Managers of Wealth

Phnom Penh’s Wealthy Seek a Quieter Life

The different house models in the city—which has cost $150 million to build so far—are named “Florence,” “Veneto,” and “Versailles” after some of Europe’s most beautiful towns and cities.

Gold digging a deeper hole - Coutts

While there is certainly room for a technical bounce, the risks still seem weighed toward the downside in the short term.

Investing in diamonds - Undertapped, Underappreciated and Undervalued

Polished diamonds make a compelling case as a hard asset investment.

St Valentine’s Day Massacre by Tim Gregory, Head of Global Equities, Psigma Investment Management

If I’d told you a year ago that global stock markets could go materially higher

Death of the Dinosaurs

For those expecting a blog about Raquel Welch I can only apologise.

Political Concerns Lower UHNW Outlook

Nearly 90 percent of the UHNW - who have a net worth of $5 million up to $25 million, not including primary residence - cite the political situation as a significant national concern. That's up significantly from 80 percent of those surveyed in the f

Baroness Thatcher: how she transformed a nation's finances

Margaret Thatcher oversaw a revolution in the way people invested in the stock market and property

‘Rich list’ data leak shows information more valuable than gold

“Wherever valuable, sensitive information is stored, it should come as no surprise that others – for whatever their reasons - will try to obtain this information.

"The last thing to collapse is the surface."

Don't Get Hit by a Falling BRIC

Boutiques stage fightback

Boutique asset managers from Europe, Latin America and Asia have launched a self-help group to lead a fightback against the growing dominance of “powerful, well-resourced, global players”.

Time to scotch the myth around bankers' bonuses

I was pleased to hear the City grandee lawyer Anthony Salz, right, in his independent review of Barclays' corporate culture last week, echo a point that I've been making for some time about bankers' pay.

Australians unhappier than 'whingeing Pom' Brits

Australians have been forced to abandon their traditional taunting of Britons as “whingeing Poms” after a survey found they were less happy despite enjoying growing wealth and a much stronger economy.

£7trillion Britain is better off than ever

The best-off 10 per cent of households have an estimated average per household of £1.82million

An Adviser Sees Promise in the East

"The developed world, in general, has more challenges fiscally than the developing world,"

Aberdeen’s Gilbert goes back on the acquisition trail

We are very cautious, and these are well-priced deals

A Game Changer?

Surely it is a given - the demand for oil will continue to rise. As the emerging and developing nations seek to grow - and consume a greater proportion of world energy - then this has to be a one way street?

HNWIs need private and investment banking

The financial and entrepreneurial ambitions of today’s generation of high net worths and family offices require sustainable ideas to promote future wealth

The World's Top 20 Green Banks in 2012

The Bloomberg Markets third annual ranking of the world's greenest banks evaluates the efforts of financial institutions to invest in clean energy and reduce their own waste and carbon footprints.

Big pay ‘made Barclays bosses feel above rules’

In parts of the company, there was "a sense that senior management did not want to hear bad news

VAT – the forty-year-old ‘fiscal theme park’ by Baker Tilly

Lord Justice Sedley famously observed that ‘Beyond the everyday world … lies the world of VAT; a kind of fiscal theme park in which factual and legal realities are suspended or inverted.’

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