04/29/2014
European Bank CEO pay surges in 2013
Gulliver took home more money in 2013
Research
04/29/2014
Demand For Global Citizenship Programmes Primarily From Mideast, But Asia Is The Next Frontier
These are some of the key findings of a joint special report released today by Wealth-X, the world’s leading UHNW intelligence and prospecting firm, and Arton Capital, the global citizenships experts, at a Dubai forum on global citizenships.
04/29/2014
Investors Say Wealth Comes from Hard Work
Hard work, education and smart investing are the top three choices by investors
04/25/2014
Gold and Silver at major investment cycle lows according to Charteris CEO Ian Williams
“Our expectation is for Gold to reach its next peak in December 2020. We see this as an excellent buying opportunity.”
04/24/2014
Need for Global Philanthropy Extremely Urgent
The answers were analysed using three main criteria
04/23/2014
Gap between investment expectations and reality widens
The gap between investors’ income expectations and the actual returns they receive has grown over the last year.
04/23/2014
State-Registered Banks the Fastest Growing Bank Wealth Management Segment
"Despite the post-crisis damage to the reputations of many major investment banks, investors continue to turn to bank trusts for long-term multigenerational wealth strategies," comments Donnie Ethier, associate director at Cerulli.
04/22/2014
Wealth management sector faces unprecedented change
Consolidation activity among wealth management companies set to rise as the pain of complying with the Retail Distribution Review bites further into U.K. wealth manager viability
04/21/2014
Tech giants pose threat to fund houses
The likelihood of technology giants entering the fund market has increased as many of these groups have accessed the financial services arena through online payment businesses.
04/21/2014
Billionaires fuel business jet sales in China
China's business jet market is set to grow 23% a year as the number of the country's multi-billionaires is set to double, reports our sister paper Want Dail
04/21/2014
The Bumble Bee and the Chrysanthemum: Comparing Sweden and Japan’s Responses to Financial Crisis
Reinhart and Rogoff’s influential book, This Time is Different (2009), argues that financial crises over the past eight centuries have had similar causes and consequences across diverse societies.
04/20/2014
Sovereign and Quasi-Sovereign issuers drive the global primary sukuk market in 1Q-2014 - Research
According to a newly released report "Global Sukuk Report 1Q2014" by Kuwait Finance House Research Limited, the global sukuk market saw a modest volume of USD31.14bln in new sukuk issuances in 1Q2014.
04/17/2014
Private investment up by 13.3 pct in 2013
The affluent were defined by personal investment capital, which ranged from 0.6 million yuan to 6 million yuan.
04/17/2014
Nearly 40% of Investors Indicate an Increased Need for Investment Advice
Rather than fighting over those investors who have already engaged with a provider, Cerulli believes the real opportunity for providers to substantially increase their marketshare is to address those in the middle segment who are unsure of the value of ad
04/17/2014
World economy: Steady as she goes - EFG
For the world economy, the overall assessment so far in 2014 is one of ‘steady as she goes’. Economic growth is firm, if unspectacular. Encouragingly, it is being helped by a pick-up in global trade and prospects on that front remain good.
04/17/2014
92pc of affluent consumers made online purchase in Q4 of 2013: report
Affluent consumers were 73 percent more likely than non-affluent consumers to make a purchase on luxury brand retail Web sites during the fourth quarter of 2013
04/17/2014
China to Have 14 Million Middle-Class Citizens in 2014
China's middle class citizens are expected to grow to 14 million by the end of this year, up by more than 2 million from the number of middle class registered last year.
04/15/2014
Expectations of UHNW and HNW European investors - J.P. Morgan Private Bank
Three quarters (75%) of European investors believe Europe will grow by 1% or more in 2014, and 39% say Europe will be the best performing equity market
04/15/2014
How COO's are transforming their operating models to meet market challenges
7 changes to asset management operating models
04/14/2014
30% of UK's wealthy say advice more expensive post RDR - Pershing
The findings form part of a study commissioned by Pershing, which also found that 22% of a 1,000-strong sample of wealthy individuals are considering changing their adviser or wealth manager.