Managers of Wealth

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.

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.

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.

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”?

British banks may have £30bn hidden losses

HSBC, which is the biggest bank by assets, was shown to have £10.4bn of hidden losses

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

Eurozone crisis is the biggest concern to Middle East intermediaries

Middle East intermediaries are more optimistic on global economic growth than in 2012

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.

Wealth Over the Edge: Singapore

$26,000 cocktails. Traffic jams freckled with Ferraris. The world's sternest city is now the richest. Why?

“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.

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.

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.

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