Managers of Wealth Offshore

Beware flying BRICS by Justin Urquhart Stewart

Probably the best investment marketing acronym of the past decade has to be the term BRIC or more recently BRICS with the addition of the S.

Sobering stuff by Tim Price

Russell Napier has written the book on bear markets. Specifically, the book is titled ‘Anatomy of the Bear: lessons from Wall Street’s four great bottoms’, and it comes highly recommended.

Wealth CEO's lambast regulatory reforms

CEOs of Australia’s financial services industry believe that the cost and complexity of regulation is crippling productivity growth at a national and industry level according to the Financial Services Council-DST Global Solutions CEO Report, release

“Good on many fronts, too good on some” - Gary Dugan, Coutts

Check that you are not overexposed to bonds

2013: Fleming Family & Partners identify winning and losing strategies

Wealth Manager Fleming Family & Partners (FF&P) has picked what it calls five winning and five losing strategies for 2013. Notably, the firm sees opportunities in US mortgaged-backed securities, emerging markets debt and gold.

Katherine Nixon: 'Decent' Outlook for Stocks in 2013

Katherine Nixon is chief investment officer for the personal financial services business at Northern Trust.

Pictet's global monthly outlook

Luca Paolini, Chief Strategist at Pictet Asset Management provides a summary of his key market and asset allocation views.

Tax Dodgers and cowboys beware – the tax man cometh… by Mike Down, Baker Tilly

HMRC surprised us all with the announcement earlier this week that more funding had been found for additional resources to clamp down on the tax dodgers.

$31 Billion Revenue Opportunity With Younger, Tech-Savvy Investors - RESEARCH

Wealth Management Survey Reveals Financial Firms Can Avoid Significant Wealth Attrition by Courting Younger Investors With Preferred Technology and Services

Memo to Starbucks: UK open for business - Coutts

We believe Wednesday’s Autumn Statement from UK Chancellor George Osborne leaves the UK on the right path, although with the economy stuck in the doldrums, a credit-rating downgrade remains a threat.

Only 2% of financial service organisations believe they’re “very effective” at retaining future leaders

The financial services sector scores lowest on both counts in the Right Management survey that reviewed performance in three key sectors

Schroders 2013 Outlook - Rajeev De Mello: A year in Asian bonds

This year has been a record in terms of Asian bond issuance as more investors buy into the long-term story, and we see no reason why this can’t continue.”

Regulations making UK banks 'uninvestable'

The Government’s mission to create a safe financial system is “unrealistic” and is making the banks “uninvestable”, a group of Britain’s biggest investors has warned.

Ethical investment takes root

New research shows that awareness of ethical investments is growing, and almost half of us are likely to opt for them in the future

French bank governor Christian Noyer calls for City of London to be sidelined as Europe's financial hub

"We're not against some business being done in London, but the bulk of the business should be under our control. That's the consequence of the choice by the UK to remain outside the euro area."

2013: A year in multi-asset investing - Schroders

“What many investors currently perceive as safe haven assets could turn out to be the snake lurking in the grass next year.”

Advisers look to platforms for support in post-rdr world - Aviva

According to the latest Adviser Barometer research from Aviva, in the final quarter before the Retail Distribution Review is implemented in January 2013, over a third of advisers (34%) say they are contemplating changing their main platform in the next 1

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