Managers of Wealth

Coutts' commentary - Global View from Asia -Friends Re-united

News over the weekend that the alliance of western nations has come to an agreement with Iran has been well received, particularly outside the Middle East.

China's Credit Bubble: An economic powerhouse starts to struggle - Rothschild Wealth Management

Is the world’s second-largest economy on the verge of a financial crisis? The amount of debt in China has swelled from $9 trillion to around $23 trillion over the past five years. We believe this situation could be unsustainable, leaving the financi

Discretionary Performance Criticised

The discretionary management industry has been slammed for delivering dire levels of performance to investors

Anthony Hilton: Private banks have lots to shout about, but they’re far too private for that

Private banking has a bit of a bad name. People used to think it was something secretive and probably Swiss – and only for the seriously wealthy.

Three Things Your Wealth Manager Doesn't Want You To Know

Affluent investors hungry for advice have their pick of wealth managers to advise them.

Swiss Wealth Manager Study Foresees 2014 Asset Increases

Switzerland and western Europe will be the key region for business growth in the next two years

Who wants to join the ‘Naming and Shaming’ Club? by Mike Down

HMRC has been regularly publishing lists ‘naming and shaming’ tax dodgers around the country. But now there are more ambitious plans to ‘name and shame’ promoters of high-risk tax avoidance schemes, and we can expect to hear more d

Winds of Change By: Tom Becket, Chief Investment Officer, Psigma Investment Management

A wise old(er) man congratulated me earlier in the year in an e-mail because we had stayed the course in Japan

Growing Divergence By Neil Staines, ECU

"Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth” John F Kennedy

Leading advisers have their say too by Richard Leigh, London & Capital

“There is demand from Mr and Mrs Average for good quality reasonably priced fund management that may not achieve staggering short-term returns, but by the same token will not see them suffer significant capital losses during times of market correcti

Regulations pose threat to hedge fund start-ups - Pete Hess, President and CEO, Advent Software

As global regulations begin to take effect, launching a hedge fund from scratch will be even more challenging says Pete Hess, President and CEO, Advent Software.

Morningstar OBSR believes developed economies will contribute the largest year-on-year increase to global growth in 2014

Andy Brunner, investment strategist at Morningstar OBSR, believes developed economies will contribute the largest year-on-year increase to global growth in 2014:

St James's Place Weekly Market Bulletin

Global stock markets in the final months of 2013 look set to continue to move to expectations of central bank policies as further signs of recovery emerge across the advanced economies.

Some Financial Mutterings by Justin Urquhart Stewart

A week in New York is an invigorating experience with an opportunity to breathe deeply the strength of positive and creative thinking.

New York overtakes London as world’s top financial centre

“London’s decline seems to be accelerating as it loses ground to traditional competitors as well as the rising markets of the East. As London falls, Hong Kong and Shanghai are gaining ground.”

Emerging market debt: is there more pain to come? - Schroders

The domestic environment for most emerging market bonds remains challenging due to slow growth and rising inflation, posing a challenge to central banks

Social media start-ups' value is enormous — if you trust investors

Although valuations in Silicon Valley are super-high, this may not be as much of a bubble as it seems, some experts say.

10 things billionaires won’t tell you

What happens when so few control so much of the world’s wealth

Standard Life launches study of successful adviser businesses

Standard Life today launches A Measure of Success, an in-depth study of best practice in market leading financial advice firms.

Coutts' commentary - Wealth Watch - Demand grows for physical gold

The latest quarterly report from the World Gold Council shows that demand for gold fell in the third-quarter, in large part due to redemptions of ETF holdings.

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