03/10/2013
Coutts - Wealth Watch - Stock-market highs a downer for gold
Gold also remains more attractive than other traditional stores of value such as government bonds.
Comment, Analysis & Research
03/10/2013
A year after the shareholder spring, the green shoots of rebellion are withering
About this time last year, Bob Diamond's pay package seemed to have triggered a new anger in investors. Looking back now, it seems the headlines were better than the reality
03/10/2013
Former Barclays pay chief: I said no to bonus for Bob Diamond
'He's gone now so history tells me I was right': Bob Diamond, formerly of Barclays
03/10/2013
New Report Unveils How Women are Investing and Spending in 2013
Canadian portfolio manager Barbara Stewart releases ground-breaking research into how women are pursuing their passions and investing for the future
03/10/2013
Top 10 international boarding schools in the world
For students who already have the English skills, top boarding schools provide an international perspective that they won’t encounter anywhere else.
03/10/2013
Former Lehman Brothers CFO Erin Callan regrets letting Wall Street career overwhelm her personal life
Sometimes young women tell me they admire what I’ve done
03/10/2013
Eurozone crisis is the biggest concern to Middle East intermediaries
Middle East intermediaries are more optimistic on global economic growth than in 2012
03/07/2013
Wealth Over the Edge: Singapore
$26,000 cocktails. Traffic jams freckled with Ferraris. The world's sternest city is now the richest. Why?
03/06/2013
“Back to the Old House” by Nick Mottram, Head of Global Equities, Dalton Strategic Partnership
When Morrissey first wrote the lyrics “I would rather not go back to the old house, there’s too many bad memories there” in 1983, I doubt he imagined them capturing the feelings of investors and politicians thirty years later.
03/05/2013
Coutts Wealth Watch: It's only halftime, with Bank Rate to stay at 0.5% for four more years
Four years on they remain at historic lows – and there’s no sign they will rise any day soon.
03/04/2013
Op-Ed: Can Islamic Finance save us from the Banksters?
It was reported that the banks were lending less, in spite of all the promises by Vince Cable and others of funding for lending and yet more Quantitative Easing.
03/04/2013
Global Markets Weekly Outlook - Coutts & Co
US economic surprises have swung back to positive, bucking the weaker trend that continues to mar most other developed markets.
03/03/2013
Double whammy for owners of foreign homes
With only five weeks left before the end of the tax year, it’s time to see if you could be making better use of personal and business allowances to minimise your tax liability. Plus a reduction in the top rate of tax is introduced from the 6 April &
03/03/2013
Latin Economy & Latin Terminology by Justin Urquhart Stewart
Voting in Italy. About the only clear vote we are going to get this year in Italy is likely to be the selection of the new Pope and, whilst he will be a powerful man, he won’t be able to solve Italy’s financial issues.
03/03/2013
Shifting gears across the Atlantic - BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research
Recession seems to be loosening its grip on Europe, but the ongoing stabilization is unlikely to make room for growth.
02/28/2013
World's Wealthy Need Advisors to Provide Strategic Advice via Digital Tools
"The Futurewealth Report: Helpful Investment Technologies," which surveyed 3,477 respondents globally with an average $1.9 million in net worth, points to an opportunity for wealth managers to improve the client experience by using technology as
02/27/2013
Andrew Fay looks to build from the Cavanagh/Close Bros deal
There are a few places in Europe where once glaciers have melted and rivers are high
02/25/2013
Coutts Wealth Watch - UK downgrade irony: good for FTSE 100
By adding to sterling’s woes, news of a UK credit-rating downgrade by Moody’s this past weekend may paradoxically benefit FTSE100.
02/25/2013
A cap on bankers’ bonuses would be lunacy
Beware of the European Parliament bearing gifts
02/24/2013
Speed bumps ahead - BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research
The current crisis is distinct from previous crisis episodes because this crisis affects a large set of European countries that are highly integrated via trade and financial channels, and, because the magnitude of economic policies implemented is unpreced