shoring up government finances.

Back to 1952 - Coutts & Co

Does it make sense for longer-term investors to hold government bonds when better yields are available from dividends?

The missing ingredient in any new sovereign wealth fund is . . . wealth

Earlier in the week, writing for the Business Spectator website, Turnbull launched into a very silly call for Australia to launch a sovereign wealth fund.

We are richer in 2012, but are we happier?

The research claims that even though Britons are three times richer than they were in 1952, and UK GDP has dramatically increased, so has the Government's budget deficit.

A Budget for Business Enterprise? by Justin Urquhart Stewart

So just how many company finance initiatives do you think we have?

Bankers Behaving Badly Are No Black Swans

It’s hard to feel too sympathetic for wealthy financiers caught behaving badly. But considering the stress of the job, and simple statistics, it shouldn’t be too shocking to hear of Wall Streeters stabbing a cabbie or defecating in public. Mor

First steps towards a wealth tax? by George Bull

Here’s the big irony: if a mansion tax is to be sustainable year by year rather than simply bleeding a section of society, then it has to rely on continuing economic growth.

Buffett’s Gold Aversion Baffles State Street’s Goolgasian

Buffett, in his annual letter to shareholders last month, said investors should avoid gold because its uses are limited and it doesn’t have the potential of farmland or companies to produce new wealth.

Euro treads water, at the deep end - Coutts & Co

We believe the potential for negative events in Europe will keep the euro on the defensive against the dollar and sterling, but the downside looks limited in the near term given investors in general are already broadly holding negative positions.

Ten reasons to give ethical investment the green light

it’s becoming the chosen vehicle for many investors who demand more than just financial growth from their money.

Europe's recovery won't slide away on Greece, but it could slip up over oil

Just when Europe might be congratulating itself on heading off imminent disaster, the threat of soaring crude prices looms over world economies again

Bernanke speech crushes silver rally

Investors seemed to react not to what the Fed President said, but rather to what he didn’t say. However, the sell-off was short-lived and today silver has been clawing its way back.

THE USA – IN STAR TREK SPEAK “IT’S A RECOVERY JIM, BUT NOT AS WE KNOW IT”

Well we shouldn't complain

HMRC pushes back

Following breaches in the Banking Code of Practice on Taxation, retrospective tax legislation is to be introduced.

The growth figures may be insipid, the headlines may seem dour...

There are some positive dots that we can join together when looking at the UK economy, which when viewed as a connected string, is beginning to show a slightly more creditable and credible pattern.

10 Thinkers That Executives Actually Listen To

These guys all made the "Top 50 Business Thinkers" list, put out annually by The Thinkers50 and facilitated by consultancy Crainer Dearlove.

Signs of opportunity among the wreckage of European equities - Coutts

Although we remain cautious regarding exposure to European equities in general, selective opportunities may be emerging, as long as global central banks maintain the easy- money stance that is helping to fuel appetite for risk.

Kleinwort Benson's new CIO says "animal spirits" at play in the markets

Crisis, what crisis?

Paying the piper….

HM Revenue & Customs have now started to issue the £100 penalty notices to those people in self-assessment that did not submit their return by the deadline of 2 February 2012.

Learning a lesson from the Americans

Following my comments about the missing financial infrastructure in the UK, I was recently comparing the US banking and financial structures with our own.

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