05/04/2015
On billionaire altruist lunatics.. by Tim Price
“Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.” - Aldous Huxley.
Comment & Analysis
05/04/2015
UBS Wealth Management sees China as key business growth driver
The wealth management arm of Swiss banking giant UBS has turned China into its biggest client base in terms of investments in both domestic and offshore markets, the report said, citing chief executive Juerg Zeltner.
05/03/2015
Taxicab Tenner: Investec Asset Management's Simon Brazier
At the titular tenner ticks down, Brazier explains why he is thinking about investing in Royal Bank of Scotland and list some of the stocks he expects to hold for the next 10 years.
05/03/2015
Why Cyprus isn’t Ireland
Both countries are island-states, ex British colonies, have a small population, and a significant portion of foreign direct investment.
05/03/2015
UBS and Credit Suisse could combine investment banks - investor
Knight told Reuters last year he believed UBS would eventually follow his advice and split off its investment bank.
05/03/2015
HSBC's HQ rethink: taxes and China relationship hold key to decision
In 1990, an assessment called Project Rainbow paved the way for HSBC to move from Hong Kong to Britain.
05/03/2015
We thought we'd be better paid, say bankers
Financial professionals fret about their pay (too low), their industry (shrinking) and their regulators (do not even get them started).
05/01/2015
Digitise or die: why fund houses need to embrace technology
Fund houses need to work in partnership with technology companies in order to attract a new generation of clients and fend off competition from outsiders
05/01/2015
Tesla Could Be Changing The Dynamics Of Global Energy
The big problem with solar and wind right now is that the energy is only useful when it is actually produced and, because a company cannot modify generation to correspond with demand needs, any excess power has to be sold back to the market for immediate
05/01/2015
The Love and Envy of Luxury by Toby Birch
I have also learned not to judge clients on appearance; the truly wealthy have nothing to prove and take great delight in under-statement
04/30/2015
Anne Simond: Almost Twice As Many Foreign Managers Comply With Swiss Than With AIFM Distribution Rules
Until the credit crisis of 2008 an estimated one third of all hedge fund assets were allocated via Switzerland
04/30/2015
How Bob Diamond Will Build Africa’s Largest Bank In 3 Years
A lot has been said about former Barclays chief executive Bob Diamond and his style of management since he resigned in July 2012 over the Libor scandal
04/29/2015
Weekly Close Up - Close Brothers
“I will have my bond. I will not hear thee speak”
04/29/2015
The risks for us all of squeezing the wealthy too hard by Gary Heynes
The Times Rich List was published last weekend, and revealed the names of the 1,000 wealthiest people in Britain. But according to many of the Party manifestos, these are amongst the people most likely to be hardest hit by proposed tax changes. So how imp
04/29/2015
A risk controlled strategy on emerging markets equities
To benefit from the long term opportunities offered by emerging markets, investors need to actively manage a broad spectrum of risks, explains Bruno Taillardat, investment director for equities at Unigestion
04/29/2015
USA: The return of reasonable market optimism - LGT Capital Partners
The Nasdaq has finally closed above its historical March 2000 high, becoming the last major US equity index to break through into record territory.
04/28/2015
Schroders’ Asian fixed income chief: the real reason behind India’s rise
The emphasis on so-called ‘Modi mania’ and the impact of a falling oil price overlooks the important work India’s chief central banker Raghuram Rajan has done
04/28/2015
Funds industry needs to streamline: Stefansson
The AsiaPacific head of distribution at UBS tells AsianInvestor that the funds industry needs to specialise and streamline. The 30year veteran says he wants to work with managers that have 'something different'.
04/27/2015
UBS chairman says Greek default increasingly seen by IMF as controllable
Weber is the former head of Germany's central bank
04/27/2015
Giving it all Away! How about making it by Justin Urquhart Stewart
Now I must remain politically neutral (apparently) but it is not difficult to pick out a consistent theme amongst most of the political leaders and that, of course, has been their spending plans.