03/31/2020
'Consumer confidence will reach record lows - Close Brothers
In the coming months we expect consumer confidence to reach record lows which could have a drastic further negative effect on demand and spending.
Comment & Analysis
03/31/2020
McKinsey’s Vision of Wealth Management in 2030
Advisors are already strained answering many more calls from clients.
03/31/2020
How much are luxury brands donating to help fight coronavirus?
Sales may be suffering due to Covid-19 but luxury and celebrity brands are digging deep to help fight the virus
03/31/2020
V, W or L: what shape will the recovery take?
Although a rapid V-shaped recovery is our central forecast, if Covid-19 lingers there is a risk of a “double-dip” recession.
03/31/2020
The cavalry (finally) arrives by Rathbones
The pandemic is spreading rapidly in the US, which is now following the rest of the West into self-isolation. Beware of leverage and expect dividend cuts, warns our chief investment officer Julian Chillingworth.
03/31/2020
Wealth planning in times of crises: immediate-, near- and medium-term considerations by Julius Baer
Modern travel and technology has enriched global families’ lives for the last few decades.
03/31/2020
Perfect Storm for Markets as Economic Time Stops by Butterfield Group
Certain sectors of the economy are more directly exposed to the economic shutdown, but the breadth of this shutdown will impact every sector.
03/31/2020
Leadership through a crisis, from a CEO who’s been there.
2020 is an unprecedented situation but the principles of good leadership are constant.
03/31/2020
Your company culture’s power to shrink the distance.
As time goes on, we expect to hear more and more of these kind of examples of company culture adapting and growing into the new paradigm of remote-working and restricted movement.
03/30/2020
TheWall: Asia set to be world’s No 2 wealth hub in five years, says Knight Frank
In terms of demographics, the region is best placed for economic and wealth growth, and there is significant scope for expansion in investment markets.
03/30/2020
BCS Global Markets offering free research until 1 July, 2020
BCS GM research products equip investors with timely and actionable information on market developments as well as with specific recommendations and an action plan.
03/30/2020
A cautious consumer rebound takes hold in China - Fidelity comments
Consumption of staples is clearly outshining discretionary or luxury goods in what is still very much a lukewarm and uneven recovery.
03/29/2020
Making The Clients Aware Of Their Collection Of Automobiles
Nice and uncommon vehicles are coveted and more and more considered as nice artwork.
03/29/2020
Thinking about compliance as an essential tool in our new business world
When everyone gets together to discuss the gaps in the internal review
03/29/2020
Digital Disruption: Your Industry Is Next
As a serial entrepreneur, founder and CEO, I can only talk about business.
03/29/2020
Suddenly bosses are buying shares in their own firms, should you too? Why it can pay to watch the directors dealing
Schroders talks of a 'flicker of light' at the end of what is still set to be a 'very long tunnel'.
03/27/2020
The Art Market Adjusts: How the art world is quickly adopting the use of virtual viewing rooms
In the midst of the new social distancing norm, “digital viewing rooms” seem to have become the latest buzz phrase in the art world.
03/27/2020
HSBC Puts Job Cuts on Hold
The decisions we are announcing today enable us to better support our people during the present uncertainty, while remaining focused on our ambition to transform the bank.
03/27/2020
Charities update
The Government has said that it is willing to support the charity sector during this period and last week was in talks with charity leaders about what could be done.
03/27/2020
Looking Beyond the Fear: An Analysis of Sharp Selloffs - SEI
COVID-19’s spread and containment efforts have forced market prices to recalibrate sharply as expectations about different industries and the overall economy have shifted at a breakneck pace.