Managers of Wealth

Automakers, designers top affluents’ top luxury brands: report

Affluents define luxury products as both expensive and possessing quality

Channel Islands, UK and Ireland among least complex places to do business

The far-reaching annual study has ranked 81 jurisdictions across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia-Pacific and the Americas according to how complex they are to do business in from a regulatory and compliance perspective.

2015 tech M&A on a path to continue record-setting spending of 2014

2015 appears likely to continue the deal-making momentum we experienced in 2014

The US is forecast to have a total HNWI wealth of US$28.82 trillion by 2018

The US is the country with the highest level of millionaires in the world at 5.23 million in 2013, more than Japan (2.17 million), Germany (1.38 million) and China (1.28 million) combined.

Wealth managers should target ultra-rich children: report

Several private banking firms, such as Barclays Wealth Management, RBC Wealth Management and Kotak Mahindra Private Banking, have already been providing services to the children of the super rich.

Banks to increase base salaries by under three percent in 2015: survey

The survey said about 60 percent of companies predicted 2015 bonus levels would be similar to 2014, although 20 percent expected levels to increase from last year.

American Millennials Will Step Up Use of Non-Traditional Banking Services This Year

32 percent of Millennials expect to use mobile wallets this year, more than half intend to use alternative payment services and 23 percent are considering a peer-to-peer loan

AIMA and CAIA launch series of hedge fund papers for pension fund trustees

They are being produced in collaboration with the AIMA Investor Steering Committee, a group of leading institutional investors globally with approximately $150 billion invested in hedge funds.

International Investments, Emerging Markets Key to Weathering Volatility in 2015

The CNBC Digital Financial Advisor Council brings together 20 of the nation's leading wealth managers and financial experts with a vast diversity of experience and insight.

High-net-worth individuals own 38% of UK’s total wealth, report says

Number of dollar millionaires predicted to hit 1m within three years

High Net Worth Investors Optimistic About 2015

Continuing optimism was a key finding of Morgan Stanley Wealth Management’s semi-annual Investor Pulse Poll, which surveys a national sample of investors with investable assets of $100,000 or more, a third of whom have assets exceeding $1 million.

UBS says Asia's rich show less love for Aussie

Asia's wealthy are falling out of love with the Aussie dollar as record-low yields and sustained declines persuade them to look elsewhere

Family-owned businesses in Singapore least prepared for succession in South-east Asia

Two hundred and fifty companies in five countries - Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, the Philippines and Singapore - were surveyed for the report.

SS&C GlobeOp Forward Redemption Indicator at 2.49% for January

The SS&C GlobeOp Forward Redemption Indicator for January 2015 measured 2.49%, down from 5.87% in December.

If You Got It, Blow It

Good investments never go out of style

BlackRock Sovereign Risk Index Update

BlackRock has published its latest update of the BlackRock Sovereign Risk Index (BSRI) for2014

The Banks Wealthy Investors Approve Of

A Spectrem study asks high net worth investors to name the banks they like based on a variety of services provided

Banks need move on from the crisis, say bosses

It's time for lenders to start concentrating on what they can do rather than just regulating activity, say bank bosses gathered at the World Economic Forum

Investment Knowledge of High Income Women

With high income comes higher confidence in one’s financial knowledge and investment acumen, but even high income women, as with their less wealthy counterparts, tend to downplay their financial literacy, according to a new Spectrem Group's stu

Millionaire Investment Preferences Indicate Volatility Concerns

A new Spectrem Group survey of investment preferences among Millionaires finds a cautious mindset that has a majority planning to keep a portion of their moneys in reserve.

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