Managers of Wealth

Asset managers likely to get bigger bonuses this year - consultant

Employees in low-risk, fee-heavy businesses such as asset management may see their bonuses rise by as much as 10 percent

SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index and Capital Movement Index

The gross return of the SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index for April 2014 measured -0.59%.

Investors add to hedge fund holdings in May: SS&C

The gross return of the SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index for April 2014 measured -0.59%.

Rothschild: EM Sovereign Debt Could Be Approaching 'Bubble Territory'

Our core views about the investment outlook remain unchanged. We believe the global economy is likely to grow steadily throughout 2014.

Investors Doubting Strength of Recovery as Cash Levels Rise Again - BofA Merrill Lynch

Global investors have increased cash and scaled back risk-taking, amid fears of geopolitical instability and questions about the strength of the global economic recovery

The Strategic Report and Company Charities by Nick Sladden Head of Charities and Social Enterprises, Baker Tilly

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No matter how you try to measure it, Asians are becoming wealthier

Asia's affluent middle class is rising rapidly as wealth in China is set to overtake Japan's by 2015

Reveling in good fortune of middle class

By the end of this decade Singapore is expected to dislodge Switzerland as the wealth management capital of the world.

City job availability up 67%

There was a 67% uplift in financial services jobs in April 2014, compared to the same month last year.

SEI Study: Grasp of Complete Financial Picture Critical to Wealth Managers Retaining High-Net-Worth Clients

The world's up-and-coming wealthy, customer focus is the number one factor in their ongoing relationship with their wealth manager, and, generally, wealth managers are meeting clients' fundamental expectations.

New Mood of Austerity Takes Hold Among Affluents, a New Unity Marketing Survey Finds

Those companies that market to the affluent consumer segment are going to have to be on the top of their sales game on this year, as a new attitude of austerity takes hold.

Standard Life predicts an expansion of M&A activity in 2015

There will be further expansion of mergers and acquisition (M&A) activity into 2015, according to Standard Life, the global investments manager.

Wealth Managers Capture Larger Share of Client Wealth Over a 20 Year Time Frame

According to a study released by SEI, NPG Wealth Management, and Scorpio Partnership, the world’s millionaires increase assets held at a wealth manager by 18% over a 20 year relationship.

British expats pick UAE over Europe and the U.S.

British expats on the warpath for a life packed with fun in the sun are now swerving away from traditional European hotspots and are instead increasingly favoring the United Arab Emirates, a report has found.

Raise Taxes to Fix the Wealth Gap, Millionaires Say

In the heated debate over inequality, the wealthy are usually portrayed as the cause rather than the solution.

GSAM's Third Annual Insurance Survey Reveals Ways Insurers Combat Low Yields

Goldman Sachs Asset Management has released its third annual insurance survey with results indicating that insurers are looking to increase risk to combat low yields.

know when to hold ‘em, know when to fold ‘em - Stephen Gallo, BMO

FX is ready to call Draghi’s bluff, and it will need a very, very good reason to not do so this week

Billionaire Brothers Dominate Wealth-X List Of Singapore’s Richest Property Tycoons

There are 1,355 ultra high net worth (UHNW) individuals in Singapore with a combined net worth of US$160 billion, according to the Wealth-X and UBS World Ultra Wealth Report 2013. Among these are 27 billionaires with a combined net worth of US$64 billion.

How wealthy families blow their assets - Merrill Lynch Private Banking

People tend to be overly generous

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