03/14/2013
Qatar richest country in the world: IIF
Qatar emerged as the world's wealthiest country in 2010 with a per capita income of $88, 559
Comment, Analysis & Research
03/13/2013
The thrill is gone from "The Fear Index" - Coutts
So perhaps there will more reasons to be happy in 2013.
03/12/2013
Gulf a comfortable fit for Swiss private banker Lombard Odier
The illustrious private banking business, for centuries virtually synonymous with Swiss reliability and discretion, is also feeling the pressure.
03/12/2013
Under Jordan Swiss National Bank Returns to Being Boring
Jordan, a bespectacled central-bank veteran, took the top job at the SNB in April after Philipp Hildebrand resigned.
03/12/2013
RBC releases 2012 Corporate Responsibility Report and Public Accountability Statement
RBC has released its 2012 Corporate Responsibility Report and Public Accountability Statement, outlining the bank's economic, environmental and social commitments and their impact.
03/12/2013
Investors name US as investment market of choice - Barclays Stockbrokers
Two years on from the launch of its International Trader platform, Barclays Stockbrokers reveals the international markets and sectors favoured by its clients, and the top traded stocks on the platform in 2012.
03/11/2013
British banks may have £30bn hidden losses
HSBC, which is the biggest bank by assets, was shown to have £10.4bn of hidden losses
03/11/2013
Rothschild Market Perspective: Impact of currency price movements: a blessing or a headache?
Dirk Wiedmann, Head of Investments, Rothschild Wealth Management, provides the business’s current position on markets.
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.
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.