11/24/2013
At the end of the third Plenary Meeting of the 18th Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, the outlook for the Chinese economy appears, in our view, to be more positive in the medium to long term.
11/24/2013
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.
11/24/2013
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
11/24/2013
The discretionary management industry has been slammed for delivering dire levels of performance to investors
11/22/2013
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.
11/21/2013
Affluent investors hungry for advice have their pick of wealth managers to advise them.
11/20/2013
Switzerland and western Europe will be the key region for business growth in the next two years
11/19/2013
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
11/19/2013
A wise old(er) man congratulated me earlier in the year in an e-mail because we had stayed the course in Japan
11/19/2013
"Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth” John F Kennedy
11/18/2013
“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
11/18/2013
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.
11/18/2013
Andy Brunner, investment strategist at Morningstar OBSR, believes developed economies will contribute the largest year-on-year increase to global growth in 2014:
11/18/2013
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.
11/17/2013
A week in New York is an invigorating experience with an opportunity to breathe deeply the strength of positive and creative thinking.
11/17/2013
“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.”
11/17/2013
The domestic environment for most emerging market bonds remains challenging due to slow growth and rising inflation, posing a challenge to central banks
11/16/2013
Although valuations in Silicon Valley are super-high, this may not be as much of a bubble as it seems, some experts say.
11/16/2013
What happens when so few control so much of the world’s wealth
11/14/2013
Standard Life today launches A Measure of Success, an in-depth study of best practice in market leading financial advice firms.