12/01/2015
Pay Confidential: Wealth managers’ bonus lag
Want to become wealthy from a career in finance? It might take longer to achieve if you’re a wealth manager.
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12/01/2015
Wealth is key in accessing justice, says poll
Almost 90 per cent of legal professionals feel that wealth is increasingly important in accessing justice, a survey has found.
12/01/2015
A New World Order
The world of finance has become nothing short of a centrally planned game, with policymakers driving asset markets as well as currencies.
11/30/2015
How Small Hedge Funds Outperform Bigger Rivals
Finance professors at London’s City University find that larger funds lagged from 1995-2014.
11/30/2015
True Loves Will Get A Bargain This Year
Falling commodity prices account for lowest rise in six years
11/30/2015
75 percent of banks focus on sales over customer service
New study from Efma and Misys shines spotlight on banks’ struggle to balance sales and customer service
11/30/2015
Offshore Private Equity Activity on Track for Five-Year High - Appleby
Appleby report details private equity M&A activity for 2015 to date
11/30/2015
On the money – How the wealth of National Treasures compares today
We’ll fork out some £3.5bn over Black Friday weekend and though most of that spending is online or on cards, hard cash still accounts for 40% of high street transactions.
11/30/2015
The Talk Wealth Managers Need to Have With Clients About Cost
As automated investment programs multiply, more clients are likely to ask advisers to justify their fees. There is a good answer.
11/30/2015
Morgan Stanley: These Corporations Will Be The Winners If The Middle Class Dies
Growing inequality “can disrupt business models, fuel political discontent and trigger policy missteps,” the bank warns.
11/30/2015
London has the most billionaires in the world — but they're leaving for New York
This is more than the 103 billionaires and 389,100 millionaires living in New York.
11/27/2015
Concerns for governance competency
Although 89 per cent of respondents had this sentiment, "governance competency and preparedness" was among the top three biggest concerns to respondents' own organisations.
11/27/2015
This is what your private banking salary and bonus should be in Hong Kong
And we’ve done this across five broad levels of seniority job titles in private banking differ from firm to firm – some include the term “director” within ranks two to four, while others prefer “VP”.
11/27/2015
Barclays money-laundering rap is oddly reassuring
The FCA didn’t have a problem so much with the “politically exposed persons” themselves
11/27/2015
Wealth managers split over opportunities and threat of robo advice
New research has revealed a split in the attitudes wealth managers in the UK have towards robo advice.
11/27/2015
Net worth of HNIs in India to rise 94% by 2020
According to the report, the pool of investable assets held by HNIs in Asia could reach $14.5 trillion by 2020, a growth of 160% in the current decade
11/27/2015
Switzerland To Launch Huge War On Cash Experiment
The intent of this experiment is to force banks to lend out cash and encourage people and firms to spend their money rather than saving it and later on pay for the penalty.
11/26/2015
Institutionalisation raises operational bar for hedge funds, says survey
And the longer term trend is for more of the same.
11/26/2015
Offshore industry tipped for growth driven by EM demand
Entrepreneurs and high net worth individuals are largely regarded by respondents as the primary contributors to offshore’s growth in this region over the next five years.
11/26/2015
Guernsey funds grow by nearly £5 billion in Q3
Figures from the Guernsey Financial Services Commission (GFSC) show that, at the end of September 2015, the net asset value of all funds under management and administration in the Island stood at £224.8 billion.