Managers of Wealth

Global growth and monetary issues continue to persist - Schroders

We would not rule this out completely but it is possible that monetisation arrives through a different route.

Why China Is Really Dictating the Oil Supply Glut by Rakesh Upadhyay for Oilprice.com

While the world was speculating about oil prices plunging to $20 and $10 per barrel, China was busy stockpiling its reserves

Investment Update - Couts

In this week's update, Alan Higgins, Chief Investment Officer, Coutts, gives an asset allocation update plus our view on the winners and losers from Corporate earnings season and central-bank policy.

When the game changes by Tim Price

In their efforts to jam the square peg of financial theory into the round hole of human nature, economists have perpetrated some pretty stupid things.

Banks’ self-serving fund sales must be stopped

It is time for regulators to investigate sales practices at banks, says Madison Marriage

Bitcoin and Banks Can Work Together, Interview With PrivatBank’s Alexander Vityaz

Theoretically, defragmentation of a super-fragmented system (there are 30,000 banks in the world) is possible with two systems only, vertical or horizontal, namely payment systems or Bitcoin respectively

Finance and investment news from the OECD

FDI increases by 25% in 2015, with restructuring playing a large role

The sandwich generation by Penny Lovell

Sabine Heubner, in The Family in Roman Egypt*, describes how parents in second and third century Roman Egypt were expected to “feed and clothe their children, watch over their moral development, celebrate their coming of age, provide their sons with

The Rout of the Retailers and a Stern Lesson for all Trustees - and their Liabilites by Justin Urquhart Stewart

However do they actually feel it?

How to persuade rich people to pay more in taxes: remind them how lucky they are

Hatred of taxes by the wealthy has had real consequences.

A message from John Cryan and Jürgen Fitschen on Deutsche Bank’s 1Q 2016 financial results

John Cryan and Jürgen Fitschen, Co-CEOs of Deutsche Bank, sent out the following message to the Bank’s employees on April 28, 2016

Miton’s David Jane: From zero to hero

The year is proving challenging for those that seek to second guess the market

The growth of Neobanks and Challenger Banks in the UK and Europe: Good News or Bad?

For decades, banking in Europe has been a one-size-fits-all solution – if you wanted banking services you went to one of the handful of large mainstream banks.

Saudi Arabia Releases Ambitious Plan To Diversify Economy By Nick Cunningham of Oilprice.com

The plan has been pioneered by the 30-year-old Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the second in line to the King, who has emerged as one of the most powerful figures in the Saudi government.

When is a tax not a tax? When it’s “Brexit tax” by George Bull

Call me sad, but news that the OECD would today issue a statement on tax and Brexit gave me a sense of eager anticipation. We even delayed publication of this Tax Brief to study and interpret the results of the OECD’s work. So much anticipation&hell

Does it pay to ‘Sell in May’? - Tilney Bestinvest

With the start of May just days away, should investors heed the old adage to ‘Sell in May and go away, don’t come back till St. Leger Day’, which advocates selling out of the stock market for the summer months?

St. James's Place - Brexit fears have subsided

John Wood of J O Hambro, and fund manager of the St. James’s Place’s General Progressive fund believes that large multinational companies may have their headquarters in London but “their performance is not driven necessarily by what happ

Can millennials find fulfilment at family-run firms? by Penny Lovell

This particular intern is a millennial, a generation that some have suggested is entitled, self-centred and adverse to hard-work.

Reforming the Stock Exchange by Justin Urquhart Stewart

What is the primary purpose of a stock exchange?

Surviving Mission Creep by Tim Price

o there is another reason why Europe isn’t growing and it’s one the central bank can do nothing about. Namely, the 19 governments of the Eurozone and the super-state in Brussels have essentially outlawed it

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