Managers of Wealth Offshore

Stop the (printing) press

Never pick a fight with someone who buys ink by the barrel.

Warren Buffett: gold has no value

Berkshire Hathaway chairman and famous investor Warren Buffett has dismissed gold as a "valueless asset".

The £64,000 question - should we beware of Barclays' 'big round number'?

“Beware of big round numbers,” says the latest advice from the Local Government Association to Britain’s city councils presentation of their annual budgets.

Emotional intelligence: thinking and feeling on the job

Psychologists say 'emotional intelligence' can help manage our thinking and improve our behaviour at work and in our personal lives. But what is it, how do you test it … and can it get better?

No reasonable person contests the idea that we should all pay our proper dues. Nevertheless, in a week when it has emerged that HMRC wrote off £10.9 billion last year (with the Treasury expressing ‘some surprise’ according to the Public

Is the demise of Swiss private banking gathering pace?

Beyond talk at the time from a few consultants that difficulties at the banks would herald in a period of consolidation in Swiss banking, not much thought was given to the wider implications of what was going on at Sarasin and Vontobel.

THIS MISSING FINANCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE – AND IT’S NOT THE BANKS!

Oh please stop wringing your hands, politicians, and apparently blaming everyone else except yourselves.

Bankers - stop hiding and get out and fight

Stephen Hester signed a contract with the previous government in good faith which detailed how he would be paid for his troubles.

United tax evasion defences start to crumble

All eyes will be on the year end results from Switzerland’s biggest banks this coming week, but thoughts will also be turned to the fallout from tax evasion scandals.

Equities offer value over the long term, but turbulence is still on the radar - Coutts & Co

The recent Long-Term Refinancing Operation (LTRO) from the European Central Bank (ECB), which enabled banks to borrow money at 1% for three years, has restored a degree of confidence in markets and boosted risk assets.

Gold will continue to be main beneficiary of loose monetary policy

Rothschild Wealth Management Asset Allocation February 2012

DOOM AND BOOM?

So just how much sweet and sour can we take in a week?

Renmimbi Rising

George Osborne's efforts last week to try and establish London as the Western centre for the trading of the Chinese currency should be congratulated however, some of the headlines seemed to get a little enthusiastic over something which is going to b

The great pay debate and curbing 'out of control' pay

The Government believes there is scope for more direct and useful reporting on pay, to make it easier to outline the link between remuneration and performance.

Anti-avoidance announcements come from all directions

We’re always told to mind the traffic. This is never truer than in the case of speeding tax vehicles.

Gloom Lifting Over Global Growth Prospects - study

Risk Appetite Back to Pre-Third Quarter Crisis Levels

CEOs and their salaries: because they’re worth it...?

Incentive schemes continue to inflate fat-cat salaries to extraordinary heights. But to what extent do they truly reflect performance?

Deutsche Bank cuts copper, gold forecasts for 2012

While the first quarter of 2012 will likely be the weakest for the base metals, prices should improve as the year progresses, the bank added.

Shafts of Light in Leaden Skies

I can only presume that most of the population must have comforted themselves with excessive amounts of alcohol to try and negate the seemingly unremitting gloom that was aired throughout the holiday period.

Eurozone is closer to break-up, warns Standard Chartered's Peter Sands

The chief executive of Standard Chartered has warned that there is an increasing likelihood of a country falling out of the eurozone because of the inability of politicians to resolve the crisis.

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