07/12/2012

How the world views the 1 percent

The survey, which asked over 12,000 people whether they agreed with the statement "most rich people in my country deserve their wealth," found that this year nearly 15 percent strongly agreed and 28 percent agreed versus 12 percent and 27 percen

07/12/2012

Britain and banking: Back to the 1830s

In Britain during the early 19th century, paper money was not as we know it today – all reassuringly bearing the head of the Queen and the stamp of the Bank of England.

07/12/2012

NFP Announces Acquisition of Fusion Advisor Network

National Financial Partners Corp. NFP +0.36% , a leading provider of benefits, insurance and wealth management services, today announced that it has acquired Fusion Advisor Network ("Fusion"), a leading provider of practice management and busin

07/11/2012

Wealth management poaching war escalates

The poaching war between Commonwealth Bank of Australia Ltd-backed Count Financial and Westpac Banking Group Ltd's BT Financial has taken another turn

07/10/2012

Guernsey offering foundations alternative

The Guernsey Finance seminar, titled The Foundations Alternative, takes place from 4pm on Tuesday 18 September in the Stevenson Theatre at the British Museum, Great Russell Street. It will be followed by a drinks reception at 6pm.

07/09/2012

Wealthy families may have more money than most but.....

While an overwhelming majority of those polled said their spouse/partner is comfortable with how financial decisions are made, 1 in 5 said that they feel their spouse/partner is stressed by their lead or participation in the process, with several notable