Managers of Wealth

To Win the Platform Placement Game, Figure Out What Distributors Need

National accounts leaders are well aware of the importance of keeping their firm’s product set fresh and relevant to distributors

Deck the halls with interest rate rises

This will be our last Weekly Bulletin of 2021.

State Street's Irfan Ahmad: «Finance is Transforming to a Digital Economy»

The division focuses on digital assets and technologies and encompasses the set up of a new integrated business and operating model to support clients’ entire digital investment cycle from pre-trade, trade, and post-trade, as well as other initiativ

Will wealth managers ever get on board with crypto?

Will wealth managers learn to love bitcoin and its ilk, or will the associated volatility risks and lack of regulation remain a strong deterrent for most in the sector?

The ‘cowboy cocktail’: How Wyoming became one of the world’s top tax havens

An oligarch, a dictator’s aide and a beverage tycoon turned to America’s least populated state to shelter assets, the Pandora Papers show.

Central Banks In Action Mode

The Bank of England raised interest rates last week in an abrupt U-turn. At the previous meeting, the BoE’s monetary policy committee had voted 7-2 in favour of no action.

Charity or philanthropy?

Highlighting the difference between charitable giving and the philanthropic structures needed to support ad-hoc giving alongside longer-term goals.

The importance of intergenerational wealth management: how to do it and why should you?

Below, Phill and Craig tell us more about the benefits of planning for your financial future at an early stage.

Big data related deals in the private banking industry increased in H1 2021

In the first six months of 2021, the overall number of announced deals in the private banking sector increased by 10.9%, from the last six months of 2020.

Island Insight: The State of Luxury Real Estate in Ibiza and Mallorca

Christie’s International Real Estate affiliates in the Balearic Islands share the new trends and investment opportunities to know about in their respective marketplaces

What It May Be Like To Manage Next Year’s Workplace

As the coronavirus crisis is about to enter its third year, eight experts shared their predictions about what it could be like for business leaders to manage the ever-changing workplace in 2022.

Markets giving investors a lump of coal this Christmas?

There’s a few reasons for markets being naughty, not nice.

No sense pitting value against growth – they perform different roles – Gerrit Smit

They happen on a frequent basis, relative to growth investing”, he continued, citing the end of 2020 as an example to illustrate his point.

Accelerating innovation and speed to market with APIs and the financial ecosystem

At the same time, APIs have also brought banks and other traditional financial institutions a competitive edge, allowing them an enhanced ability to build tailored offerings, improve loyalty and create new channels for revenue.

People are moving on; be part of their normal

After two years of acute economic and social instability, it’s still too soon to say that the COVID-19 pandemic is behind us.

A sustainable festive season means transport must change its ways

Transportation is a hard-to-abate industry and is not typically known for contributing to a carbon-free world yet new solutions to reach net-zero targets are being created in air,

Bitcoin Is The Perfect Option, And Central Banks Will Have to buy in

What happens if the market realizes that kicking the can down the road is delaying the inevitable? A sustainable form of insurance in this event would have to be bitcoin.

Trusts and ESG - fad or future?

For investors wishing to put their own money where their morals are, the decision to invest in environmental and socially responsible vehicles is straightforward.

Asset Management Horizon Report 2022

Our report explores twelve key regulatory developments, and the challenges and opportunities that they present for the asset management sector in the year to come.

The Best New American Rye Whiskeys of 2021

From evolved expressions by venerated whiskey brands like WhistlePig and Basil Hayden to a far-out collab with GWAR and excellent debut bottles, there’s a lot to love in the world of rye.

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