11/14/2019
France Tried Soaking the Rich. It Didn’t Go Well.
A wealth tax and sky-high rates on top incomes didn’t yield much revenue.
Comment & Analysis
11/13/2019
The 20 countries with the most billionaires
The total wealth of those with nine digits in their bank balance fell by £388 billion last year, according to the annual UBS Billionaire Insights report.
11/13/2019
Generation change needs new approaches in wealth management
The wealth transfer going down over the next decades will disrupt the investment industry, but wealth managers and investment service providers can not just start preparing for changing client behaviour and needs when Millennials will take over the wealth
11/13/2019
Overlooking female clients costs industry $700bn a year
Retail and wealth products are not ‘consistently designed for women’s financial lives’
11/13/2019
How much is too much when gifting money to your child?
The urge to help your children is understandable and not to be discouraged but a finance professional has to take the emotion out of the equation to make sure the “gifting” of money makes sense for all parties.
11/13/2019
How should billionaires spend their money to fight climate change? I asked 9 experts.
Is it better to invest in developing clean energy technologies, say, or in trying to get a Democrat elected president?
11/13/2019
World's billionaires lost $388bn last year
Number of billionaires in India has declined by 10.9%
11/13/2019
How climate change will alter the taste of the world's great wines
Be prepared for flavour fluctuations as rising temperatures reduce acidity and boost sugar levels.
11/13/2019
Re/insurance industry must go after underinsured as climate change bites: Bermuda Reinsurance Conference 2019
Most reinsurers have been convinced of the seriousness of the climate change threat
11/13/2019
Credit Suisse Extends Football Sponsorship Deal
With four European Championship qualifications and five World Cup qualifications since the partnership began in 1993
11/13/2019
Digitalisation is essential to Latin America’s blossoming wealth management sector
By 2020, consulting firm PwC expects the global asset management industry to reach $111.2trn in assets under management
11/13/2019
Jersey structures for philanthropy
Philanthropy is important for many families, with increasing numbers establishing new structures to support particular altruistic causes that they identify with, whether those causes are technically charitable or not.
11/12/2019
What Cryptocurrency, Drug Lords and Mafia Bosses Don’t Have in Common
“We don’t like to be taken, we like to take.”
11/12/2019
The most ‘Instagrammable’ hotels in the world
London’s most prestigious luxury hotel is also one of the most instagrammable.
11/12/2019
These Are The 5 Habits Of Successful People
These could be the result of natural tendencies, acquired by osmosis from a business environment or crudely practised as the direct result of professional training.
11/12/2019
Asia billionaire wealth drops sharply
Asia-Pacific’s billionaires were the worst affected.
11/12/2019
“Deal or no deal?” by St. James's Place
WeekWatch by St. James's Place
11/12/2019
Israel set to miss out on tax haven bonanza
Israel's political deadlock is hampering officials seeking to attract tech companies to Israel who are being forced out of tax havens.
11/12/2019
Is this year's gold boom headed for an equally rapid bust?
Over the past year gold has surged, but is the bull market for the precious metal sustainable?
11/12/2019
Wealthy Amass Record $121 Billion in Tax-Sheltered Accounts
The rate paid out to charities from those accounts, meanwhile, fell to 20.9% in 2018 from 22.8% in 2017, the first time in five years that the rate of growth in contributions outpaced that of grants.