Managers of Wealth

"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

Dimon Says Threats to JPMorgan Span Google to China Banks

Jamie Dimon, who built JPMorgan Chase & Co. into the world’s biggest investment bank, said threats to its dominance may come from Beijing, Silicon Valley and a San Francisco-based rival with a stage-coach logo

UK and Singapore agree to increase financial services cooperation

London and Singapore are two of the world’s leading international financial centres and play similar roles as financial hubs and major asset management centres for Europe and Asia respectively.

Robust Trends in Europe and Japan - Market comment, LGT

Is the euro area’s continued equity rally overdone – particularly given the dismal economic reality in Europe’s south?

Seeing things differently by 7IM

There's little doubt that an economic recovery is well underway in much of the developed world. In the US, the most obvious demonstration of that is the Federal Reserve's determination to decrease its bond purchases, which have now fallen to US$

LLP members – changes to new tax rules

Following consultation with Baker Tilly and other concerned groups, HMRC has published revised guidance on the new tax rules for salaried members of LLPs.

Investor Insights from Coutts: Gold sets the pace for 2014

Gold is the best-performing asset class in the year to date, with prices going up by close to 10%.

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