Managers of Wealth

KPMG: Boards Are Deepening Their Involvement In Strategy, Refining Oversight Of Risk As Global Volatility Rises

Ongoing challenges include linking strategy and risk, and addressing growing cyber security risks

How to be an obscenely rich lawyer

Every time someone tells me how much I would have in the bank by now if I had put aside $20 each week since I was 12, I want to staple one of my credit cards to their tongue.

4 Reasons Why Banks’ Private Blockchains Will Fail

2015 has been the “Year of the Blockchain” as the world’s leading financial institutions flock to study Bitcoin’s underlying advancements.

Close look at demographics lays groundwork for long-term strategy

Demographic disruption is the biggest face that luxury brands will face in the United States market over the next ten years

2015 Legatum Prosperity Index

Legatum Institute’s ranking adopts a “GDP and beyond” approach, using 89 variables spread across eight sub-indices.

Stake Are High In U.S. Fiduciary Debate

What are the potential effects of the U.S. Department of Labor’s proposed fiduciary standard on the financial services sector?

Impact of the Retail Distribution Review

The Retail Distribution Review removed commission bias that favoured the sale of Oeics.

Survey: More affluent shoppers will buy on Black Friday, Cyber Monday

These findings are counter to perceptions of spending trends over the four day Black Friday weekend.

Middle Eastern Private Jet Owners Are Younger And Spend More On Planes Than Global Average

WINGX estimates fleet and activity growth of around 7% CAGR over the next 10 years, an inflow of at least 400 business aviation aircraft. The net increase in the business fleet will be at least 250 units..

Unchecked and Opaque Militaries Threatening Asian Stability

Transparency International warns that unchecked military power is threatening regional stability.

Cerulli Projects the Digital Advice Market Will Reach $489 Billion By 2020

Most consumers want to know that they can reach out to a person to solve a problem

High net worths become indifferent to big wealth brands

Those who said they were indifferent to the brand increased to 62% in Q3 from 43% in the first quarter.

Marijuana’s Millionaire Club: The People Behind the $56.7 Million Spent on Pot Initiatives

An InsideGov analysis found that $56.7 million has been spent on marijuana-related ballot initiatives in 15 states during the last 10 years.

Asian luxury shoppers favor Japan, SKorea, Taiwan for must-have products

Cashed-up Asian shoppers are switching their retail allegiances from long-time favorites Hong Kong and Singapore, and it's not just for a change of scenery.

Connecting with Clients' Families Is About More Than Retention

Additionally, Fidelity’s 2014 research found that half of clients don’t have confidence their partner/spouse

'Smart beta' ETFs popular in US, little known in S'pore

Smart beta ETFs try to weight their holdings using other factors such as dividends, revenue, cash flow or volatility.

India's wealth rose 211% in 15 years: Key takeaways from New World Wealth report

No prize for guessing which country tops the list

TJN unveils its new Financial Secrecy Index

This unique index combines a secrecy score with a weighting to create a ranking of the secrecy jurisdictions and countries that most actively promote secrecy in global finance.

The World’s 500 Largest Asset Managers – Year end 2014

Total assets under management of the 500 managers included in the ranking totalled US$ 78.1 trillion at the end of 2014, up 2.1% from the end of 2013.

Hong Kong investors buying into London shops rise

The number of stores on Oxford Street, London owned by Hong Kong investors has risen nearly two times over the past two years, making Hong Kong the second largest ownership group behind investors of UK origin.

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