Managers of Wealth

Raise A Glass To A New Decade In Space

The rapid expansion of the information economy and its billionaires' interest in space exploration has changed its direction forever and ultimately demanded the creation of the Space Force.

Alfa Romeo to Chopard: Duccio Lopresto on the famed Lopresto Collection of Italian cars and his favourite watches

The Milan-based car collector’s earliest object of desire was a 1901 Isotta Fraschini, made by a firm famous for supplying kings, emperors and Hollywood stars with groundbreaking automobiles

Can US technology have another good decade? by John Redwood, Charles Stanley

The US Stock market produced the star companies of the western world in the technology area.

When Is It Ethical to Not Replace Humans with AI?

There are legitimate questions about the ethics of employing AI in place of human workers. But what about when there's a moral imperative to automate?

The 10 most influential cars of the last decade

As the twenty-tens come to an end, we look back at the cars that defined the decade...

The UK economy in 2020: another year of modest growth

GDP growth for 2019Q3 was modestly revised to 0.4% (QOQ) from 0.3%.

From Qatar Airways to Virgin Atlantic – Here are 8 of the funniest and, most imaginative in-flight safety videos you will ever see

Korean Air invited K-pop band SuperM to film its new safety video

New rules: Everything that changes in Switzerland in 2020

A number of animal welfare laws are set to come in to effect in January of 2020, including a ban on the shredding of live chicks.

Three Truths of CEO Communication for 2020

Effective communication to your employees is 100% your responsibility.

5 SMART Strategies to Resolve Business Conflict in the New Year

While conflict is inevitable, the good news is that business conflict is both manageable and resolvable. SMART organizations are able to effectively identify, manage, and resolve conflict.

2020 vision: Five big issues that will dominate the world economy next year

Sorry, it’s not going away. The Prime Minister will finally ‘Get Brexit Done’™ on Jan 31 and take us out of the European Union, but our departure will still be dominating sentiment in a...

Warren Buffett on why companies cannot be moral arbiters

Sage of Omaha says it is wrong for business to impose views on society

CEO Spotlight: Interview With Chicago Executive Thomas Kane

Thomas Kane is also known for his philanthropic efforts and is the Illinois President of the Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF).

The expert guide to wine in 2020: what to drink and where to put your money

No and low alcohol drinks will continue to push into the mainstream, becoming indispensable on restaurant menus.

The good times are over for Hong Kong’s bankers as their bonuses are crushed by protests, trade war

Many brokerage firms froze salaries and reduced bonuses in early 2009 after the global financial crisis hit the local economy, and the Hang Seng Index plunged.

British hedge funds branded 'laggards' on gender diversity

Ann Cairns, global co-chair of the 30% Club, which advocates for gender diversity in top corporate jobs, said: “Hedge funds are one of the real laggards and have much ground to make up at the fund management and executive committee level and through

Warren Buffett’s ‘elephant-sized’ acquisition: Billionaire investor may acquire this company in 2020

Berkshire Hathaway had reported an 11 per cent decline in third-quarter profits due to a smaller increase in the paper value of its investments.

Business obituaries: figures we have lost in 2019

Mr Schroder, the great-great grandson of John Henry Schroder

HK protest crisis raises career doubts for expats

"What I was surprised by, though, was the violence - how things took a violent turn," Bhatnagar said.

Forecasting the world in 2020

Though the world may seem ever more unpredictable, four wrong answers was an improvement on our dismal eight the year before.

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