01/27/2013
Global trends in the fee-for-service model in wealth management
The new trend is towards a fee for service model.
Comment, Analysis & Research
01/27/2013
Coutts Wealth Watch - "Spending cliff" looms for US economy
No sooner has the US economy averted one precipice, the “fiscal cliff”, than it faces another – the “spending cliff”. While we remain cautious near term, we don’t believe this undermines the case for equities. We view r
01/27/2013
Global View from Asia - Coutts
The theme remains the same. Long-dated government bonds suffer modest declines while equities rise. Yet, at the same time, support for high yield bonds continues to be strong, further compressing yields.
01/24/2013
Coutts Wealth Watch: News rules give commerical property boost
Making the office your home
01/23/2013
Barclays Wealth: Little More Than A Boiler Room?
The cover up is often worse than the crime.
01/22/2013
Nine out of 10 Global Decision-makers Believe Collaboration Is now Essential if Global Economy Is to Recover
Greater representation of women in leadership roles will be influential
01/22/2013
Citi Private Bank Outlines 2013 Investment Themes
Citi Private Bank has announced its investment themes for 2013 that highlight the opportunities available to clients amid challenging economic conditions around the world.
01/21/2013
Party in the Credit Markets: A Parallel Universe
There’s a party going on in the credit markets, but the real economy does not seem to have been invited.
01/20/2013
Exposed: The regime of fear inside Barclays
- and how the boss lied and shredded the evidence
01/20/2013
Cantor Fitzgerald's Investment Banking Push Goes Awry
Kantor had stepped up his hiring in prior months.
01/16/2013
Coutts Outlook 2013: Buy Equities as Case for Bonds Fades
In its outlook for 2013, Coutts looks at the major investment risks and opportunities expected to shape market developments in the next 12 months.
01/15/2013
Wealthy investors plan to increase their equity holdings in 2013
In the next 12 months, 71% of Ultra High Net Worth (UHNW) Investors, with more than $5 million in net worth not including their primary residence (NIPR,) plan to invest in equities, up from 52% in 2010. Equities are the top investment pick among the UHNW
01/15/2013
Investors' appetite for risk at its highest in nine years: BofA-ML
'Great Rotation' to Equities From Bonds Gets Under Way
01/15/2013
Beaches, bling and banking - what makes millionaires the most active surfers?
The more wealth a client has, the more time they spend communicating–and that includes communications with their financial advisors.
01/15/2013
Investors Increasingly Bullish as Global Economy Regains Growth Path - RESEARCH
Global investors have entered 2013 in buoyant but not yet exuberant mood, according to the BofA Merrill Lynch Fund Manager Survey for January.
01/14/2013
Back to the future for investment banking
Salamanca's Martin Bellamy digs deep for answers.
01/14/2013
Global growth hopes mount - Coutts
Central banks on hold as indicators gradually improve
01/13/2013
Tax evasion made easy, legally
Well known celebrities, artists, athletes and entrepreneurs like Steffi Graf, Boris Becker, Ralf and Michael Schumacher seem to be doing it.
01/13/2013
Reforming Europe, beating the crisis
Speech from Olli REHN, Vice-President of the European Commission and member of the Commission responsible for Economic and Monetary Affairs and the Euro
01/13/2013
2013 dominated by the hunt for yield and safety - Bank Sarasin
According to the latest Global View published by Bank Sarasin's Research team, 2013 will be dominated by two themes