Managers of Wealth

Preqin: Billion Dollar Club Expands By Eight In Past Year, AUM By 6%

The Billion Dollar Club...has great influence over the industry

Asset managers doubt future of ethical investing as costs rise

A new global survey of asset managers has revealed more than a quarter believe the cost of ethical investing will soar in the coming years.

Are HNW investors ahead of the investment cycle?

Interestingly, Forza has been made aware that often these sale proceeds are being retained as cash rather than reinvested back into the property sector.

Adopting new technologies could help banking customers, according to HSBC

Respondents were found to lack knowledge of new technologies, with blockchain, finance applications integrated into social media and robo-advisors being amongst those that are the least understood.

People are twice as likely to trust a robot for heart surgery than with their savings, finds study

Just 7 per cent of people would trust a robot with their savings, versus the 14 per cent willing to submit to a machine for heart surgery

Hong Kong Overtakes London As World's Top Luxury Home Market

A record number of homes sold for $100 million or more in Hong Kong in 2016.

Asset management looks different in 2020: Research

Forty-four deals took place in the first quarter of 2017, and Casey Quirk expects 2017’s volume to likely outpace the last two years.

LGT Private Banking Report: Green is Growing

At 39 percent, significantly more German respondents indicate that environmental aspects played a «very concrete» role in the investment decisions they made

A complete income fund universe and 360° analysis determine Income Diamond Ratings from Defaqto

The unique ratings have been designed to give advisers a solid framework around which they can both position and recommend income funds.

Global investors demonstrate increase in impact investments

A majority of respondents said their investments have either met or exceeded expectations for both impact and financial performance in 2016

Women take up just 9 percent of senior IT leadership roles, survey finds

Of all the companies surveyed, 35 percent said they had diversity initiatives in place to improve representation

The art of giving gains traction in Africa as the wealthy seek to make a difference

The Knight Frank findings show that over the next decade Africa’s number of ultra-high-net-worth individuals will grow by 33%

Global Political and Economic Uncertainty Create a New Breed of Digital Innovators

Nash/KPMG CIO Survey

Forbes Releases Seventh Annual World's Most Valuable Brands List

"Technology brands continue to rank as the most valuable in the world with nine of the top 15,” said Forbes Senior Editor Kurt Badenhausen.

Redefining the Good Life: The Investing Power of Millennials

One industry that has already embraced the power of sustainable growth is the blue economy.

5 Things Most Ultra HNI Investors Do Differently

In reality, they mostly stick to basics, while taking measured risks with their investments.

What we get right – and very wrong – in creating wealth in South Africa

NWW’s data suggested that up until the end of 2015, as many as 19,000 of the country’s wealthiest individuals – predominantly white – had bailed on the country over the past 15 years.

Unpacking Impact Investing -- An Emerging Asset Class

In addition, investment managers are closely examining public companies and their practices around fair pay, gender equality, socially responsible supply chains, and the environment.

Millennials Outperform Everyone in Saving, but It’s Not for What You’d Think

The Traditional Idea of Retirement Is Officially Extinct; Merrill Edge® Report Finds Change in How Younger Generations View Life Milestones and Approach Finances, Career and Family

One-third of Asia’s wealth may change hands in the next five years

Younger Asian economies, according to the UBS and PwC Billionaires Report 2016, will soon see their “first-ever major inter-generational wealth transfer.”