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China's Moves No Reason To Shun Its Stock Market - ASI
Chinese shares have been beaten up and now trade at a significant discount compared with global peers. The UK-based fund management house is urging investors to hold their nerve, and invest where regulatory chan...
What's New In Investments, Funds? - Advance Intelligence Group
The latest offerings in investments, such as funds and structured products, and other notable developments. ...
Charting Overseas Chinese Families' Wealth Prowess - DBS, EIU Study
The network of Chinese families across Southeast Asia is sometimes called "the bamboo network." There are specific cultural and family structure features that wealth managers and private bankers must understand ...
Who's Moving Where In Wealth Management? - Thunes
The latest senior wealth management and legal practice moves from across Asia. ...
Japan's MUFG Sells US Business
While it is changing its US coverage because of the sale, the Japanese organisation remains closely involved with an American partner - Morgan Stanley - to deliver wealth management services in the Asian nation....
There's Possible Bubble Trouble With ESG - Central Bank's "Club"
While written in the dense language of central bank quarterly reports, the Basel-based organisation warned that the trend of ESG investments was producing a surge in price valuations, and compared this with othe...
Wealth Connect Scheme's Big Promise - Cerulli
The scheme is among a raft of cross-border moves taken by China to open up its capital markets over recent years. Ironically, it has coincided with worries in parts of the West about exposure to China because of...
UOB Deepens Commitment To Vietnam
A number of banks and wealth managers, including those from outside the Asia region, have pushed into the Vietnam market in recent years. The country has been one of the brighter stars of emerging markets in Asi...
Wealthy Investors Like Sustainability, Fret Over Unclear Data - StanChart
"Sustainability" is a popular term in wealth management today, but many affluent and HNW investors apparently worry that information they receive isn't reliable or clear enough. ...
Who's Moving Where In Wealth Management? - T Rowe Price
The latest senior wealth management and legal practice moves from across Asia. ...
The ESG Phenomenon - Lombard Odier, Consultants' Initiative
Developments and commentary in and around the ESG investment space. ...
Nuveen Adds Institutional Strength In Singapore
The global investment manager is pressing on with APAC growth ambitions appointing a new head of institutional business. ...
Generali Wary Of China Equities Short-Term; Sees Improvement Further Ahead
Chinese equities were knocked hard by Beijing's regulatory crackdowns across a number of fronts. In the short term, Generali Investments says that it is cautious about this market, but thinks that some of the ne...
Investors Should Focus On China’s Diversification Value - Aberdeen Standard Investments
The author of this article argues that the COVID-19 pandemic has driven China’s economic and policy cycles to become de-synchronised from the rest of the world. ...
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Companies cannot thrive without healthy and happy employees, consumers, and communities. Investors must use their influence with companies and other stakeholders to ensure the basic rights of these groups are re...
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Singapore's Proposed VCC Changes - What Wealth Managers Need To Know
The variable capital company regime in Singapore was launched originally at the start of 2020. Now policymakers in the city-state want to adjust the system to appeal to entities including single-family offices. ...
Family Offices Should Behave As Regulated Entities
This article explores the various risks involved from the family office perspective, including under-reported fraud, as their risk management framework can lag those of regulated peers, so the writer says. It al...
Updated Forward Features Calendar For 2021-2022
Here is our updated schedule for feature themes for the next 12 months. ...
Long-Term Investing In Innovation: Beyond Private Equity
The author of this article shouts out the case for an active holding company (AHC) as an attractive alternative to private equity or long-term business investments. ...
Japan Wealth Management - Latest Developments
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EXCLUSIVE: New Research Makes Data Protection Pressures Clear - Part 1
The EU’s General Data Protection Regulation came into force two-and-a-half years ago, yet wealth managers’ travails with this incredibly wide-reaching, complex piece of legislation - and those emulating it ...
New Research: Co-Creation In Wealth Management
This news service launches another in its research paper series in partnership with Finantix. ...
The Bahamas: The Clear Choice For International Financial Services
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New Research: Fresh Insights from Female Wealth Clients
A new report from this organisation and research partners VP Bank and Hywin Wealth tackles how institutions should be approaching Asia-Pacific’s dynamic women. ...
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Blank Cheque Companies Retain Momentum, Europe, UK Increasingly Active
IQ-EQ, the investor services group, has a ringside seat for observing trends in the SPACs space. This news service asks it how the sector is evolving on both sides of the Atlantic. ...
Will Increased Regulatory Scrutiny Create London SPAC Boom?
Will reforms in the UK galvanise a SPAC market into the kind of rapid growth that has been witnessed in the US? ...
Prospects Brighten For Growth Businesses After Tough Year
This private investment matchmaker looks at the toll 2020 has taken on early stage businesses and what this bodes for the next generation of growth businesses. It's been a tough year but deals are flowing. ...
The Alternative Credit Markets Explained
There is money to be made in the alternative credit markets while more conventional ones face headwinds, the author of this article at a European family office explains. ...
We Need To Talk About Gold: The Price Surge
The gold price is flirting with the $2,000 per tonne level and a number of forces have been pushing up the price in recent months. This classic safe-haven asset is in play during nervous times. And massive centr...
Don’t Wait Too Long: The Case For Venture Capital Investing
Investors who want to tap into venture capital and the kind of start-up businesses out there that might be crucial post-pandemic have various UK options. The author of this article examines the terrain. ...
What's On Swiss EAMs' Menu Over Coming Years
This news service takes another look at external asset managers in Switzerland and the forces shaping this market in the recent past and over coming years. ...
Big Changes Come For Swiss EAMs; Future Looks Positive
The industry is going through a number of major changes, some of them due to domestic Swiss regulations that are taking force over the next two years. We delve into some of the themes around the sector. ...
How Serious Is "No-Deal" Brexit For Private Equity, Real Estate And Family Offices?
A view from Luxembourg on where there is resilience and opportunity as the 31 October deadline approaches. ...
What Does The Risk Of No-Deal Brexit Mean For Investors? RBC Commentary
RBC Wealth Management's head of investment strategy comments after an extraordinary week in Westminster. ...
Private Investments: Three Things To Consider Before Joining The 40 Per Cent Club
The 40 per cent club refers to institutions with 40 per cent of total portfolio allocation committed to private investments. They do this for good reason argues Cambridge Associates' managing director, and more ...
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Swiss "Evangelist" Wants To Shine Brighter Light On Risk, Returns
Getting quick and accurate data that shows if a portfolio is out of line with its objectives can, if acted upon rapidly, cement client relationships and build trust, a figure in the Swiss investment industry say...
Stored Away: There's So Much Art Available For Market
We talk to Overstone Art Services, a UK-based organisation, about the state of the world's fine art market and how so much potential material is stored away and available for being transacted or lent against. ...
Managing the Family Art Collection As A Business
An art and investment expert argues that just like a family business, every family art collection needs management both for itself and in order to share it with the outside world. ...
Art For Investment Is No Sure Guide To Riches, Warns Stonehage Fleming
Art is not a sure path to riches, although investing in the sector can bring rewards that cannot be measured in purely financial terms. The author of this item looks through some of the risks and issues arising ...
GUEST ARTICLE: Lost And Found - What Steps To Take With Newly Discovered Artwork
Discovering that a piece of art is more than just a familiar possession but a rare, and financially valuable, item is something people dream about. It is the stuff of popular TV shows and news items. What, in pr...
GUEST ARTICLE: Designing An Exhibition Space For The Family Art Collection
Designing an exhibition space for a family's art collection can be a difficult but rewarding challenge for art lovers with the time and resources. Two experts from the worlds of art investments and architecture ...
EXCLUSIVE GUEST COMMENT: Conflicts Of Interest In The Art Market: A Matter Of Timing And Professionalism
Art investment is now a familiar part of private client wealth management but how well do clients and advisors understand the potential conflicts of interest that can arise? This article examines the terrain. ...
The Case For Avoiding GameStop Craze
The surge in retail investor trading in shares such as computer games retailer GameStop, cinema chain AMC and now the silver market, has prompted warning noises from regulators and considerable media chatter. Wh...
WEALTH TALK: Cross-Border Financial Products, Services - Examining The Risks
This is the eighth edition of a video series by this news service in partnership with international law firm, Kobre & Kim. ...
WEALTH TALK: Anti-Corruption Probes, Extradition Risks In Africa
This is the seventh edition of a video series by this news service in partnership with international law firm, Kobre & Kim. ...
WEALTH TALK: Exploring Cross-Border Reputation Management
This is the fifth edition of a video series by this news service in partnership with international law firm, Kobre & Kim. ...
WEALTH TALK: Focus On Tax, Estate Planning Scramble Pre-US Elections
In this video, we discuss the kind of workload US wealth managers must contend with in the days ahead of the US elections on Tuesday next week. ...
WEALTH TALK: Private Client Series With Kobre & Kim - A Focus On Hong Kong
This news service hosts a video produced by international law firm, Kobre & Kim. The focus here is on Hong Kong, the impact of mainland China's new national security law and the steps private clients can take. ...
Proposed Rises In English, Welsh Probate Fees - An Overview
If proposed new fees for probate services take effect, there will be pressure to deal with big recent delays in the system and improve efficiency. The situation became increasingly difficult during the pandemic....
Regtech's Rise: Applying Tech And Compliance Functions For Tomorrow
The regtech sector will, on certain estimates, be worth as much as $33 billion by 2026. This vast area taps into a need for wealth managers and others to keep pace with rules in an efficient way that doesn't hur...
Divorce And CGT - Tax At A Taxing Time
Divorce can be painful for all kinds of reasons. An added source of difficulty in reaching settlements can be capital gains tax. ...
How To Hire Wealth Managers, Mitigate Restrictive Covenant Impact
How should wealth management firms hire wealth managers (often known as “CRMs”, client relationship managers) and their books of business? ...
EXCLUSIVE: Regulatory Overhaul Will Turbocharge EAM Sector - FINMA
The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority speaks to WealthBriefing about the rule changes that are coming for the country's external asset management sector. ...
The Tug Of War For Trustees In Divorce
Sadly, the start of this year is likely to be a busy time for solicitors handling marital disputes. As readers know, divorce can be a significant wealth management concern, given the sums that can be involved. ...
Singapore's Proposed VCC Changes - What Wealth Managers Need To Know
The variable capital company regime in Singapore was launched originally at the start of 2020. Now policymakers in the city-state want to adjust the system to appeal to entities including single-family offices. ...
Family Office Or Founder's Office - Sector Must Tighten Definitions
A consultant and former private banking and investment industry figure has a complaint: he reckons that some family offices should instead be called "founder's offices" because the people who build them dominate...
Cambridge Associates Taps Into Asia's Family Offices Story
This news service recently spoke to the firm about its recent move to step up operations in the Asia-Pacific region and how it works with family offices. ...
Family Offices’ Quiet Power Behind Life Sciences
A recently-announced major investment into the UK's life sciences sector by a Middle East sovereign wealth fund made headlines. But family offices have been quietly working in the space for years. And the latest...
Single Family Office Snapshots: Latest SFO Highlights
This publication is starting a new series, regularly examining the activities of single family offices outside the US. The material, with a peerless level of detail, comes from Highworth Research, the UK-based o...
WEALTH TALK: Focus On Highworth Research And Single Family Offices
This news services links up with the research firm's founder to talk about the wins and losses of single family offices in Europe, particularly when it comes to their "cornerstone assets". ...
WEALTH TALK: Focus On Private Banking Results
In this episode, we talk about a raft of private banks’ results for the first quarter and developments around blockchain. ...
Round-up Of Quarterly Wealth Management Financial Results
Here are the main quarterly results for major banking groups around the world so far in the latest results season. The results focus on the wealth management sides of banks....
OCBC Grows Fees A Fifth Led By Wealth Management, Profit Falls
A 10 per cent fall in OCBC's quarterly profits points towards a difficult period ahead for Asian lenders, as market volatility continues to spook investors. ...
ANZ Wealth Revenues Up In Asia, Group Profit Solid
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Helping Professional Fund Investors Build A Proven Track Record
This publication recently interviewed SharingAlpha, a business that takes the ranking of funds and assessment of their track records to a new level, and thereby helps buyers of funds to get a clearer idea of the...
Lifting The Fog On ESG's Data Problem
Calls are growing for accurate high-quality ESG data that is assessed under a global standard. Otherwise sustainable investing has no foundation for achieving what the world is expecting from it. ...
Managers Hone 2021 Investment Opportunities
January is typically when fund managers post where opportunity is knocking in a year expected to deliver a broad recovery. A round up of views on China, reporting impressive GDP growth this week; the ongoing val...
WEALTH TALK: Focus On 20 Years Of Europe's ETF Industry
This Wealth Talk interview broaches the 20th anniversary of the European-based ETF market, which has expanded hugely in recent years. ...
EDITORIAL ANALYSIS: Will Funds Woo HNW Clients In Tough Times?
The drop in markets this year and prospects for sluggish growth even after lockdowns end will create a new environment for fund managers who in the past have sold their wares across a range of client groups. In ...
GUEST ARTICLE: Europe's MiFID Juggernaut - Impact On Fund Distribution
The compliance splurge continues with the European Union's programme designed (so the framers claim) to protect investors. This article looks at how fund management is affected. ...
Inflation Pressures Rise, But Not Great Cause For Concern - J Stern & Co
We talk to an investment firm set up to manage the wealth of a 200-year-old European family, and which has recently gone over the $1.0 billion AuM mark. ...
Credit's Overlooked Hedge Against Inflation Risk
The writer of this articles says investors should consider leveraged loans as a tool to manage rising inflation risks to their portfolios. ...
Jump Aboard The "Cold Chain": Drug Development, Rapid Delivery
This article examines the channels for testing, holding and moving drugs that have to be stored at cold temperatures and in ways that are safe. Get used to a new term: the "cold chain". It is one that investors,...
The Rise Of Digital Health And Genomics In Europe
Terms such as genomics, telemedicine and healthtech are increasingly parts of the investment vocabulary. The long-term nature of such areas makes them well-suited to the wealth management audience. This article ...
Investment View: Concentrated In Hunt For Alpha - Blue Ocean
This news service spoke to a UK-based firm, Blue Ocean Investment Partners, which believes that concentrated portfolios, when managed correctly, should hold as few as 15 stocks, or even a smaller basket. ...
We Need To Talk About Inflation - Wealth Managers' Reactions
Whether it is a temporary rise or something more durable, recent data pointing to a sharp rise in consumer price inflation has seized attention of economists who for years have been used to a world of tame price...
EXCLUSIVE: New Research Makes Data Protection Pressures Clear - Part 1
The EU’s General Data Protection Regulation came into force two-and-a-half years ago, yet wealth managers’ travails with this incredibly wide-reaching, complex piece of legislation - and those emulating it ...
New Research: Co-Creation In Wealth Management
This news service launches another in its research paper series in partnership with Finantix. ...
Winning Women In Asia-Pacific - Two Leaders Speak
This publication takes a walk around the topic of how women are gaining power as earners, creators and stewards of wealth. We talk to VP Bank Ltd Singapore Branch and Hywin Wealth. The firms are research partner...
New Research: Fresh Insights from Female Wealth Clients
A new report from this organisation and research partners VP Bank and Hywin Wealth tackles how institutions should be approaching Asia-Pacific’s dynamic women. ...
How The Rich, Super-Rich Made Fortunes - An Overview
A frequent commentator on views about wealth examines the sources of riches, throwing light on detail that will be useful in framing discussions about tax and enterprise more widely. ...
Tech Traps: The Dangers of Allowing Compliance To Become A “Black Box”
Ralf Huber is Co-Founder of Apiax, a regtech focused on transmuting complex regulations into digitised compliance rules. Here, he outlines the dangers of compliance becoming a “black box” and explains how a ...
Credit Suisse Closes Taiwan Bank Branch, Shelves Private Bank Plans
Credit Suisse is closing its Taiwan bank branch and has shuttered plans for a Taiwanese private banking facility amid a large-scale cost cutting drive at Switzerland’s number two bank. ...
Wealth Managers Continue Their March Into UK Regions
Wealth management firms are continuing with their planned UK regional expansion despite the unfavourable economic and investment environment....
New Wealth House Serving US Expats Explains Investment Angle
UK-based Shard Capital created a new service a year ago for US expats. The business has a very particular view about risk, asset allocation and investment, and talked recently to this publication. ...
Jersey Keeps Edge Through Tight Compliance - Commentary
The author of this piece says that Jersey's moves over the years to weed out dirty money have strengthened the financial health overall of the jurisdiction. ...
Switzerland's Edge As Intellectual Property Hub - Comment
The author of this comment talks about the benefits of intellectual property registration as an important component of Switzerland's status as an international financial centre. ...
Trend Of US Citizenship Renunciation To Rise "Dramatically"
The threat of higher US taxes, combined with other factors, could produce a sharp rise in the number of Americans seeking to give up their citizenship, an advisor working in the space says. ...
WEALTH TALK: Private Client Series With Kobre & Kim - A Focus On Brazil, Asset Forfeiture
This is the fourth edition of a video series by this news service in partnership with international law firm, Kobre & Kim. ...
Why UK's "Golden Visa" Regime Shouldn't Be Torn Apart
A recent UK parliamentary report said the country's citizenship/residency-by investment regime must be radically reformed to curb the influence of Russian oligarchs with dubious sources of wealth. The author of ...
Top Considerations When Setting Up Charitable Endowments
Setting up a charitable endowment or foundation is a rewarding experience, but one that family offices and HNW individuals must not take lightly. A London-based figure from the wealth management sector walks thr...
The Giving Season: A Walk Through Philanthropy - ABN AMRO Mees Pierson
In this philanthropy series we talk to the Netherlands-based private banking group about its views about the sector. ...
Transforming Lives With Sports, Art - A Philanthropist's Story
This publication spoke to a prominent India-based philanthropist who has operated internationally. She talked about her campaigns, lessons learned, and thoughts about the state of charity. ...
Philanthropy, Impact Investing Can Work Side-By-Side - Foundation
The director general of Fondation de Luxembourg discussed the largest area of philanthropy. ...
EXCLUSIVE GUEST COMMENT: Reflections On What It Takes To Achieve Real Change
In this article, JP Morgan Private Bank passes on lessons learned in philanthropy. ...
EXCLUSIVE GUEST ARTICLE: Investing For Good - Impact Investing And New UK Tax Relief
A new form of tax relief is designed, proponents hope, to drive what is known as impact investing in the UK, but how effective will it be and how should investors approach it? ...
GUEST ARTICLE: Sink Or Swim - Don't Forget The VAT On Luxury Yachts
Owners of superyachts who haven't got their value added tax affairs in order could run aground, warns an expert on the sector. ...
FEATURE: Crowdfunding Goes For The Frontier As Model Evolves
The capital-raising model known as crowdfunding is spreading to frontier/emerging markets. This article looks at a UK-regulated platform that recently started in business. ...
New Service Taps Need To Efficiently Re-Segment Clients, Move Declared Money
As wealth managers shake up client segments and change offshore models, a service has been launched in Europe so that hundreds of billions of flows of client money between affected firms can be handled painlessl...
Summary: New Kids On The Block In European Wealth Management
As the half-way point of 2012 nears, this publication looks back at some of the new arrivals in the industry since the start of the year. ...
Interview - Cheap Valuations Look Tempting In Argentina
Argentina has been through difficult economic times but it is still the second biggest LatAm economy and there are signs that developments are turning more positive, an investment firm argues....
Property Derivatives: The Next Big Thing for Private Investors?
Property derivatives are likely to become an increasingly attractive investment vehicle for private investors, according to Investec Private......
Updated Forward Features Calendar For 2021-2022
Here is our updated schedule for feature themes for the next 12 months. ...
A UK Regional Footprint Builds Credibility - Julius Baer International's CEO
In this article we interview the CEO of Julius Baer International, David Durlacher, about his bank's approach to the regions. ...
The UK's Regional Wealth Promise - An Overview
There's plenty of wealth management potential outside the M25 corridor. The government's much-vaunted "levelling up" agenda, as well as the high-profile HQ moves of groups such as the BBC, the national broadcast...
What It Means To Be A "Contrarian" Value Investor
Blindly practising time-honoured value investing is a dangerous occupation, not least because of the pace at which companies are being disrupted by technology. How businesses can be assessed for their longer-ter...
WEALTH TALK: Focus On Client Segmentation Strategy
This news service talks to a nationwide US wealth manager about the approach it takes to client segmentation and how it is faring in the current environment. ...
BOOK REVIEW: Free Lunch Thinking By Tom Bergin
A new book by a UK journalist challenges a number of economic ideas that he says have damaged living standards, fostered inequality and other problems. It describes the world that the wealth industry inhabits, a...
Family-Owned Businesses Withstand COVID Assaults
Credit Suisse Research Institute has published its latest findings on the resilience of family-owned companies across global territories, and how they have performed against their non-family counterparts in thes...
Summary Of Wealth Management-Related MBAs, Post-Grad Courses - Updated
There is much talk in the wealth industry about the importance of talent management but what institutions work to develop the skills and aptitudes? Here is a list from organizations around the world. ...
EDITORIAL COMMENT: Rich List Prompts Thoughts On Inequality, The Need For Robust Defence Of Capitalism
The publication of the Sunday Times Rich List comes at a time when the academic and policymaking world is becoming exercised again about inequality. The wealth management industry cannot afford to ignore this is...
EXCLUSIVE: Report Questions The Quality Of Social Media Activity Among Private Banks
The overall quality of social media activity among prevalent global wealth managers and private banks has “not improved noticeably” over the last year, Swiss firm MyPrivateBanking says in a new report....
Advanced HNW Planning Benefits "Negated" By Outdated Estate Plans - New Study
Three-quarters of estate plans relating to HNW clients are at least three years old, yet an overwhelming 95 per cent of these clients have experienced “significant changes” since the plans were drawn up, a n...
What The Wealthy Are Holding - Tiger 21 Reveals Member Asset Allocations
While the worst of the financial crisis may be over, members of the exclusive Tiger 21 peer-to-peer network feel “we are no way in the clear,” according to their asset allocations for the first quarter. ...
Do The Super-Rich Really Only Pay A 3.4 Per Cent Tax Rate?
The group called ProPublica recently claimed that data on America's 25 richest people showed that some of them paid very little tax. It published masses of records about wealthy individuals, for example on Jeff ...
Scientist's Tax Offset Delivers Cultural, Family Value
Sometimes objects and their owners have earned a special place in our history and national life. This guest piece looks at the full scope of an IHT scheme used by Stephen Hawking's estate to make valuable tax sa...
Why Entrepreneurs Contemplate Leaving Germany - Commentary
Germany holds national elections in September, and opinion polls point towards the ascent of parties that wish to significantly increase taxes on HNW individuals. With other factors to consider, this could encou...
A Global Minimum Corporate Tax Rate - Smart Policy Or "Tax Cartel"?
Setting a global minimum corporate tax rate among major industrialised nations has the certain appeal of being simple. But it raises many questions about whether offshore centres will enable firms to circumvent ...
Super-Rich Increasingly Under Attack Amid Coronavirus Crisis
What should ultra-high net worth individuals think and how should they act if coronavirus-driven problems cause debt-ridden governments to target them? An author of a book about public attitudes about wealth and...
China's New Tax Regime - What Clients, Advisors Must Know
At the start of this year China introduced new controls affecting private individuals, such as through offshore holdings of wealth. This news service interviews Withers, the international law firm, about the iss...
Who Said The Sky's The Limit?
The space environment is no longer the sole preserve of government agencies. Today, it is private companies that are shaping the future. This guest article explores some of that terrain. ...
Boost Advice's Added Value With Goal Monitoring
Gearing advice to specific financial goals is a powerful way to demonstrate added value and increase client engagement. But this requires careful thought about advice monitoring, efficiency and - of course - com...
Get Right Balance Between Man And Machine
Wealth managers must implement efficient, scalable ways of working, while capitalizing on the human elements of their offerings that create lasting value. Darren Berkowicz, Managing Director at SS&C Technologies...
Supercharging Client Engagement With Digital Financial Personality Profiling
Where it is used in client engagement efforts at all, technology tends to focus on the administrative aspects of advisors learning about their clients, while treating those clients as robots. Greg Davies, Head o...
How Low-Tech Compliance Hits Competitiveness
It is becoming increasingly apparent how costly a low-tech approach to compliance management can be – and in many senses. Thomas Imhof, Regulatory Engineer at Apiax, explains how firms are turbocharging their ...
Hybrid Wealth: Are You Really Optimized To Get The Best From Digitization?
Digital banking is more than a mobile app, and wealth management is no exception: it is about creating an entire experience to secure clients. Christine Schmid, Head of Strategy at additiv, reviews the true oppo...
The Problem With Death And Taxes - Analysing A Recent Case
In succession planning, those involved in arrangements need to take into account unforseen events that might go against the plan. The author of this article considers a recent case in the UK. ...
Will The Pandemic Cause More Contested Will And Estate Cases?
The author of this piece, a partner at law firm Stevens & Bolton, asks what the virus and associated turmoil will do to estate and succession plans, such as whether more wills will be fought over. ...
Should Trustees Be Worried About Global Warming?
What should those who hold and run trusts think about climate change and the consequences that are said to come from it? A senior figure from offshore law firm Ogier, in Jersey, considers the terrain. ...
Law Of Unintended Consequences - Inheritance And The Pandemic
Mistakes over estate planning come to light when, as a result of COVID-19, families can be hit with large and unexpected bills for inheritance tax. Some gifts can "go wrong". One particular rule that needs to be...
New Rules, Swiss Trusts And Beneficial Ownership Under Microscope
This publication was the exclusive media partner at last month's annual STEP conference for the Switzerland and Liechtenstein industry. The event, held in Interlaken, ranged over topics such as new regulations o...
WEALTH TALK: Focus On Communicating With NextGen Inheritors
The latest discussion of wealth industry topics. ...
Understanding The Psychology Of The Super Rich
German academic and entrepreneur Rainer Zitelmann explores the psychology of wealth creators. ...
Views On Wealth: Why Most People Don't Admit They Envy Success
Wealthy people are under greater pressure in the era of the "one per cent" to justify what they have. But to what extent is hostility towards the ultra-rich driven by envy rather than a genuine sense of injustic...
Smart Strategies For Growth: A Study Of The UK Wealth Management Industry
Smart Strategies for Growth: A Study of the UK Wealth Management Industry has now been launched, a whitepaper produced by WealthBriefing, in partnership with SS&C Advent. ...
WealthBriefing Research Spotlights Social Media Use For Wealth Managers
This publication is pleased to release its latest white paper, focused on the growth of the omni-channel service model within wealth management, and how practitioners can seek to gain efficiencies through the us...
Asia: Welcome To The "New Era Of Moderate"
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Hong Kong Leapfrogs UK, US And Singapore As World’s Top Financial Centre
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What Does India Have To Offer Investors In 2021?
As one of the world’s great emerging market economies, how should India figure in the portfolios of high net worth individuals, particularly when considering the risks and consequences caused not just by the p...
Bordier & Cie Smiles On Vietnam Potential
The Swiss firm has partnered with a Vietnam-based bank as part of a strategy to build business in Southeast Asia, reflecting a trend of Western banks partnering up with local institutions to tap into the Asian g...
Chinese-Style Capitalism - A Personal Perspective
The author of this article argues that in some respects China is arguably more committed to free enterprise capitalism than is the case in the West. (Much depends, of course, on how one defines "capitalism".) Wh...
Asia's Singlife Sees Big Wealth Management Market Potential
In September, Singapore's Singlife said that it intended to merge with Aviva Singapore, and this created an opportunity for this news service to talk to the firm about the role of life insurance in the wealth ma...
WEALTH TALK: Focus On Possible Bank Mega-Merger
It may be a speculative story at this stage, but a recent report, quoting unnamed sources, saying that the heads of UBS and Credit Suisse were considering a possible merger has been one of the most-read articles...
WEALTH TALK: Focus On Financial Tech M&A
This publication discusses one of the largest M&A deals to affect the data and information services used by the financial sector in recent years. ...
The Refinitiv Deal: What It Means For Wealth Management
This article examines the London Stock Exchange Group's purchase agreement for Refinitiv, what it might mean for wealth management, and the wider financial industry. ...
GUEST COMMENT: What Are The Ingredients For A Successful Wealth Management M&A Deal?
How can acquiring firms increase the chance of success in an M&A deal in terms of adding long-term value? With so many deals going through, it is time to take stock. ...
EXCLUSIVE: It's Been Tough, But Spain's Private Banking Sector Is Seeing Recovery - Part 2
In the second half of a feature on the Spanish wealth management arena, we look at M&A deals and the country's often contradictory tax regime. ...