05/02/2014
Which city pays its investment banking sales directors the most?
The highest median bonus goes to sales directors in New York, a close second to Singapore in terms of total compensation (base salary plus bonus).
05/01/2014
The share of the richest 1% in total pre-tax income have increased in most OECD countries over the past three decades.
05/01/2014
For investors, the battle between actively managed mutual funds and their index-style competitors is like a decades-long sports rivalry. Index funds have been gaining ground for years, largely because their fees are lower and performance is often better,
05/01/2014
The Bahamas Real Estate market matched the world in witnessing an increase in significant high end sales with the movement of large private islands and luxury homes
04/30/2014
UBS Investor Watch Report Reveals Couples Say They Share Financial Decisions, but Not Investing Decisions
Money is a hot topic because men and women often have differing views about risk tolerance, investing and saving
04/30/2014
Software and online-services companies can quickly become billion-dollar giants, but the recipe for sustained growth remains elusive.
04/30/2014
The combined wealth of the seven individuals from Hong Kong and mainland China is US$128.7 billion, nearly 70% of the total wealth of the 10 men on the list.
04/29/2014
Gulliver took home more money in 2013
04/29/2014
Demand For Global Citizenship Programmes Primarily From Mideast, But Asia Is The Next Frontier
These are some of the key findings of a joint special report released today by Wealth-X, the world’s leading UHNW intelligence and prospecting firm, and Arton Capital, the global citizenships experts, at a Dubai forum on global citizenships.
04/29/2014
Hard work, education and smart investing are the top three choices by investors
04/25/2014
“Our expectation is for Gold to reach its next peak in December 2020. We see this as an excellent buying opportunity.”
04/24/2014
The answers were analysed using three main criteria
04/23/2014
The gap between investors’ income expectations and the actual returns they receive has grown over the last year.
04/23/2014
"Despite the post-crisis damage to the reputations of many major investment banks, investors continue to turn to bank trusts for long-term multigenerational wealth strategies," comments Donnie Ethier, associate director at Cerulli.
04/22/2014
Consolidation activity among wealth management companies set to rise as the pain of complying with the Retail Distribution Review bites further into U.K. wealth manager viability
04/21/2014
Tech giants pose threat to fund houses
The likelihood of technology giants entering the fund market has increased as many of these groups have accessed the financial services arena through online payment businesses.
04/21/2014
China's business jet market is set to grow 23% a year as the number of the country's multi-billionaires is set to double, reports our sister paper Want Dail
04/21/2014
Reinhart and Rogoff’s influential book, This Time is Different (2009), argues that financial crises over the past eight centuries have had similar causes and consequences across diverse societies.
04/20/2014
According to a newly released report "Global Sukuk Report 1Q2014" by Kuwait Finance House Research Limited, the global sukuk market saw a modest volume of USD31.14bln in new sukuk issuances in 1Q2014.
04/17/2014
Private investment up by 13.3 pct in 2013
The affluent were defined by personal investment capital, which ranged from 0.6 million yuan to 6 million yuan.