Managers of Wealth

Atlantic rift? - St. James's Place Market Bulletin

The Federal Reserve continued to indicate that a December rate rise was likely, meanwhile UK rates are likely to be frozen at the current level until 2017.

Comparing national economies - just how much is your country worth? And how much is your cut?

One way of trying to get an idea of the wealth of a nation is to take its Gross Domestic Product (GDP), which is generally agreed as a sensible measure of economic value, and then divide it by the number in the country's population.

It’s really not about the Benjamins*: Our top five financial songs... by Penny Lovell

Finance it seems, is a largely unsung subject.

Seek and ye shall find by Tim Price

“There is little doubt, to my mind, that we are now at a defining moment in financial history, a time that, once it has passed will be referred by economic and market historians in much the same way as the Wall Street Crash of 1929 or the credit and

Becoming part of the Super Rich Club running the World by Ziad Abdelnour, CEO Blackhawk Partners

Having been on Wall Street for over 30 years now, and having survived the 1987 crash, the Drexel Burnham bankruptcy, the 1990 credit crunch, the 2000 Internet crash, the real estate meltdown of 2006 and the 2008 Wall Street financial crisis, I think I hav

The End of Human Risk Management? by Gilles Hilary, INSEAD Professor of Accounting and Control and Arnaud Lagarde, Chief Risk Officer, Mandarin Capita

Automation only works well when humans are highly involved.

Wealth manager profile: Smith & Williamson’s Chris Kenny

The problem is they can’t wait for me to retire to inherit a book of clients.

OPINION: Why wealth managers must act now to save their future

Break a mirror, and you’ll get seven years of bad luck. Break the banking system, and it’ll take that long just for regulators to work out who’s to blame.

Timeline: How ABN Amro got bought, bailed out and sold again

Highlights of the bank’s tumultuous history

Credit Suisse's new Asia IB heads talk strategy

Credit Suisse is in the midst of root-and-branch reform

Schroders to downgrade forecast for global growth

This does not represent a hard landing, although it does signify that prospects for China will remain dull unless there is significant stimulus.

What James Bond teaches us about Risk by Tom Catchpole, Vestra Wealth

Fast wind to 2015, and although the threat has changed, the spectre of…..well, Spectre remains.

The Paris attacks as a potential wake-up call by Mikio Kumada, CIIA, Global Strategist LGT Capital Partners

Equity market volatility was not boosted by the Paris attacks

Taxing times set to continue for wealthy individuals by Gary Heynes

With the Chancellor unable to raise funds through the tax credit system as planned, it’s likely that he’ll look to the high-earners to make up some of the shortfall. Wealthy individuals have already been hit hard by tax changes over the years,

Family firms, where values really count - launching Scottish Family Business Week by Penny Lovell

“Dare to be honest and fear no labour” Robert Burns

An Open Letter To SA Wealth Managers by Joel Burnette, Burnette Associates

I recently had an interesting conversation with my father about investing, saving, and general financial management which absolutely opened my eyes.

Doubtful by Tim Price

The more governments and central banks want to smooth the business cycle, the more risk and debt people and businesses are willing to accept,

Manic Mr Market is back in a funk by Alan Higgins, UK CIO at Coutts

It is a well-known finding in behavioural economics that investors are far more likely to fixate on possible downsides than to see the potential for growth. This is borne out once again this week, with Mr Market accentuating the negative.

The global real economy - RSM UK Group

This global perspective mirrors the growth of the middle market, which is expanding internationally and becoming an increasingly important piece of the global economy.

Some more radical common sense for Tax or...by Justin Urquhart Stewart

The argument over Tax Credits is very sensitive at various levels.

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