Managers of Wealth

Three investment conclusions from Leicester City's first Premier League title

With superlatives coming thick and fast, we might conclude that this is one of the most striking moments in the history of British sport.

Small is beautiful; unpopular helps by Tim Price

The shareholders of Berkshire Hathaway have just celebrated their latest ‘Woodstock for capitalists’ in the form of the company’s annual general meeting. Fund manager Jeffrey Miller of Eight Bridges Capital Management made the following

Miton’s Anthony Rayner: Poor visibility, drive carefully

The sector and geographic reflection of these moves has been fairly clear.

‘Wealthy Will Still Find A Way’ To Shelter Money Offshore

Panama has been the focus of relentless critical attention since the leak of documents from the law firm Mossack Fonseca.

Quilter Cheviot's international boss on taking the firm global

Students of obscure business cycle indicators might note its visibility in Google Trends spiked last year, having risen steadily since 2008.

Stanley Druckenmiller Laments ‘Reckless’ Corporate Financial Behavior

In particular, Druckenmiller argued that stock buybacks and other rewards for financiers and shareholders have far outpaced research, development and capital expenditures such as plant improvements.

What the heck with FinTech: Is Wealth Management ready to seize the moment?

(…said someone famous in 2016)

St. James’s Place – ECB plans extension of its asset-buying programme to corporate bonds in July

Following weak corporate earnings in the Eurozone, notably at Deutsche Bank whose pre-tax profits have fallen 60%, the European Central Bank plans to extend its asset-buying programme to corporate bonds in July, a move that may well encourage an increase

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

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