03/24/2015
New wealth builders as fastest growing segment of the global economy
New Wealth Builders today have $88 trillion in global assets
03/24/2015
New Wealth Builders today have $88 trillion in global assets
03/23/2015
Succession is more hazardous than ever, with only 14% claiming to have a robust succession process, below the global average of 16%
03/23/2015
All four centres gained points and retain their relative ranks in a biannual global financial centres index. New York remains the top centre, though by only one point on the 1,000 point scale. Tokyo, in fifth place, is 32 points behind the leaders.
03/22/2015
America has a new favorite way to flush money down the drain: luxury toilet paper.
03/22/2015
The past five decades – spanning from the time when the Silent generation (today, mostly in their 70s and 80s) was entering adulthood to the adulthood of today’s Millennials – have seen large shifts in U.S. society and culture.
03/20/2015
Many high-net-worth investors use direct accounts to test their own investment ideas, provide liquidity, and even to shelter assets from their primary advisors
03/20/2015
While 96% of investors indicate independent verification of cash processing is extremely or somewhat important
03/20/2015
Number of Ethiopians who earn more than $30m a year to double to 2,600 by 2024
03/19/2015
New research highlights drivers of demand and impact of global economics on property markets
03/19/2015
Whatever “wealth management services’’ might mean to a wealthy investor, most of them believe they know what they are but less than half of them actually receive those services.
03/19/2015
Ultra High Net Worth investors put great stock in their financial knowledge and investment acumen.
03/18/2015
The liberalisation of Asia's financial system and the growing wealth of its populations are expected to boost demand for gold and push the price of the key commodity over $US2400 an ounce by 2030
03/17/2015
The UAE’s share of the GCC’s wealth has increased from 24 percent to 30 percent from 2009 to 2013.
03/17/2015
Wealth intelligence company reveals richest F1 drivers
Schumacher’s wealth represents 43% of the combined net worth of all 10 men on the list, four of whom have retired from the sport.
03/17/2015
South Africa continues to see a steep rise in the numbers of previously disadvantaged dollar-millionaires who now make up 31% of the country’s High-Net-Worth Individuals
03/17/2015
A new global survey commissioned by State Street of 400 senior executives at investment organizations reveals that while 81 percent view data and analytics as one of their top strategic priorities, only 37 percent have advanced data infrastructure, exper
03/17/2015
Four out of five banks believe they will have to replace their core banking system in the next three to five years
03/16/2015
Let’s set the record straight on int’l accounts and banking
The findings revealed that 76 per cent of those surveyed believe people open bank accounts in Switzerland for “underhand reasons”, and just one in 10 consider it is done for “legitimate reasons
03/16/2015
Vontobel Asset Management named Best EUR Corporate Bond Manager in Germany by Morningstar
The fund research company Morningstar named the Vontobel Fund – EUR Corporate Bond Mid Yield – as the best product in the "Best EUR Corporate Bond Fund" category.
03/16/2015
Number of Millionaires in South Africa Climbs to 31%
The 31 percent of South Africa’s previously disadvantaged individuals remain beneficiaries of policies