Managers of Wealth

Goldhead revisited by Tim Price

Few assets are more misunderstood than gold. I might even refine that statement

How Citigroup Courts Wealthy Young Heirs: Teach Them to Buy Art

They were confident that the work by the prominent New York artist Chuck Close was worth the price.

Investing in Water by Claudia Quiroz, Quilter Cheviot

Rapidly shifting demographics in a resource constrained world are creating a number of investment opportunities across the conservation and efficiency themes, particularly in the water industry.

Exiting the Family Firm – Are You Ready to Make the Break?

By Morten Bennedsen, The André and Rosalie Hoffmann Chaired Professor of Family Enterprise at INSEAD and Academic Director of the Wendel International Centre for Family Enterprise | July 24, 2015

U.S. Tax Avoidance trumps Greek Tax Evasion

These kinds of misinformed, over simplified explanations are at best furphies, at worst racist.

2017 could prove to be gold's 'magic' year

Many analysts like Sandy Jadeja, chief market strategist at Signal Pro, see more short-term bad news for bullion.

How An Electric Car Company Won Britain's Equity Crowdfunding Race To Profit

No business that has raised money via a UK-based equity crowdfunding platform has yet been able to offer its investors a profitable exit.

Coutts: Global Markets Weekly and ISC Monthly

US rates to go up for the right reasons

Future millionaires bet on PH stock market

An asset manager says of all the countries in the world, the Philippines offers first-time investors the best opportunity to become millionaires.

The Willful Blindness Of Deutsche Bank's Management

But this is a particularly active form of negligence.

It's time to reward the good behaviour within the financial services industry by PwC

In an attempt to change behaviours within the financial services industry, regulators, governments and firms have mostly focused their efforts on deterring the few that might behave inappropriately. Yet the industry continues to be plagued by scandal and

Investing in the right place by Tim Price

“That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons of history.” - Aldous Huxley.

How the most powerful female hedge fund manager sees trading changing in the next 10 years

In the male-dominated world of Wall Street, Braga said she hasn't experienced difficulties.

Automation is Here to Stay in Wealth Management – Are You?

Wealth management today is being quickly and drastically re-written by new competition, technology advancements and a new generational view that “we don’t want to work with our father’s advisor anymore.”

Blockchain – a disruptive force for good? by Anju Patwardhan, Group Chief Innovation Officer,Standard Chartered

Financial innovation is the dominant theme at technology centres around the world. Banking is an almost entirely digital business and innovation using technology is an obvious choice.

World Bank Expresses Faith in China Reforms

International lender’s President Jim Yong Kim said he believes Beijing remains committed

Scout, simplicity and the Summer Budget by Penny Lovell

This week has seen the release of Go Set a Watchman, Harper Lee’s much-anticipated sequel to To Kill a Mockingbird.

Big hurdles remain in Greece but investor focus should be on U.S. and China

Stock markets and the Euro will rise as some degree of certainty replaces the brinkmanship between Athens and Brussels.

OPEC, Get Ready For The Second U.S. Oil Boom By James Stafford of Oilprice.com

What OPEC countries fear most is a follow-up technological revolution that will lead to a second oil boom in the U.S., and that fear is now being realized.

Financial markets remain remarkably robust by Mikio Kumada, CIIA, Global Strategist at LGT Capital Partners

Over the past few weeks, China’s stock markets crashed and Greece appeared to flirt with disaster. Still, global financial markets have remained remarkably robust, as we expected.

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