Managers of Wealth

Bankers with absolutely clean hands are rare after worst financial crisis for a century

Some five years after the worst financial crisis for a century the bruises are still there

Chinese American Investors Comfortable with Current Financial Situation

Chinese-Americans are consistently more confident about their current and future financial situation compared to the US general population

Doomsday poll: 87% risk of stock crash by year-end

New crash coming? When? Before year-end?

Africa will be an engine for world growth in the coming decades

Japan's Shinzo Abe hails Africa as 'growth centre'

BARINGS: Video investment update on Frontier markets

Investment update from Michael Levy, investment manager of the Baring Frontier Markets Fund

Financial repression, austerity and inflation set to continue - Pictet

Luca Paolini, Chief Strategist for Pictet Asset Management, gives his views on how the investment landscape will evolve over the next five years

'Animal spirits' are back... What are the drivers behind this optimism?

A commentary from Seven Investment Management.

All's fair in love, war...

"...and on the podium for The 2013 Taxation Innovation Awards:

A Singapore wealth manager under fire amid crackdown

The message struck at the heart of a global debate over the moral divide between savvy tax planning and exploitation of loopholes

Why the EU cap on bankers’ bonuses could prove illegal

The rule has extraterritorial effects and applies to all bankers who work for European-headquartered banks, no matter where they are in the world.

“Any man can make mistakes, but only an idiot persists in his error.”

West End Front by Tom Becket

FX update from J.P. Morgan Private Bank

Another strong week for the USD

Greed is no longer good, says King

“Now I think they don’t want to earn money if it has been earned in a way that creates enormous damage to society – and I think that’s a good thing.”

More wrong tax codes from HMRC

The introduction of RTI hasn’t gone well for HMRC, with incorrect tax codes being issued that could result in a worryingly large number of employees missing out on their P11D benefits.

Economist calls for a new global currency

I call for the replacement of the US dollar as the major world currency system with special drawing rights backed by major currencies

The credit kulaks

He describes the variety of institutions and instruments that operate and innovate in the shadow of China’s mammoth banks, where they are hard for the authorities to see

FX update from J.P. Morgan Private Bank

The US economy is outperforming and it is likely that it will be the first to exit from unconventional monetary policy.

Why EFG's tough choices were the right ones

For EFG International, the plan after its IPO in 2005, says chief executive officer John Williamson, was to grow the institution organically and by acquisition.

Threadneedle Investments launches new Foundation

Threadneedle’s support will help The Art Room to maximise capacity in existing London Art Room centres, where impact is significantly limited by funding constraints that restrict opening to three days per week

The Guernsey Experiment

Moneyweek published an article earlier this year entitled The End of Britain, making the case for an imminent debt-driven downturn.

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