Managers of Wealth

HMRC – the next emergency service? by Mike Down

Racing to the scene of an emergency with sirens wailing and blue lights flashing – is it a police officer or a paramedic perhaps? Erm no it’s just the tax man….

Coutts: Wealth Watch 13 December 2012

Fed votes for an equity bull market

A more proactive approach to sourcing eligible assets could limit cost impact of new regulations

BNY Mellon - Rule Financial paper highlights pressing need for institutional investors to explore alternative sources of collateral

Canadians with Family and Investments Abroad Unfamiliar with Tax and Estate Laws - RESEARCH

According to the study, one-in-five (19 per cent) Canadians have assets abroad

Coutts 2013 investment outlook - Coutts

Coutts today launches the Coutts 2013 investment outlook, highlighting Coutts’ view of the five main investment risks and ten opportunities.

Gold inflows to continue into 2013

As demand for gold and other precious metals has continued to grow, investors have increasingly adopted physically-secured ETPs as their vehicle of choice.

The taxation of residential property transactions - Withers

Now that (at least some of) the detailed legislation has been published, time is of the essence if action is to be taken before the proposed rules come into force.

Loss of Chinese banks will dent London's ambitions

Donald Gasper says the city is putting its global role at risk with moves to tighten regulation

Banks Improve Customer Satisfaction - RESEARCH

Customer satisfaction at Bank of America is at a 10-year low, according to a study due out Tuesday.

Cerulli report claims China’s largest asset managers will go global in five years

Cerulli believes that Chinese investors will walk away from their direct equity culture

Emerging markets wealth propping up London?

One of the factors behind London’s “good recession” is the sharp increase in wealth in emerging markets, according to one economist

Women with finance skills have 'distinct advantage' over men when applying for board jobs

Women with a finance background are at a distinct advantage over men when applying for board roles, a new Cranfield report looking at women on boards reveals.

Beware flying BRICS by Justin Urquhart Stewart

Probably the best investment marketing acronym of the past decade has to be the term BRIC or more recently BRICS with the addition of the S.

Sobering stuff by Tim Price

Russell Napier has written the book on bear markets. Specifically, the book is titled ‘Anatomy of the Bear: lessons from Wall Street’s four great bottoms’, and it comes highly recommended.

Wealth CEO's lambast regulatory reforms

CEOs of Australia’s financial services industry believe that the cost and complexity of regulation is crippling productivity growth at a national and industry level according to the Financial Services Council-DST Global Solutions CEO Report, release

“Good on many fronts, too good on some” - Gary Dugan, Coutts

Check that you are not overexposed to bonds

2013: Fleming Family & Partners identify winning and losing strategies

Wealth Manager Fleming Family & Partners (FF&P) has picked what it calls five winning and five losing strategies for 2013. Notably, the firm sees opportunities in US mortgaged-backed securities, emerging markets debt and gold.

Katherine Nixon: 'Decent' Outlook for Stocks in 2013

Katherine Nixon is chief investment officer for the personal financial services business at Northern Trust.

Pictet's global monthly outlook

Luca Paolini, Chief Strategist at Pictet Asset Management provides a summary of his key market and asset allocation views.

Tax Dodgers and cowboys beware – the tax man cometh… by Mike Down, Baker Tilly

HMRC surprised us all with the announcement earlier this week that more funding had been found for additional resources to clamp down on the tax dodgers.

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