03/12/2013
Gulf a comfortable fit for Swiss private banker Lombard Odier
The illustrious private banking business, for centuries virtually synonymous with Swiss reliability and discretion, is also feeling the pressure.
Comment & Analysis
03/12/2013
Under Jordan Swiss National Bank Returns to Being Boring
Jordan, a bespectacled central-bank veteran, took the top job at the SNB in April after Philipp Hildebrand resigned.
03/12/2013
RBC releases 2012 Corporate Responsibility Report and Public Accountability Statement
RBC has released its 2012 Corporate Responsibility Report and Public Accountability Statement, outlining the bank's economic, environmental and social commitments and their impact.
03/12/2013
Investors name US as investment market of choice - Barclays Stockbrokers
Two years on from the launch of its International Trader platform, Barclays Stockbrokers reveals the international markets and sectors favoured by its clients, and the top traded stocks on the platform in 2012.
03/11/2013
Global Wealth Monitor Shows New Segment Emerging among Affluent - RESEARCH
So what is behind the Taking Control movement trending among affluent investors, the “New Black”?
03/11/2013
British banks may have £30bn hidden losses
HSBC, which is the biggest bank by assets, was shown to have £10.4bn of hidden losses
03/11/2013
Rothschild Market Perspective: Impact of currency price movements: a blessing or a headache?
Dirk Wiedmann, Head of Investments, Rothschild Wealth Management, provides the business’s current position on markets.
03/10/2013
Coutts - Wealth Watch - Stock-market highs a downer for gold
Gold also remains more attractive than other traditional stores of value such as government bonds.
03/10/2013
The burgers and barley of wealth management
It’s surprising to hear these words in a conversation with private bankers about managing the wealth of high-net-worth individuals
03/10/2013
A year after the shareholder spring, the green shoots of rebellion are withering
About this time last year, Bob Diamond's pay package seemed to have triggered a new anger in investors. Looking back now, it seems the headlines were better than the reality
03/10/2013
Former Barclays pay chief: I said no to bonus for Bob Diamond
'He's gone now so history tells me I was right': Bob Diamond, formerly of Barclays
03/10/2013
New Report Unveils How Women are Investing and Spending in 2013
Canadian portfolio manager Barbara Stewart releases ground-breaking research into how women are pursuing their passions and investing for the future
03/10/2013
Top 10 international boarding schools in the world
For students who already have the English skills, top boarding schools provide an international perspective that they won’t encounter anywhere else.
03/10/2013
China, Gold, Banks & a Comet by Justin Urquhart Stewart
I have some serious concerns about both private and public Chinese property and some of the infrastructure as well.
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
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.