Managers of Wealth

Assets of top 100 alternative investment managers hit $3 trillion

Towers Watson survey shows total global alternative assets under management exceed $5 trillion.

The smart money is quietly buying more gold

The herd is selling gold – so should you be buying, asks Richard Dyson.

Chinese banking: a Wild West in the Far East?

China’s banks are now the biggest in the world but fears are growing they are very unstable, writes Harry Wilson.

Joint purchases by charities and non-charities

Charities are exempt from SDLT on purchases of property which they are to use either in their charitable work

FCA launches private client division and warns of further thematic reviews

Speech by Clive Adamson, Director of Supervision, the FCA, at the APCIMS Compliance Conference, London.

Tree-shaking stirs up a hornets' nest in emerging markets - Schroders

Keith Wade comments on the effects of potential QE tapering on emerging markets

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse? -

The major central banks have made small policy mistakes over the past month, but the good news is that they are reminding investors they are in no rush to head for the exits.

We all know markets don't carry on up in a straight line

Summer slump or Summer sale?

That deflating feeling by Tim Price, director of investment, PFP

“For all its problems and excesses,” he writes, “the credit-boom era was still better than the current nightmare of having asset prices effectively set by governments.”

Fewer International Buyers of French Property; but They're Spending More

"This is the 5th edition of this invaluable research which allows us to fully understand the actions and desires of international buyers.

investment manager profit soars to 24-year high - RESEARCH

The 95th CBI/PwC Financial Services Survey shows that the industry’s recovery is gaining momentum.

BNP Paribas Securities Services launches the Spring edition of its corporate magazine Quintessence

BNP Paribas’ latest edition of Quintessence addresses a number of ‘hot topics’ ranging from regulation challenges, collateral management and outsourcing, as well as new perspectives on global developments in the financial world.

Coutts' latest Global Markets Weekly

Central banks soothe uneasy markets

The false economy of the 'million dollar spreadsheet'

The financial crisis of 2008 threw the banking markets into a frenzy from which they have yet to fully recover.

France's triumphant 'Joan of Arc' vows to bring back franc and destroy euro

The euro ceases to exist the moment that France leaves, and that is our incredible strength

Continuing government schizophrenia over tax avoidance by foreign multinationals

Mixed messages and double standards – how the protracted debate over taxing the multinationals is creating uncertainty and confusion for business.

Retaining customer loyalty overtakes regulation as number one challenge for banks

29% of senior banking executives see their biggest challenge as retaining the loyalty of more demanding and better informed customers

Opportunity Knocks: Coutts on residential property investment

How does the Queen’s bank assess the current health of the UK’s residential property market?

Tyranny and Taxation

Financial imperialism has been far more efficient than the military variety allowing developed countries to source cheap commodities for decades.

Coutts' commentary - Global View from Asia - "What's next"

The outcome of the latest Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting was very clear.

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