Managers of Wealth

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.

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.

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).

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

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

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

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

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

Weekly Close Up - Close Brothers

“I will have my bond. I will not hear thee speak”

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

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

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.

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

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'.

UBS chairman says Greek default increasingly seen by IMF as controllable

Weber is the former head of Germany's central bank

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.

Does the digital era herald the end of history?

Since the 1980s our lives have grown increasingly digital, and with dizzying speed.

Investing in Japan – An Emerging Interest in Corporate Governance

On March 13th Fanuc, the world’s largest manufacturer of industrial robots, took the market by surprise after announcing that it was moving to increase shareholder returns and intended to set up an investor relations department in an effort to start

Thomas Jordan: The Swiss National Bank's monetary policy after the discontinuation of the minimum exchange rate

Speech by Mr Thomas Jordan, Chairman of the Governing Board of the Swiss National Bank, at the 107th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders of the Swiss National Bank, Berne, 24 April 2015.

Pre-Election tax planning – is it worth the effort? by George Bull, Baker Tilly

Pre-Election tax planning used to be a national pastime, but our collective appetite seems to have waned. Why is that, and could people be doing more?

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