Managers of Wealth

Stop Dumping on JPMorgan

JPMorgan's future still remains bright

Will fee competition kill wealth earnings this year?

Wealth managers have warned that earnings in their own sector could be subjected to downwards pressure this year as fee competition bites.

Asset Managers Enjoy Best Revenues in Four Years

Alternative managers also had higher operating profits

Funds too lame rather than too big to fail: James Saft

These have the potential to turn idiosyncratic market frictions into systemic market failures.

'Handicapped' by wealth: The dangers of unprepared heirs

The phrase describes how families that build wealth in a generation tend to lose most of it within three generations

Diamond Industry Implications From Ukraine Crisis

This is not a large figure in proportion to the overall global economy

Dubai Tells Global Bankers To Expect Another Boom

The emirate organised its first big investor roadshow since the crisis in London.

Bank of Japan’s wait-and-see approach to the impact of the consumption tax risks it falling further behind the ball - Nancy Curtin, CIO Close Brothers

A repeat performance would provide real cause for concern. Economic indicators have already been softening, with little evidence to suggest momentum has been built this year.

Have you made your fund manager rich?

Fund managers and brokers are often highly profitable

Warburg Pincus Wagers on Mideast, Africa After Dubai Investment

Warburg Pincus LLC, the private-equity firm managing about $37 billion in assets, is considering investments in Africa and the Middle East as capital starts to flow back into emerging markets.

Wealth funds are getting ‘too big to fail’

The sector has the potential to amplify pro-cyclical swings in the financial system and wider economy, giving a false picture of the price of risk.

GSAM: US Monetary Policy Lagging Economic Cycle

Risk asset valuations in the developed economies are also asymmetrical to the monetary and economic cycle

Rich advised to invest in developed economies

Major banks have encouraged their wealthy customers to invest in certain assets and advised them to shift such portfolios to foreign markets to take advantage of economic recovery in developed economies and avoid volatility at home.

Are emerging markets making a comeback?

Recall that since May, every single investment house recommended DMs over EMs - the latter were said to have weak fundamentals, their current account deficits were too large, their currencies needed to be devalued

Wealth manager interview: Gareth Lewis, Bestinvest

It is a dazzling morning and Bestinvest chief investment officer Gareth Lewis has strolled for 10 minutes in the March sunshine from his London home to Bestinvest’s Mayfair headquarters, tucked away in a quiet cul-de-sac close to businessman John C

So what is different this time? by Justin Urquhart Stewart

So the question was - is it a good recovery or a great recovery?

World's Largest Investors Engage Stock Exchanges on Sustainability Reporting Standard for Companies

Sustainability advocacy group Ceres, in collaboration with BlackRock and other major institutional investors across the globe, announced an initiative to engage global stock exchanges, via the World Federation of Exchanges, on a uniform standard for susta

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