Managers of Wealth

Five year high for African foreign direct investment in 2014 says EY

Welcome to the 5th edition of our annual Africa attractiveness survey. This milestone is an opportunity to pause and reflect on how Africa’s attractiveness has evolved.

How to make money on expensive art if you aren’t a millionaire

Shares of Sotheby’s enable you to tap into growing global wealth

These are India’s top 20 residential neighbourhoods

Here is a list that would throw any pin-code-conscious Indian into a tizzy.

Wealthy View Health As Most Important Asset, Survey Says

The majority of wealthy individuals say their most important asset is their health and that their purpose in life would not change if they lost their money

Coller Capital Global Private Equity Barometer - Summer 2015

Eighty percent of private equity investors have been approached with fund restructuring proposals since the onset of the financial crisis

Liv-ex Fine Wine 1000 inches up in May, buoyed by Rhone

Despite a ‘challenging’ En Primeur campaign, the separate Liv-ex 100 index, widely considered the industry’s benchmark, was flat.

Packaged Portfolios Have Outperformed Advisor-Driven Portfolios Over Past 5 Years

New research from global analytics firm Cerulli Associates finds that over the past five years, packaged portfolios have outperformed advisor-driven portfolios.

The endangered female fund manager

Women are much more likely to become doctors, lawyers or accountants than portfolio managers

How Swiss politeness contributed to the Fifa crisis

Once again the Swiss are opening their morning papers, and choking over their muesli to financial scandal

Compensation for poor conduct has cost the world's biggest banks £200bn

The cost of compensating customers, paying fines and legal bills for the world’s biggest banks has increased to £200bn

Eleven advice meetings a year is the 'sweet spot' for HNWIs

The report, entitled Hanging in the Balance: Conversations with the Futurewealthyand takes into account the views of 3,113 investors, has found that when interaction levels dip below this level, clients are more likely to give a negative review of their e

This is what your private banking salary and bonus should be in Singapore

With so many firms hiring in your sector, it’s good to know how your salary stacks up against other relationship managers (RMs) and how your bonus compares with what other banks are paying

Michael Kitces attacks CNBC for its top-100 fee-only list

A deeper look at the Form ADV Part 2 disclosures of just the top 10 firms on CNBC’s 'fee-only’ list reveals that nine out of 10 of them share in insurance commissions

Pershing white paper finds enthusiasm for alternatives

Alternative Investments Diversify Portfolios but Some Advisors Still Wary

How does one get on the Top Wealth Managers list?

The RCR process is a due-diligence process whereby each advisory firm was compared with the RCR database of all regulatory actions

The paradigm for certain institutions may change to “now you have to invest in alternatives!”

Many large, institutional investors have between 75% and 85% of their allocation in long-dated Triple-A or similar bonds.

Emerging Market Risks Hotting Up

Standard Life Investments, the global investment manager, has found that the risk profiles of emerging economies have changed considerably in the past six months

Fast-growing ranks of African billionaires need banker

UBS Group AG, the Swiss company that says it banks more billionaires than any other, said wealthy Africans are rapidly adding to the ranks of the rich on the continent needing specialised financial services.

Wealth creation: Next decade to be India’s

Urbanisation and explosive growth of middle class will lead to rise in UHNW individuals

Anatomy of a Billionaire

UBS says we’re entering a Second Gilded Age, reminiscent of the early 20th Century, when wealthy families like the Rockefellers and Vanderbilts ruled

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