03/10/2013
Former Lehman Brothers CFO Erin Callan regrets letting Wall Street career overwhelm her personal life
Sometimes young women tell me they admire what I’ve done
Comment & Analysis
03/10/2013
Eurozone crisis is the biggest concern to Middle East intermediaries
Middle East intermediaries are more optimistic on global economic growth than in 2012
03/10/2013
An Asset Allocator's Dilemma - Gary Dugan, Coutts
It may sound strange to say it – but investors are taking little risk even though markets are going up.
03/07/2013
Wealth Over the Edge: Singapore
$26,000 cocktails. Traffic jams freckled with Ferraris. The world's sternest city is now the richest. Why?
03/06/2013
“Back to the Old House” by Nick Mottram, Head of Global Equities, Dalton Strategic Partnership
When Morrissey first wrote the lyrics “I would rather not go back to the old house, there’s too many bad memories there” in 1983, I doubt he imagined them capturing the feelings of investors and politicians thirty years later.
03/06/2013
Outrageously unfair tax by David Heaton, Baker Tilly
An unsuspecting investor ticks the wrong box on a form and finds himself with a tax bill for just over half a million dollars. The lessons in tax law a recent tribunal can teach us.
03/05/2013
Coutts Wealth Watch: It's only halftime, with Bank Rate to stay at 0.5% for four more years
Four years on they remain at historic lows – and there’s no sign they will rise any day soon.
03/05/2013
Coutts: Global View from Asia - Absorbing bad news
Chinese and Indian policymakers need to deliver better news
03/04/2013
Op-Ed: Can Islamic Finance save us from the Banksters?
It was reported that the banks were lending less, in spite of all the promises by Vince Cable and others of funding for lending and yet more Quantitative Easing.
03/04/2013
Global Markets Weekly Outlook - Coutts & Co
US economic surprises have swung back to positive, bucking the weaker trend that continues to mar most other developed markets.
03/04/2013
Coutts - Wealth Watch - China’s newly announced policy curbs on property prices and the implications
Beijing’s renewed policy curbs on property prices and tighter credit conditions should cap any rebound in equities.
03/04/2013
Women Entrepreneurs in Asia Still Trail their Male Counterparts - Barclays
The number of female business owners in Asia is still trailing levels seen amongst their male counterparts and below the global average, according to a new research report from Barclays Wealth & Investment Management.
03/03/2013
Double whammy for owners of foreign homes
With only five weeks left before the end of the tax year, it’s time to see if you could be making better use of personal and business allowances to minimise your tax liability. Plus a reduction in the top rate of tax is introduced from the 6 April &
03/03/2013
Latin Economy & Latin Terminology by Justin Urquhart Stewart
Voting in Italy. About the only clear vote we are going to get this year in Italy is likely to be the selection of the new Pope and, whilst he will be a powerful man, he won’t be able to solve Italy’s financial issues.
03/03/2013
Shifting gears across the Atlantic - BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research
Recession seems to be loosening its grip on Europe, but the ongoing stabilization is unlikely to make room for growth.
03/03/2013
Why new rules on bankers' bonuses won't work
The news that the EU is to exert control over the size of bankers' bonuses has been met with a mixture of delight, worry and puzzlement.
03/03/2013
Coutts Investment Office – Global View from Asia
The ability of markets to absorb bad news seems to have increased even though the world is still beset with problems.
02/28/2013
World's Wealthy Need Advisors to Provide Strategic Advice via Digital Tools
"The Futurewealth Report: Helpful Investment Technologies," which surveyed 3,477 respondents globally with an average $1.9 million in net worth, points to an opportunity for wealth managers to improve the client experience by using technology as
02/27/2013
Andrew Fay looks to build from the Cavanagh/Close Bros deal
There are a few places in Europe where once glaciers have melted and rivers are high
02/25/2013
Coutts Wealth Watch - UK downgrade irony: good for FTSE 100
By adding to sterling’s woes, news of a UK credit-rating downgrade by Moody’s this past weekend may paradoxically benefit FTSE100.