Managers of Wealth Offshore

Rolling back the contagion clock

The current degree of EM sensitivity to US financial stress is aligned with other post-crisis stress episodes. While changing perceptions of Fed policy and soft

Top women earn more than men

Women who make it to the top job earn more then their male counterparts, a study has found.

Barclays is the least trusted bank in Britain - RESEARCH

Nearly one in five consumers say Barclays is the financial provider they trust the least

Singapore’s Economy Might Collapse Due to New Bank Secrecy Rules

“Singapore is going to lose out in the short term — I’ve heard banks booking new accounts in Dubai and Hong Kong and even banks are moving bankers and their accounts to Dubai,” said a banker who worked for 11 year in Singapore and

Is there a big hole in HMRC’s tax gap figures?

A recent, influential report suggests that the shadow economy is costing the UK Exchequer at least £60bn a year – more than six times the cost of the Olympics.

Investors reassessing asset allocations

Speculation that the US Federal Reserve may tighten its quantitative easing policy has caused investors to reassess their asset allocations.

LGT Group Market comment: A Welcome Normalization

Equities appear stuck in consolidation, and some investors fear rising long-term interest rates put the bull market at risk.

London home to UK’s both richest and poorest

The ONS definition of wealth includes property, financial assets, physical wealth and private pensions.

Liz Forgan: The City's wealth is not reaching the arts

Forgan talks passionately but realistically about the arts in a broader perspective.

Market Perspective Report - Rothschild

Global economic growth is likely to remain weak. But loose monetary policies, including low interest rates and quantitative easing, should continue to support risk asset prices throughout the rest of the year.

Bankers with absolutely clean hands are rare after worst financial crisis for a century

Some five years after the worst financial crisis for a century the bruises are still there

Chinese American Investors Comfortable with Current Financial Situation

Chinese-Americans are consistently more confident about their current and future financial situation compared to the US general population

Doomsday poll: 87% risk of stock crash by year-end

New crash coming? When? Before year-end?

Africa will be an engine for world growth in the coming decades

Japan's Shinzo Abe hails Africa as 'growth centre'

BARINGS: Video investment update on Frontier markets

Investment update from Michael Levy, investment manager of the Baring Frontier Markets Fund

Financial repression, austerity and inflation set to continue - Pictet

Luca Paolini, Chief Strategist for Pictet Asset Management, gives his views on how the investment landscape will evolve over the next five years

'Animal spirits' are back... What are the drivers behind this optimism?

A commentary from Seven Investment Management.

A Singapore wealth manager under fire amid crackdown

The message struck at the heart of a global debate over the moral divide between savvy tax planning and exploitation of loopholes

Why the EU cap on bankers’ bonuses could prove illegal

The rule has extraterritorial effects and applies to all bankers who work for European-headquartered banks, no matter where they are in the world.

“Any man can make mistakes, but only an idiot persists in his error.”

West End Front by Tom Becket

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