Managers of Wealth Offshore

Vontobel’s Rajiv Jain bets big on India, shuns China

A $9 billion emerging markets fund run by Vontobel Asset Management has a quarter of its money in a handful of Indian stocks.

China’s Structural Shift in Economy Poses Risks -Anshu Jain

Co-Chief Executive Officer Anshu Jain said Chinese Policy Makers’ Efforts to Bolster Domestic Consumption and Reduce Dependence on the Government’s Infrastructure Spending Poses Some Risks.

Survey Finds Investors Still Confident In Global Growth Despite China Doubts - BofA Merrill Lynch

Allocations to Equity Rise, Bonds Increasingly Undesired

Survey: One in Four on Wall Street Open to Insider Trading

If public confidence in Wall Street remains battered from the financial crisis, a new survey of ethics in the financial services industry is unlikely to help.

Update on the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive

The SEI Knowledge Partnership spoke with Barry McGrath, partner at Maples & Calder, and Frank Gannon, partner at KPMG, to consider how the AIFMD will affect the way in which non-EU AIFMs are permitted to market AIFs into the European Union and the mai

Goodbye to the end of the world by Chris Darbyshire, 7IM

The investor habitat is changing.

China Wealth Eluding Foreigners as Equities Earn 1% for 20 Years

China is a case in point that great GDP doesn’t mean a great stock market

Have tax havens had their day in the sun?

Daniel Ben-Ami examines the moral offensive against tax avoidance and the part played by offshore centres.

Thinking About Buying a Bank? Consider Canada

When American investors consider buying stock of a bank, the first ones that usually come to mind are the dominant forces in American banking

Carney: a roar not a whimper - St. James's Place

Carney: a roar not a whimper Words, as central bankers and markets know, can have a devastating effect.

Enter the Guv’nor by Tim Price, director of investment, PFP Wealth Management

It is difficult to know quite where to start in extolling the virtues of this semi-mythical godlike being who has just descended to earth to take up his new position at the central bank of the United Kingdom.

“Forward guidance”, Spending Round 2013 and some better economic news

In this Perspective Ruth Lea, Economic Adviser to the Arbuthnot Banking Group, discusses “forward guidance”, the “Spending Round 2013” and some encouraging economic news.

Assets of top 100 alternative investment managers hit $3 trillion

Towers Watson survey shows total global alternative assets under management exceed $5 trillion.

The smart money is quietly buying more gold

The herd is selling gold – so should you be buying, asks Richard Dyson.

Chinese banking: a Wild West in the Far East?

China’s banks are now the biggest in the world but fears are growing they are very unstable, writes Harry Wilson.

Joint purchases by charities and non-charities

Charities are exempt from SDLT on purchases of property which they are to use either in their charitable work

FCA launches private client division and warns of further thematic reviews

Speech by Clive Adamson, Director of Supervision, the FCA, at the APCIMS Compliance Conference, London.

Tree-shaking stirs up a hornets' nest in emerging markets - Schroders

Keith Wade comments on the effects of potential QE tapering on emerging markets

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse? -

The major central banks have made small policy mistakes over the past month, but the good news is that they are reminding investors they are in no rush to head for the exits.

We all know markets don't carry on up in a straight line

Summer slump or Summer sale?

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