Managers of Wealth

Five things to consider before expanding your business in China

Don't start with China, because it's too big a jump

Adam Samuel: The problem with high net worth clients

Financial advisers are always saying how much they want to attract higher net worth clients in order to make more money. Perhaps these dreams would be best left unfulfilled.

Morgan Stanley Is Winning the Marriage Market

It’s not exactly a secret that financial advisers are on the rise on Wall Street.

Happy Bastille Day by Justin Urquhart Stewart

Bastille Day is a day for national celebration and pride, and of course the events that followed the original day led to the imprisonment of the head of state and his eventual decapitation.

Coutts Global Markets Weekly: Shedding the deflation mantle

Last week we wrote about the divergence in growth prospects, and therefore the path of interest rates, between the US and UK and the weaker eurozone.

Ex-Merrill Lynch Banker Uses Big Data to Save UK Pubs

A former banker at Merrill Lynch has given up his lucrative career to launch a radical new business model to save the traditional British pub. Noah Bulkin, 37, has acquired hundreds of struggling pubs and is using detailed, intricate data to turn them aro

Heads or Tails? What the Future Holds for Bitcoin and ‘Altcoins’

Has the shine worn off Bitcoin?

Inheritance tax and illiquid assets by Karen Clark, Baker Tilly

There has been much press commentary in recent weeks about the iniquitous effect inheritance tax (IHT) has on property, particularly in London and the South East where the value of an “average” property can easily exceed the nil rate band (or

Competition and investment banking by Mary Starks, Director of Competition, FCA

The FCA has this morning launched a review of competition in the wholesale sector.

Swiss Banks’ Tradition of Secrecy Clashes With Quests Abroad for Disclosure

Switzerland joined 60 nations in signing a treaty intended to unmask wealthy clients.

JPMAM’s Stephanie Flanders: Early rate rise could threaten ‘unloved’ rally

Investors should have a “modest” bias towards risk assets over the second half of the year but they should be aware that rates could rise sooner than the market expects

FATCA: Over here and over-reaching by Gary Heynes

It is clear that the US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) is far-reaching, but its application to UK trusts with no US assets and no US beneficiaries is extraordinary.

US Corporate War Chest by justin urquhart stewart

One of the features of the US recovery from the financial crisis has been the growth in the cash piles amongst many of the corporates.

A time of universal deceit by Tim Price

“Individuals who cannot master their emotions are ill-suited to profit from the investment process.” - Ben Graham.

Financial Institutions Survey strikes positive note by Geoff Cook

The 2013 Jersey Financial Institutions Survey out this morning shows a return to growth for our fund management and trust sectors up 38% and 4% respectively, on the prior year, with aggregate profits for the industry overall exceeding a billion for the th

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