09/24/2017
Major pension reform fails in nationwide ballot
It was arguably one of the most important domestic issues to be decided by voters during the current four-year parliamentary term.
Comment & Analysis
09/22/2017
Many of the world's billionaires had this first job in common
The first career path for 17 of the top 100 were as entrepreneurs who started their own businesses, like Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg.
09/22/2017
Wall Street’s Best-Kept Secret Is a 72-Year-Old Russian Chess Expert
For over two decades, Lev Alburt has been teaching strategy, patience, and prognostication to the finest in finance.
09/21/2017
How to spur growth of independent asset managers
Knabl believes that more cross-industry communication and collaboration is needed to accelerate growth in the independent sector.
09/21/2017
The Wealth Finance Brief - Fieldfisher
In this quarter's edition of The Wealth Finance Brief, we focus on the art world and the long awaited proposals for reform of the security law following the announcement of the Goods Mortgages Bill.
09/21/2017
The United States' Problem With Financial Secrecy
Washington has provided the world with some of the foremost tools for combating crime and grand corruption.
09/20/2017
Quenching a growing HNW appetite for insurance
It is only available in Singapore but through multiple channels in Singapore, including international brokerage firms and private banks.
09/20/2017
Where the ultra-wealthy are putting their money
The ultra-wealthy are allocating more of their money to equities and less to hedge funds and real estate this year, a survey by UBS Wealth Management and Campden Research found
09/20/2017
Statement from John Veihmeyer, Chairman KPMG International
The work on these specific engagements is not reflective of the quality of KPMG's work in South Africa over many years
09/20/2017
Investing in passion assets is about more than just financial returns - Coutts
The Coutts Passion Index measures the change in price of ‘passion’ assets. Measuring the passion investors bring is a less precise science.
09/20/2017
Investing in passion assets is about more than just financial returns - Coutts
The Coutts Passion Index measures the change in price of ‘passion’ assets. Measuring the passion investors bring is a less precise science.
09/20/2017
Platforms: adapting in an age of disruption
On the direct to consumer (D2C) platform side are Hargreaves Lansdown and Nutmeg.
09/19/2017
Mass-affluent in the UK might prove to be the early adopters of the Uber moment of Banking
The CEO of Pilatus Bank, Hamidreza Ghanbari, describes how the mass-affluent as the most under-served segment of the UK banking market can prove to be the game changers in private banking.
09/19/2017
UK asset management surges to £6.9tr
It is the IA’s first annual survey since the referendum to leave the EU and seems to contradict popular doom and gloom over the City's chances post-Brexit.
09/19/2017
What makes a billionaire?
The study also looked at the college majors of the world's richest individuals.
09/19/2017
Three sectors being disrupted by AI revolution
While AI was previously challenging to access outside of the mainstream technology companies, the growing propensity for corporates of all types to invest in their own AI is opening up the market significantly.
09/19/2017
St. James’s Place – “Continued geopolitical uncertainty fails to undermine a bullish market”
The world’s leading index ended at a new high despite a fresh missile test by North Korea, while the Bank of England suggested a rate rise was imminent.
09/19/2017
Mystery as tens of thousands of euros are flushed down the toilet at UBS bank in Geneva
There must be something behind this story.
09/19/2017
Avaloq CEO Francisco Fernandez says Australian banks behind on tech systems
The competitiveness of the offering to their customers is based on domestic product, mainly Australian stocks and bonds.
09/18/2017
Don’t dismiss bankers' predictions of a bitcoin bubble – they should know
The virtual currency’s success reflects the continuing lack of trust in traditional banking following the credit crunch