Managers of Wealth

Is Warren Buffett still calling the shots at Berkshire Hathaway?

But let’s examine more closely Berkshire Hathaway’s recent investments.

The world economy also needs gains in productivity by Mathilde Lemoine, Group Chief Economist, and her team

Productivity must increase in order to drive global economic growth in 2017 and in 2018.

A Lombard letter to Santa Claus

What a selection of UK chief executives want for Christmas

IOSCO monitors growing use of automated advice tools to protect investors

A growing number of retail investors, whether by preference or because they consider the services of traditional intermediaries too expensive or extensive for their needs, also prefer to manage their own portfolios using online tools.

TheCityUK urges focus on maintaining competitiveness of UK legal services industry

It particularly stresses the importance of the English courts remaining a hub for global businesses seeking to resolve international commercial disputes and of reasserting the value of choosing English law in commercial contracts.

2017: An uncomfortable year for the elite? by John Redwood, Charles Stanley’s Chief Global Strategist

John Redwood, Charles Stanley’s Chief Global Strategist, argued that trends seen in 2016 could become more pronounced in 2017.

Space offers 'huge opportunites for investors'

Gulf investors are lining up alongside US and European ‘angels’ with their eyes on the potential of orbital returns, he added.

How to Make the America’s Cup Great (Again)

Having said that, for the 35th America’s Cup, I was disappointed that (defense owner) Larry Ellison is taking it to Bermuda.

The Schroders 2017 Investment Outlook Series: Asia ex - Japan equities

In today's Schroders 2017 Investment Outlook Series article we look at the outlook for Asia ex Japan equities. Schroders' Asian Equity team comments that select long-term opportunities are still present in the region as they prepare to "exp

Sanlam Private Wealth 2017 Outlook

While most people would prefer to close the door on 2016 and never look back, the reality is that the drama of last year is yet to fully unfold.

Financial New Year Resolutions by Jason Hollands, Managing Director, Tilney Bestinvest

Once Christmas is done and dusted, attention will no doubt turn to the investment outlook for 2017 and, of course, the topic of New Year Resolutions

It's a Small World by Geoff Cook

Our recent reports on the value of Jersey to Britain and Europe highlighted the role that globalisation is playing as a driver for change and how it’s impacting cross-border investment flows.

The age of the active fund manager is far from over

Executives in the era of brilliant machines will be able to make the biggest difference through the human touch

A maverick hedge fund billionaire thinks Trump will ignite the US economy’s “animal spirits”

He’s amassed his riches by studying financial and economic trends and understanding how they fit together, according to a 2011 profile in The New Yorker.

Sink or swim: new technologies are critical to the survival of wealth management firms

The benefit of APIs is that they enable third parties to access each others’ systems and platforms more easily

It has been a year of the unexpected - Coutts

It has been a year of the unexpected, with the election of Donald Trump to the White House and the UK vote to leave the European Union having the most notable impact on financial markets.

St. James’s Place – “A financial tale of two New Yorkers”

The relationship between the White House and the Federal Reserve should be uncomplicated,

The making of a global banking brand

One may be competing against big brands with devoted customers

Named and shamed — but still in denial that Ireland is a tax haven

The Dangerous Global Race to the Bottom on Corporate Tax.

Dark data: The elusive black swan and financial fraud, part 1 by Michael Maxwell, IBM

Not that long ago, payment operations teams thought black swans were so rare they likely didn't exist.

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