04/17/2014
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.
04/15/2014
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.
04/15/2014
One hundred years after Americans first filed income taxes under the Sixteenth Amendment, Big Wealth is back.
04/14/2014
Elections are strange beasts.
04/11/2014
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
04/11/2014
Speech by Mr Jaime Caruana, General Manager of the Bank for International Settlements, prepared for a lecture at the Harvard Kennedy School
04/10/2014
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.
04/09/2014
JPMorgan's future still remains bright
04/09/2014
Wealth managers have warned that earnings in their own sector could be subjected to downwards pressure this year as fee competition bites.
04/09/2014
Alternative managers also had higher operating profits
04/08/2014
Funds too lame rather than too big to fail: James Saft
These have the potential to turn idiosyncratic market frictions into systemic market failures.
04/08/2014
'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
04/08/2014
Diamond Industry Implications From Ukraine Crisis
This is not a large figure in proportion to the overall global economy
04/08/2014
Dubai Tells Global Bankers To Expect Another Boom
The emirate organised its first big investor roadshow since the crisis in London.
04/08/2014
Bank of Japan’s wait-and-see approach to the impact of the consumption tax risks it falling further behind the ball - Nancy Curtin, CIO Close Brothers
A repeat performance would provide real cause for concern. Economic indicators have already been softening, with little evidence to suggest momentum has been built this year.
04/08/2014
Have you made your fund manager rich?
Fund managers and brokers are often highly profitable
04/08/2014
Warburg Pincus Wagers on Mideast, Africa After Dubai Investment
Warburg Pincus LLC, the private-equity firm managing about $37 billion in assets, is considering investments in Africa and the Middle East as capital starts to flow back into emerging markets.
04/07/2014
The sector has the potential to amplify pro-cyclical swings in the financial system and wider economy, giving a false picture of the price of risk.
04/07/2014
Risk asset valuations in the developed economies are also asymmetrical to the monetary and economic cycle
04/07/2014
Major banks have encouraged their wealthy customers to invest in certain assets and advised them to shift such portfolios to foreign markets to take advantage of economic recovery in developed economies and avoid volatility at home.