Asset protection and trusts- How much control will tip the balance?
In most jurisdictions, trust assets will be more vulnerable to attack from a settlor’s creditors
Comment & Analysis
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Why Are We Still Looking for Nazi-Looted Art?
This statement of 11 nonbinding principles was designed to support and encourage each country to make the resources available to aid in the identification and registration of Nazi-looted art.
They Don’t Know What They are doing
What’s even more intriguing is the fact that two members of the committee voted to leave the policy rates unchanged, while three other members were in favour of raising the rates more substantially.
Swiss Life Hits the Ground Running in First Quarter
The decline is most likely the result of the broadly negative trends in the financial markets this year.
They Don’t’ Know What They are Doing
The equity market has traded sideways after recovering from the precipitous fall in mid- March.
The more independent, the better
Especially in times of war and inflation, the question is not whether the markets will correct, but how much.
AJ Bell shares economies of scale with customers via 38% fund chargers cut
The funds are managed in line with five different risk levels so that investors can choose the fund that matches their individual risk profile.
UBS Investor Sentiment: Investors Concerned About the War Yet Stay the Course with their Portfolios
The survey found business owners tempering their hiring and investment plans and are focusing on increasing their employee benefits, IT spending and upgrading talent.
The End Of History
“Everything that can be invented has been invented.” - Attributed, probably falsely, to Charles Holland Duell, Commissioner of the US Patent Office from 1898 to 1901.
BTG Pactual reports record quarter ever for revenues and net income
With continued growth of client franchises, assets under management reached R$1.04 trillion, increasing 36% y/y
Market Update 9th May 2022
The Bank of England’s quarter point rise in the UK bank rate was also fully expected. We should though add a little critical commentary on its powers of forecasting.
How long will the US dollar’s strength continue?
The fear among investors is that QT comes too late, leaving the Fed with no choice but to raise rates so quickly that there is no time to observe the economic impact of each hike, with the risk that the economy falls into recession.