Managers of Wealth

Is it time for an agile Revolution in Financial Services?

Fintech is booming, and digital financial services (digital wealth, online insurance, online trading etc.) are an integral contributor to that boom.

Global asset manager AuM tops $100 trillion for the first time

Sustainable Financial Disclosures: Key Deadlines for Global Investment Managers

Less than half of asset managers assess gender diversity as part of their investment analysis

Comment & Analysis

Picking over the Laggards by Gary Dugan

Wealth and Asset Management

Swiss private bank sells off Bahamas wealth arm

UBS Says Wealth Management Net New Money $1.4 BLN in Q3

Julius Baer warns of hit from goodwill impairment

Schroders wins Morningstar Outstanding Investment House Award

Private bankers count the cost of less face time

Weatherbys Private Bank appoints AML Group

Executive Moves

Baker McKenzie announces latest global leadership shake-up

Pictet Poaches Veteran Deutsche Private Banker

Brown Shipley hires Julius Baer and Deutsche heavyweights

Cantonal bank hires UBS veteran as CEO

Lazard Asset Management Expands Alternative Investment Platform

Octopus Ventures expands team

Legal,Regulation,Tax & Compliance

Goldman Poised to Pay More Than $2 Billion in DOJ’s 1MDB Probe

Former Russian oil boss sues Geneva bank for 'kickback scheme'

Consultation initiated on blanket ordinance in area of blockchain

No-Deal Brexit: changes to withholding taxes

SoW/SoF Checks: What Does Good Look Like?

“Magnitsky-style” human rights sanctions now in the UK Overseas Territories

FinTech

Is it time for an agile Revolution in Financial Services?

Investors backing tech in a pandemic must balance risk and reward

Avaloq signs its first Taiwan-based client

Conversational Banking: Higher closing rates – seamless communication with customers

UBS Helpetica – the new platform for volunteering

Fenergo Awarded for Best On-Boarding and Best Compliance at Wealthbriefing European Awards 2020

Family Office

Are the days of family office boutiques numbered?

Family offices urged to take notice of HMRC's new information seeking powers

Singapore must protect its reputation as top global financial hub

Multi-family office founded in Geneva

Zero rates are a test of skill for family office investment managers

Why are family offices on the rise?

Luxury

Inspired by the sarcophagus of Egypt’s King Tutankhamun this Montblanc fountain pen costs $2.2 million

William Shakespeare’s First Folio Sells For Approx. $10M

Arts and Culture: 3 Ways to Support Creativity in Times of Crisis

Mercedes-Benz Unveils All-Electric Off-Road Concept

From Leonardo DiCaprio to Hugh Jackman these 12 luxury hotels are owned by world-renowned celebrities

Rolls Royce doubles the amount it planned to raise on bond markets, following strong interest from investors

Extremely Wealthy

Richest person in Europe's wealth rockets as luxury sales recharge

First-class flights, chauffeurs and bribery: the secret life of a private tutor

Billionaire financier Leon Black paid $50m to Jeffrey Epstein

A significant number of wealthy South Africans have left the country

Del Vecchio ready to back 'ambitious' Mediobanca plans

Meet Ukraine’s Seven Billionaires: Richest People In Ukraine, 2020

Comment & Analysis

WeekWatch by St. James’s Place

New UAE wealth management law a welcome game changer

Big banks: if not a merger - what then?

Financial Questions Every Art Collector Should Ask (but Often Doesn’t)

Picking over the Laggards by Gary Dugan

Adapting to the “new normal”: Japan’s paradox by Junichi Takayama

Extremely Expensive

The $2M 1953 Fiat 8V Supersonic Redesigned For Daily Drivers

Death, bankruptcy, divorces and misery – British crown jewels like the Koh-i-noor and the Hope Diamond are worth millions but are they cursed?

Wealthy French Snap Up London Luxury Homes as Chinese Step Back

Sotheby’s Expects Pink to Fetch Up to $38M

Japanese Collector Snaps Up "Bargain" US$15.7m Diamond

The UK's most expensive streets

Research

Northern Trust Survey Shows Uptick in Outsourcing Amongst Asset Managers in Asia-Pacific

Global asset manager AuM tops $100 trillion for the first time

Less than half of asset managers assess gender diversity as part of their investment analysis

Are the Affluent Receptive to Digital Advertising?

Demand for Risk and Compliance Outsourcing Jumps Over 25% in the Age of COVID-1

Strategic solutions for UK real estate fund managers post-Brexit

Executive Travel

BREXIT: your final countdown

Research Points to Low Risk for COVID-19 Transmission Inflight

The travel industry turned upside down: Insights, analysis, and actions for travel executives

‘Eurostar For Business’ platform unveiled to support business travel

After COVID, more flights will feature the latest business class seats

Doorstep in-flight meals, online shopping, flights to nowhere: Airlines get creative

Planet SOS

Sustainable Financial Disclosures: Key Deadlines for Global Investment Managers

UHNW Worth Families Remain Committed to ESG

Verification essential for more impact

Investing in Europe’s greentech leaders

Investor groups call on companies to reflect climate-related risks in financial reporting

From hot air to cold hard facts: how financial markets are finally getting a grip on how to price climate risk and return – and what needs to happen next

Health & Wellness

Lombard Odier launches Donor Brief on Mental Health in Association with the WHO Foundation

5 Top Health and Wellness Programs from the World’s Most Luxurious Hotels

BNY Mellon Tells Most Employees to Work Remotely Until January

Coping During COVID: How to Train Your Brain for Resiliency

The financial therapists helping wealthy people cope with change

Smart House, Healthy You: The Future of Wellness Technology

Covid-19

Covid-19: Is it an ‘interruption’ to your business?

Pandemic Fuels Billionaire Wealth

Singapore wealth managers reveal Covid-19 strategies

The Magical World Of Project Benefits

In Covid times, this venture is helping world’s leading business families to adapt and survive

Charities and coronavirus: extension of some measures brought in by the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act