Managers of Wealth

Barack Obama Net Worth: 438 Percent Increase In Eight Years Isn’t Bad

Then there’s also the royalties he gets from books he has written

Growing Asian, Mid-East inflows show Paris is RE gateway - JLL

In a note first released in December, JLL said Asian and Middle Eastern investors allocated $10bn-$12bn in 2013 in real estate outside their home markets.

Simon Collins: Due diligence critical as M&A activity intensifies

A number of the regulatory hot topics I expect to be prominent this year have been around a while already. Certainly, suitability of advice to clients and the costs of providing that advice will remain at the top of the pile.

Fear of Failure is Worse than Failure Itself

The most debilitating aspect of overpricing failure is not the consequences of any particular failure event, but the double whammy that the pervasive fear of failure creates.

Optimistic Milllennials Poised for "Milestone" Year

Gen Xers and Baby Boomers are twice as likely to describe themselves as pessimistic than their Millennial counterparts.

Singapore Millionaires Aim For Asia-Pacific Domination

Singapore may soon become the prime location for private banking in Asia-Pacific, if political tensions in Hong Kong continue to buildSingapore may soon become the prime location for private banking in Asia-Pacific, if political tensions in Hong Kong cont

Celent Defines the State of Online Brokerage Platforms in New Report

“The wealth management industry has undergone significant operational shifts as a result of changes in financial regulations and the increased role of technology”

Global High-Net-Worth Clients’ Financial Activity Hits All-Time High

High-Net-Worth (HNW) clients worldwide are managing their finances at the highest levels since 2011

High-net-worth individuals own 38% of UK’s total wealth, report says

Britain is home to 840,000 people who are dollar millionaires with £660,000 or more excluding their main home a combined wealth of $3.5tn

Why Is Singapore Full Of Millionaires?

Singapore is arguably the Asia Pacific centre for private banking, one of many niches it has carved out of Hong Kong’s capital markets dominance over the last 10 years.

The Safest Cities In The World

Tokyo named the world’s safest city, according to The Economist’s 2015 Safe Cities Index, followed bySingapore and Osaka in second and third position respectively.

Automakers, designers top affluents’ top luxury brands: report

Affluents define luxury products as both expensive and possessing quality

Channel Islands, UK and Ireland among least complex places to do business

The far-reaching annual study has ranked 81 jurisdictions across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia-Pacific and the Americas according to how complex they are to do business in from a regulatory and compliance perspective.

2015 tech M&A on a path to continue record-setting spending of 2014

2015 appears likely to continue the deal-making momentum we experienced in 2014

The US is forecast to have a total HNWI wealth of US$28.82 trillion by 2018

The US is the country with the highest level of millionaires in the world at 5.23 million in 2013, more than Japan (2.17 million), Germany (1.38 million) and China (1.28 million) combined.

Wealth managers should target ultra-rich children: report

Several private banking firms, such as Barclays Wealth Management, RBC Wealth Management and Kotak Mahindra Private Banking, have already been providing services to the children of the super rich.

Banks to increase base salaries by under three percent in 2015: survey

The survey said about 60 percent of companies predicted 2015 bonus levels would be similar to 2014, although 20 percent expected levels to increase from last year.

American Millennials Will Step Up Use of Non-Traditional Banking Services This Year

32 percent of Millennials expect to use mobile wallets this year, more than half intend to use alternative payment services and 23 percent are considering a peer-to-peer loan

AIMA and CAIA launch series of hedge fund papers for pension fund trustees

They are being produced in collaboration with the AIMA Investor Steering Committee, a group of leading institutional investors globally with approximately $150 billion invested in hedge funds.

International Investments, Emerging Markets Key to Weathering Volatility in 2015

The CNBC Digital Financial Advisor Council brings together 20 of the nation's leading wealth managers and financial experts with a vast diversity of experience and insight.

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