11/06/2015
Close look at demographics lays groundwork for long-term strategy
Demographic disruption is the biggest face that luxury brands will face in the United States market over the next ten years
Research
11/05/2015
2015 Legatum Prosperity Index
Legatum Institute’s ranking adopts a “GDP and beyond” approach, using 89 variables spread across eight sub-indices.
11/05/2015
Stake Are High In U.S. Fiduciary Debate
What are the potential effects of the U.S. Department of Labor’s proposed fiduciary standard on the financial services sector?
11/05/2015
Impact of the Retail Distribution Review
The Retail Distribution Review removed commission bias that favoured the sale of Oeics.
11/05/2015
Survey: More affluent shoppers will buy on Black Friday, Cyber Monday
These findings are counter to perceptions of spending trends over the four day Black Friday weekend.
11/04/2015
Middle Eastern Private Jet Owners Are Younger And Spend More On Planes Than Global Average
WINGX estimates fleet and activity growth of around 7% CAGR over the next 10 years, an inflow of at least 400 business aviation aircraft. The net increase in the business fleet will be at least 250 units..
11/04/2015
Unchecked and Opaque Militaries Threatening Asian Stability
Transparency International warns that unchecked military power is threatening regional stability.
11/04/2015
Cerulli Projects the Digital Advice Market Will Reach $489 Billion By 2020
Most consumers want to know that they can reach out to a person to solve a problem
11/04/2015
High net worths become indifferent to big wealth brands
Those who said they were indifferent to the brand increased to 62% in Q3 from 43% in the first quarter.
11/04/2015
Marijuana’s Millionaire Club: The People Behind the $56.7 Million Spent on Pot Initiatives
An InsideGov analysis found that $56.7 million has been spent on marijuana-related ballot initiatives in 15 states during the last 10 years.
11/04/2015
Asian luxury shoppers favor Japan, SKorea, Taiwan for must-have products
Cashed-up Asian shoppers are switching their retail allegiances from long-time favorites Hong Kong and Singapore, and it's not just for a change of scenery.
11/03/2015
Connecting with Clients' Families Is About More Than Retention
Additionally, Fidelity’s 2014 research found that half of clients don’t have confidence their partner/spouse
11/03/2015
'Smart beta' ETFs popular in US, little known in S'pore
Smart beta ETFs try to weight their holdings using other factors such as dividends, revenue, cash flow or volatility.
11/03/2015
India's wealth rose 211% in 15 years: Key takeaways from New World Wealth report
No prize for guessing which country tops the list
11/03/2015
TJN unveils its new Financial Secrecy Index
This unique index combines a secrecy score with a weighting to create a ranking of the secrecy jurisdictions and countries that most actively promote secrecy in global finance.
11/03/2015
The World’s 500 Largest Asset Managers – Year end 2014
Total assets under management of the 500 managers included in the ranking totalled US$ 78.1 trillion at the end of 2014, up 2.1% from the end of 2013.
11/03/2015
Hong Kong investors buying into London shops rise
The number of stores on Oxford Street, London owned by Hong Kong investors has risen nearly two times over the past two years, making Hong Kong the second largest ownership group behind investors of UK origin.
11/03/2015
UK house prices: It's not just London where luxury house price growth is slowing - prime property price growth is slowing across the world
But it turns out it's not just London where prices have slowed: growth is slowing across the world.
11/03/2015
Old School Asset Managers, Meet New SWFs
Not a specialist? Only do equities? New wealth funds can still use these traditional asset managers, Cerulli says.
11/02/2015
New Breed of Banks Sweeps Efma and Accenture 2015 Global Banking Innovation Awards
Winning innovations are mostly from emerging-market banks