Managers of Wealth

Striking gold by Tim Price

We need to stop the insanity

Coutts Investment Outlook 2015: On and Off the Beaten Track

The 2015 Investment Outlook provides insight from Arne Hassel, Head of Investments at Coutts and his senior team: Alan Higgins, Chief Investment Officer for the UK; Norman Villamin, Chief Investment Officer for Europe, Terence Moll, Head of Asset Allocati

On The Record: PUBLICA, Switzerland Stefan Beiner Head of asset management and deputy CEO

The major concern remains the low interest rate environment. We do not believe rates will increase as fast as in other cycles.

Could falling oil prices spark a financial crisis? by James Stafford

Low oil prices are not just a problem for oil companies. Investment funds, hungry for yield in a low interest rate environment, have poured money into oil and gas. To be sure, we are far from a crisis at this point, but if oil prices don't rebound, a

UBS Wealth Management’s CIO Year Ahead 2015: Outlook for a diverging world

CIO Year Ahead, the annual outlook published by UBS Wealth Management's CIO, forecasts investors facing a diverging world in 2015.

Tax and investment protection trends in Africa in 2014 and predictions for 2015

In the African tax sphere, the trend remains for headline tax rates to continue to remain stable or decrease.

The highly effective habits of superinvestors

They're bullish on the economy.

Powerless by Justin Urquhart Stewart

Herds can be dangerous. Stand in the way of one and you can get trampled

'Smacking a skunk with a tennis racket' by Tim Price

We believe the Federal Reserve’s large-scale asset purchase plan (so-called “quantitative easing”) should be reconsidered and discontinued.

London ‘could be city state by 2035’

London could become a city state like Singapore by 2035 because of its economic dominance over the rest of Britain

SEC Commissioner Gallagher: Millionaires Can Fend for Themselves

Last week I had the opportunity to attend the 2014 Government-Business Forum on Small Business Capital Formation in Washington D.C. where Commissioner Daniel M. Gallagher gave his opening remarks after the first panel.

The Wealth Management Client Experience - Scorpio Partnership

“Put the customer at the heart of the service experience”

Former Barclays boss wants to snap up banking assets

Who set up Atlas Merchant Capital to invest in financial firms, sees opportunities as banks shrink

Anthony Hilton: Wealth managers are off the digital pace

What is there not to like? Well, Rob Taylor, the man at the Financial Conduct Authority with responsibility for the wealth management industry, thought of a few things yesterday.

Banks gear up for online assault

Market trends, hot investment funds and new sophisticated financial tools are being made available at the touch of a few buttons as banks add bells and whistles to attract investors and advisers.

Bankers’ bonus farce is undermining London’s status as financial centre

While Europe fiddles with the pay cap, other economic hubs are dividing the spoils

Dodgy dashboards

Given the fact that I drive a 1964 Morris Traveller, I think she is entitled to have the occasional flashing light on her vintage dashboard.

UBP's Investment Outlook 2015: 'Divergence'

Contrary to expectations, Europe did not undergo a healing process in 2014; whilst long-dated bonds generated remarkable performances, European equities underperformed.

Review of the financial sector in Mauritus by Rundheersing Bheenick, Governor of the Bank of Mauritius

Looking back over the global landscape in recent years, characterised as it has been, by painful adjustments in financial and economic affairs, it is hard to avoid the conclusion that we have been lurching from crisis to crisis.

WATCH! Rats trained to replace humans on financial market trading floors

At first glance, RatTraders.com looks like a bit of a joke. Marcovici explains on videos how he selects the “most talented rats” and trains them over three to six months to make decisions to go long or short. If the rat makes the right decisio

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