Managers of Wealth

Party Politicking in Power by Justin Urquhart Stewart

One of the things I really hate about this season is the party conferences where all the politicians seem to take it in turn to show off their latest sound bites.

Financial crisis ‘led to the loss of 7m jobs’

The human cost of the financial crisis was the obliteration of 7m jobs across the developed world since the second quarter of 2008

Boutique Asset Managers Need to Clear ‘Institutionalization’ hurdle to Achieve Agile Growth - RESEARCH

This is defined as the growing list of operational and organizational minimum requirements an asset manager must meet in order to attract assets.

Horlick Looks North for EIS Opportunities

Horlick is highly regarded in the finance industry - in the 1990s she balanced a high-flying finance career with bringing up a large family. Today she manages investments for Rockpool Investments, produces films and sits on the board of an NHS trust.

"Global Regulatory Reforms: What’s Done, What To Watch For" - Ravi Menon, Managing Director, MAS

The crisis exposed deep fault lines in the global financial system and spurred far-reaching financial regulatory reforms, aimed at building a more resilient financial industry that better serves the needs of the real economy.

Nicola Horlick: "Crowdfunding is a drug going straight into the lifeblood of the economy"

City Superwoman Nicola Horlick is a crowdfunding convert following the success of her recent project on Seedrs, raising £150,000

Chief Secretary announces Government action on tax avoidance by George Bull

Danny Alexander’s surprise announcement last week, and why it’s about time the Government acknowledged that once again, it’s got to the wrong place but for some of the right reasons.

It is the regulators who now pose the biggest threats to financial stability

Try as you might, it’s hard to feel any sympathy for Britain’s banks.

Jersey’s finance industry contributes some 40% of total GVA

Jersey Finance has issued the following comment in response to the latest economic performance figures to be issued by the States of Jersey.

Keeping the markets guessing - HSBC Private Bank

Deferred, not discarded

Why philanthropy is R&D for business

We often measure the impact of corporate philanthropy by counting the number of individuals who are helped by a particular program.

The cost of concord - St. James's Place

As salvors righted the wreck of a super-sized floating pleasure palace from the Tuscan seabed last week, it brought to mind the eurozone's own Herculean challenge to haul the region from the financial rocks it hit five years ago.

There are times when the French seem to do a far better impersonation of Eeyore than we do

Depressed, lugubrious, and always assuming the worst; normally that is a good reflection of the British domestic attitude to life.

Investment Consultants Focus on Retail - RESEARCH

Another Distribution Channel for Asset Managers

Coutts' commentary - Global Views from Asia - “Five Years On”

This past week marked the anniversary of the collapse of Lehman Brothers. Still, five years on, the global economy finds itself high on the drug of easy money.

Revenge of the Nerds

Equity markets are showing the most promising prospects

Five Years On: The New Regulators

The 2008 financial crisis sent shockwaves around the world, prompting the government to reconsider the way the financial industry is regulated.

Tax avoidance – but who are the real goodies and baddies? by George Bull

The old days were great – you were either a goodie or a baddie – and that was it. Simple. But in the new world of tax, we just can’t work out who’s who any more…

Look out the Investment Bankers are back! by Justin Urquhart Stewart

Good news - companies have been sitting on a lot of cash: bad news - they haven't been spending it.

StanChart to open 100 branches in Africa by 2016

It plans to focus on SMEs and private banking

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