Managers of Wealth

Aberdeen crowned best group in the What Investment Trust Awards 2012

Aberdeen had the largest number of trusts achieving first quartile performance in their sectors over ten years, as well as a number of stand-out performers.

Preserving wealth most important aspect of managing investments - study

The study, which focused on three key topics -- structure, investing, and succession and governance planning -- was conducted to find out more about what motivates family offices and to provide a collective insight to help family offices learn from each o

Britons with holiday homes in France hit with massive tax hikes as president Hollande tries to plug £8bn hole in budget

The increased levy on income from rented property and capital gains tax on sale profits could cost second-home owners thousands of pounds more a year.

Chinese millionaires join the world's globetrotters

For the second year in a row, Australia has ranked third behind France and the US as the most attractive destination for Chinese millionaires to holiday, according to a report by Shanghai-based private wealth researcher Rupert Hoogewerf.

"The unacceptable face of banking": The lavish lifestyle of banker Bob and how he made his millions

In a good year, the outgoing chief executive – who resigned Tuesday- could be paid up to £20million – about 1,000 times more than a teller in a high street Barclays.

Rich People Are Mean, But Does It Pay To Be Nice?

In fact, a well-researched article in New York magazine this week dove deep into the relationship between economic status and negative psychological characteristics such as a dearth of empathy, insensitivity to and unregard for other people, the tendency

What does responsibility mean to the wealthy? - Research

New insight from hundreds of HNWs across Germany, Russia, the UK and the USA has engagement with the major driving forces of change as a wealth of creating wealth.

Embarrassing moment for Coutts customer

Coutts is the private banking arm of Royal Bank of Scotland and asks for a £1million deposit to open an account.

S&P revises outlook on nine Swiss banks

Home prices have been rising in Switzerland, albeit not as quickly as in some European countries before the onset of the 2008 financial market crisis.

London mystery: exclusive banking?

The bank you spotted is the only remaining independent private bank in London.

Mounting bill to pay off expats

Today, the figure stands at about $16bn, according to a report released yesterday by the research firm Insight Discovery.

China banks now account for third of global profit

Three Chinese banks topped the profit table, led by Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) for the second successive year, with pretax earnings of $US43.2 billion ($42 billion), according to The Banker.

Sir David Money-Coutts

It was Thomas who established the firm’s reputation as private bankers to the aristocracy, and secured its royal connection.

Long-term investors are quietly putting money into India

India’s problems from a record current account deficit to stalled policy reforms and economic growth running at its weakest pace in nine years, are well known and explain a slump in the rupee to a record low.

Long-term investors are quietly putting money into India

India has gone from the country set to overtake China to the country that can do nothing right. Now, a few contrarians see signs India is turning a corner.

Media Banker Bourkoff Launches Boutique

Based in New York, LionTree will have two units – an advisory business and an investing business

City National Bank Completes Acquisition of Rochdale Investment Management

Rochdale will combine with City National Asset Management to form a new registered investment advisor within the bank's wealth management group

Asian private wealth: rich pickings

Private wealth in Asia excluding Japan grew more than five times faster than the 2 per cent global average in 2011, to $24tn, or a fifth of global wealth, according to Boston Consulting Group.

Future is with Brazil’s new wealthy

The attraction, clearly, is more about potential than current opportunities. Like many Latin American countries, Brazil has a young and rising population with a fast-growing middle class.

Global investment banking fee income falls 25%

The fees totalled nearly $14 billion in the second quarter, down from more than $18 billion in the first quarter of 2012. Year to date, fees have totalled $32 billion, down 25 percent from the same period in 2011.

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