Managers of Wealth

2015 Industry Predictions and Outlook by Martin Engdal, Market Strategist, Advent Software

Technology trends from the consumer world will drive incremental shifts for wealth managers in 2015

How low can we go? by Justin Urquhart Stewart

Whether it was the dramatic withdrawal of the Swiss Franc peg to the Euro, with all its ramifications, or through to the less exciting reduction in Danish interest rates,

Money worries by Tim Price

I hold all idea of regulating the currency to be an absurdity; the very terms of regulating the currency and managing the currency I look upon to be an absurdity

Does fund administration need a new name? by Ian Kelly Chief Executive Officer Augentius

Reliability, expertise, and reputation have always been important factors in how funds select administrators, but the benefit provided was essentially a ‘negative’ one: its primary purpose was to remove a problem from the fund manager’s

Goldmans 'duped Libya out of oil cash': Investment bank facing claims it duped officials into investing £800m by plying them with girls, parties and luxury trips

The Libyan Investment Authority claims Goldman Sachs abused the financial illiteracy

Oxfam's Still Wrong About The Global 1% And Economic Growth Flowing To Them

Seriously poor. I would fail someone in a high school essay if they tried to present evidence in the manner that they do.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King Bronze Medal

The United States Mint is currently offering 1.5-inch and 3-inch bronze medals honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King. These medals represent duplicate versions of the Congressional Gold Medal awarded posthumously in recognition of th

Will the Greeks loose their marbles (Again) by Justin Urquhart Stewart

There has been much hyperbole over the potential for Greece to be thrown out of the Euro single currency scheme.

Regulators test the universal banking mode

Antony Jenkins, Barclays chief executive, told the FT last month that “the universal banking model is dead” and the bank he took over in 2012 has to be more selective.

Vast growth opportunities ahead for South African hedge fund managers

The South African hedge fund industry can compete very well internationally.

No such thing as tax giveaway by Andrew Hubbard, Baker Tilly

The proposal to give Northern Ireland the ability to set its own corporation tax rate will cost each affected business £14,500 even if no separate rate is ever set.

From the peso oro to the maquiladoras by Jean-Philippe Donge

Historically, until the 19th century, the Spanish dollar, the forerunner of the Mexican peso, was used in a number of regions around the world. The "Mexican peso" was legal tender in the United States until theCoinage Act of 1857.

An odd, non-linear world by Tim Price

“Sir, John Authers, in Loser’s Game (The Big Read, December 22), could have delved deeply into the flaws in the asset management business as it has evolved in recent decades, rather than accepting the industry’s own terms or focusing on

Beaches, babes and boundless riches are yours for the taking if you just sign up to the foreign exchange trading platform of your dreams

or maybe they turn out to be nightmares.

Pensions – is the lure of distant shores fading? by Gary Heynes & Lesley Fidler

British expatriates have always been able to enjoy additional pensions freedom by moving their pension funds out of the UK under the Qualifying Recognised Overseas Pension Schemes (QROPS). But now HMRC is reviewing QROPS as a result of the 2014 pensions c

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