11/17/2014
Looking back over the global landscape in recent years, characterised as it has been, by painful adjustments in financial and economic affairs, it is hard to avoid the conclusion that we have been lurching from crisis to crisis.
11/16/2014
At first glance, RatTraders.com looks like a bit of a joke. Marcovici explains on videos how he selects the “most talented rats” and trains them over three to six months to make decisions to go long or short. If the rat makes the right decisio
11/16/2014
The papers seem to be full of pundits predicting that "the end is nigh" for stock market valuations at their current level.
11/16/2014
In 1975, Charles Ellis, the founder of Greenwich Associates, wrote one of the most powerful and memorable metaphors in the history of finance.
11/14/2014
The television, radio, golf, Bovril, the flushing toilet and penicillin can all trace their inception back to a Scotsman.
11/13/2014
The title of the final STEP Global Congress session was as illuminating as it was eye catching, reflecting the insecurity of the wealthy and their advisers in the face of the current transparency revolution.
11/13/2014
Africa has the opportunity to quadruple living standards by 2040, but to do so it will need to find $11.4 trillion in extra investment over that period.
11/12/2014
Following is the speech by the Financial Secretary, Mr John C Tsang, at the opening ceremony of the Standard Chartered Wealth Management Centre at Exchange Square in Central this afternoon
11/10/2014
The Harrow School dropout trying to save the world
One is the creation of a UK sovereign wealth fund, the absence of which he labels “extraordinary”.
11/10/2014
Ignorant politicians leading to stupid policies; my financial programme and what I want from the politicians
11/06/2014
Singapore – already close to matching Hong Kong as a wealth centre in terms of assets – could be getting a boost as a result of the recent protests, argues Scorpio Partnership.
11/06/2014
Rothschild’s CEO on how to make it as investment banker
If you’re a student considering a career in investment banking, Nigel Higgins the CEO of Rothschild, has a key piece of advice plan ahead.
11/06/2014
“Investment banking is part of the core but it has to be done in a different way,” said Jenkins, who’s in Hong Kong to attend the Barclays Asia Forum.
11/06/2014
In the Fall 2014 issue of Progressive Asset Management’s newsletter, News & Views, Sallie Krawcheck discusses three important topics
11/05/2014
Much of the 1 percent wealth just sits there, accumulating more wealth.
11/05/2014
Often vilified by its neighbours for the system of lump sum taxation offered to foreign residents, Switzerland is surrounded by countries that themselves give generous tax breaks to wealthy expatriates.
11/04/2014
No One's Surprised If Hong Kong Bankers Get Away With Murder
People have been calling him Patrick Bateman. Perhaps, he has an alibi and was out returning video tapes. But instead, I see Colonel Kurtz.
11/04/2014
What’s Wrong with the Asian Wealth Management Industry?
Smith has worked in the investment management industry for 30 years
11/03/2014
It’s a good time to be in the wealth management business.
11/03/2014
There was an oddity the other week when we had our latest flash crash in the global markets.