Managers of Wealth

Fear stalks UBS ahead of May 6th

The Swiss bank is analysts’ latest darling, but that doesn’t mean that banking jobs there are safe.

Trophy assets such as London's Admiralty Arch snapped up by Middle East investors

As the world economic order changes, prime real estate is finding its way into the portfolios of investors from emerging markets

Why Bank CEOs Barely Rate as ‘World’s Greatest Leaders’

Being a visionary is a common theme in the descriptions of many of the CEOs

Asset management and the herd mentality

The idea that asset managers are too big to fail

Madness by Tim Price, Director of Investment, PFP Wealth Management

James Rickards, ‘The death of money: the coming collapse of the international monetary system’, 2014

Family Businesses In India See Rise Of Women As Promoters And Leaders

Across India Inc, more and more women scions can be seen at the frontline of their family business.

6 Questions for the CEO of RBC Wealth Management

We are helping clients manage their wealth

Finance is still the best prospect Jersey has, now, and in the future

Geoff Cook, CEO, Jersey Finance, outlined to over 100 Jersey business leaders at the IOD luncheon and politicians, how the Island’s finance industry is performing and what initiatives are currently being undertaken to promote the industry. Discussin

Canaccord Wealth's Jukes: why bitcoin could cause disruption

Robert Jukes, global strategist at Canaccord Genuity Wealth Management offers Wealth Manager an insight into his investment thinking and outlines the potential impact of the rise of crypto-currencies.

Credit Suisse Value Trails UBS as Dougan Sticks to Debt Tradin

Credit Suisse Group AG Chief Executive Officer Brady Dougan could take a lesson from Zurich neighbor UBS AG as he seeks to boost his company’s stock: scale down the investment bank.

Big Wealth makes a comeback in the U.S.

One hundred years after Americans first filed income taxes under the Sixteenth Amendment, Big Wealth is back.

The Effect of People Power by Justin Urquhart Stewart

Elections are strange beasts.

Wealth management ‘the growth engine’ of banks

Increasing capital requirements are pushing banks to find new revenue streams such as wealth management, which with its fee-based advice and wealthy clients is quickly becoming a new industry favourite

Global economic and financial challenges: a tale of two views

Speech by Mr Jaime Caruana, General Manager of the Bank for International Settlements, prepared for a lecture at the Harvard Kennedy School

Tax really CAN be taxing!

How easy is it to trip up in tax? A recent case shows that even the simple things can be confusing to the taxpayer, and he pays the penalty.

Stop Dumping on JPMorgan

JPMorgan's future still remains bright

Will fee competition kill wealth earnings this year?

Wealth managers have warned that earnings in their own sector could be subjected to downwards pressure this year as fee competition bites.

Asset Managers Enjoy Best Revenues in Four Years

Alternative managers also had higher operating profits

Funds too lame rather than too big to fail: James Saft

These have the potential to turn idiosyncratic market frictions into systemic market failures.

'Handicapped' by wealth: The dangers of unprepared heirs

The phrase describes how families that build wealth in a generation tend to lose most of it within three generations

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