02/16/2018
Geneva’s ‘safe-haven’ houses look vulnerable
Fines on Swiss private banks and sky-high living costs are hitting the property market
Comment & Analysis
02/14/2018
Elon Musk's brilliant email rule at Tesla
"There's only one problem with Musk's proposed solution: it's extremely difficult to cultivate in the real world."
02/14/2018
Fasten your seatbelts, and (try to) enjoy the ride By Matthew Brittain, Investment Analyst at Sanlam UK
The great news for our investors is that we’ve been very focussed on this risk, and our portfolios were well prepared.
02/14/2018
Looking at Sustainable Investing Through a Gender Lens
The opportunities to align investments with causes important to women are plentiful, ranging from microfinance to fighting ultra-poverty to gender parity in the workplace.
02/13/2018
Market-based finance: a macroprudential view
Sir Jon Cunliffe, Deputy Governor Financial Stability, Member of the Monetary Policy Committee, Member of the Financial Policy Committee and Member of the Prudential Regulation Committee
02/12/2018
Let common sense prevail... Men are not the enemy by Penny Lovell
Well, it's been quite the week for women, hasn’t it?
02/12/2018
ANZ Sending Jobs Back to Asia
Ironically, the planned offshoring comes as ANZ reduces its presence in the Philippines by closing its retail unit in the country.
02/12/2018
UBS prioritising Asia's female clients
The private bank has a five-year plan to significantly scale up its expertise to better serve them.
02/12/2018
Investec’s joint CEO structure yet another cop out
Like Standard Bank and Sasol, this is nothing but absurd.
02/12/2018
Technically that Looked Like Panic by Gary Dugan
Let’s hope for no surprises in the St Valentine’s Day US inflation report
02/12/2018
Happy New Year (of the Dog) By Mark Ward, Head of Trading, Sanlam
China now has 251 billionaires, behind only the United States on the global Forbes rankings table.
02/09/2018
China’s Rich List 2018: who are the nation’s wealthiest man and woman?
Jiemian.com list of 1,000 richest billionaires ranks Tencent’s Ma Huateng, on 282 billion yuan, as top man and Yang Huiyan, on 149 billion yuan, top woman
02/09/2018
Sallie Krawcheck has a plan to finally put women on a level playing field with men
“The good news: we can fix this,” Krawcheck says.
02/09/2018
Fueled by Global Economy, Art Market Could Continue Boom in 2018
“The wealth effect is a huge driver” of the art market, says Evan Beard, National Art Services Executive at U.S. Trust.
02/09/2018
Why should you consider outsourcing?
As wealth management businesses grow they start facing some internal challenges such as regulatory changes, increased demand from clients/investors and accessibility to back-office data.
02/09/2018
Big data vs. bad data
Big data is certainly not bulletproof and having a lot of information should not be confused with having credible information.
02/07/2018
Can DBS' Wealth Unit Rise to the Challenge?
Tomorrow's results will indicate how close that wish is.
02/07/2018
Chinese millennials and Gen Z to drive Luxury brands to Chinese marketplaces
The report – which leverages Secoo’s unique insight into customers and Tencent’s expertise in big data – found that almost half (48%) of luxury shoppers by number in China were under 30 in 2017.
02/06/2018
Who let the dogs out?! Woof, woof-woof
Calling all stargazers - prick up your ears
02/06/2018
Paris continues its reign as highest-rated city
CBISM also demonstrates the precariousness of cities resting on their nation’s brand.