Managers of Wealth

Emirates Investment Bank publishes third annual GCC Wealth Insight Report

Face-to-face interviews were held in each country between September and November 2015 among the national population as well as expatriates.

Credit Suisse hopes rich mix drives rally

International wealth management, which covers private banking and asset management outside Switzerland but excluding Asia, is one of three divisions expected to power the turnround — the other two being the Swiss “universal” bank, and th

Manchester United seeks to build brand in Asia with Gulf Oil tie-up

The club expects revenue for the year to hit 500 million pounds which would be a first for a British club.

Key Concerns Of Trust And Estate Lawyers

Many trusts and estates lawyers see their world in transition with the final evolutionary form uncertain.

London house prices: Iranian billionaire investors poised to splurge £6bn on properties around the world - and London is one of the top destinations

The top five most popular locations within London are expected to be the usual suspects: Knightsbridge, Mayfair, South Kensington, Hampstead and St John’s Wood.

Single-Family Offices Increasingly Find Private Equity Investments Appealing

The single-family offices in the study are heavily committed to the asset class, with 92 percent of respondents investing upwards of 10 percent of their overall portfolio in private equity.

A million dollars equals a 58 sq m home in Beijing

As domestic market growth slows down and more investment approaches are made available, it can be expected that properties in key western markets will continue being the target for Asian individual investors.

Merrill Pumps Up Alts Offerings for UHNWs

The SAM program also seeks out other types of private commercial real estate deals.

Rise in number of wealthy Malaysians looking to migrate

The figure is second only to China, where 32% of its UHNWIs are looking to migrate.

Risk appetite of GCC investors decline

Survey shows 76 per cent of high net worth individuals prefer to keep their assets close to home

Revealed: Scotland’s largest aristocratic landowner holds land in offshore tax haven

  The aristocratic estate, run by Richard Scott, the 10th Duke of Buccleuch, confirmed that an offshore ownership group, Pentland Limited, acts as an offshore contact to the family’s vast land business empire.

Fund manager migration to Jersey highlighted as exciting trend at annual conference

The net asset value of funds under administration in Jersey grew over the final quarter of last year to stand at $334bn

Ending the Era of Tax Havens

Ending the Era of Tax Havens, published ahead of Wednesday's Budget, calls for a crackdown on tax havens that enable rich individuals and companies to avoid paying their fair share of tax in the UK and in some of the world's poorest countries.

WealthBriefing Research Reveals Worrying Gaps In Client Screening Practices

There are worrying gaps in the practices used by wealth managers to screen clients, new research from this news organisation shows.

Kenya only country in Africa where dollar-millionaires increased last year

SA's dollar-millionaires were 46,500 last year, a drop of 2,400 from 48,900 in 2014. Egypt also experienced a decline of 2,200 year-on-year to 19,700 millionaires.

Kenya: Rich Kenyans Splash Millions On London Property

According to Mr Shirley 24 per cent of Africa's Super-rich plan ditching the continent in the next decade for personal security, political issues and to access higher quality of education, health and life.

HSBC says ‘Cash is King’

HSBC has updated its asset allocation model, increasing its cash holdings by 11 percentage points to 17 per cent in their six-month tactical portfolio

UAE and Saudi Arabia have world’s youngest successful entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs in those two countries also start younger than anywhere else in the world, with an average age of 26 when they launch their own business.

BOS, DBS, Julius Baer, Nomura, UOB: where’s best for Barclays’ private bankers in Asia to work?

Relationship managers’ main priority when moving banks is to keep hold of their clients

Offshore-i report on Offshore M&A, Q4 2015

Appleby's Offshore-i report focusese on transactions announced during the course of 2015. The 2,969 deals represented an almost identical number as in 2014, but accounted for a 56% increase in deal value.