Managers of Wealth

Female CEOs Abound, So Why Are Women Still Earning Less?

It is a misconception in society today that we have turned the page on the dark chapter of discrimination against women in the workforce.

Time for some radical Income Tax thinking

In the run up to the Budget everyone will be coming out with their wish lists

Global Debt Exceeds $100 Trillion as Governments Binge, BIS Says

The amount of debt globally has soared more than 40 percent to $100 trillion since the first signs of the financial crisis as governments borrowed to pull their economies out of recession and companies took advantage of record low interest rates

Why Bitcoin Isn't Dead Yet

The digital cryptocurrency which may or may not have been founded in 2009 by a 64-year-old Japanese recluse — was hit by the biggest challenge it's faced so far when Mt. Gox, the world's largest bitcoin exchange.

Jim O’Neill interview: Making a MINT in the new BRICs - Grant Thornton

When economist Jim O’Neill coined the term ‘BRIC’ in 2001 to group together the fast-growing economies of Brazil, Russia, India and China he couldn’t have known that the insight would prove so powerful.

Budget predictions - Baker Tilly

In this edition of Baker Tilly’s weekly round-up of the most important tax news, we look ahead to what might be in the Chancellor’s Red Box on Budget Day.

"The future is no more uncertain than the present” - Walt Whitman

Certain Uncertainties in FX

The ongoing ethics struggle of banks

The Swiss Bank Employees Association has told an uncomfortable truth: it was “generally known” that for many years some of their employers profited from customers’ “tax evasion.”

JP Morgan UK wealth head’s five-year plan to grow business fourfold

We had always served that audience group, but we were less known in that space

Who is the reclusive billionaire creator of Bitcoin?

Strangely, nobody knows who created it

Nuclear Japan

The end of 'datsu genpatsu' - escape from nuclear

Sustained Global Economic Expansion Expected Despite China Concerns and Emerging Market Turmoil - Richard Hoey

Orderly Deceleration of Chinese Economic Growth Anticipated; U.S. GDP Growth at 3% in 2014, 2015 and 2016

Wealth manager interview: Chris Fisher

Fisher considers his business, the investment management services provider Multrees, more in the position of collaborator and partner to its clients.

India has more billionaires than France or Germany

India is now home to the fifth largest number of billionaires in the world, according to the 2014 Hurun Report

Risky assets to deliver most attractive returns, supported by plentiful bank liquidity - Rothschild Market Perspective

Dirk Wiedmann, Head of Investments, Rothschild Wealth Management, provides the business’s current position on markets.

Wealth Advisers Offer Offshore Investors a Safe Haven in the U.S.

The recent local currency turmoil in many emerging markets has led to renewed interest among wealthy families in socking away assets in another country.

Privacy or Secrecy? by Gary Heynes, Baker Tilly

MEPs have recently approved new rules to introduce an EU register of all beneficial owners of companies and foundations, and also private trusts. But could this present a risk to individuals that are in the public eye?

Social Media Gaining Importance as Investment Tool - Survey

The increasing popularity in social media is playing a greater role in how professional market participants make investing decisions

An Indian with a British passport who works for a German bank

Speaking at the Jewish Museum’s 28th Annual Purim Ball here, where he was honoured, Jain said a defining year for him was 1982 when he arrived in America as a 19-year-old student.

Hope... Is My Middle Name!

"Spain has passed from ‘Danger to Hope’" - Mariano Rajoy

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