Managers of Wealth Europe

Little by little, we went insane by Tim Price

Coppola’s unique vision came at a price.

Turkeys Twizzled by Tim Price

This is not to denigrate the entrepreneurial spirit. Society needs risk-takers.

Rich Brits plough cash into crypto over Corbyn and Brexit fears

Millionaires across the UK are looking to invest their wealth into cryptocurrencies over concerns that Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is heading for Number 10

Scanning the Horizon by Sam Woods, PRA

This part of our work has its origins in two simple observations about financial history.

Raphael: Boris Johnson gets his chance to fail, too

She previously promised to leave before the next election and then after her Brexit deal won approval from parliament; now she will step down regardless.

British ministers say the City of London will survive in a post-Brexit world

London, which is home to the world’s highest number of banks and largest commercial insurance market, has potentially a lot to lose from the end of unfettered access to the EU’s post-Brexit market, its biggest trading partner.

EY’s Nikhil Lele on why banks, wealth managers and tech companies will soon offer financial subscriptions

This rental or subscription economy will also appear in financial services, changing products into services.

Nearly half of all UK SMEs believe technology is more important to their business than people

The research compares insights into work-life balance, growth ambitions, innovation, dynamism and diversity.

Some euro zone banks need extra buffers amid slowdown: ECB

“The continued build-up of buffers could therefore be justified, especially in those countries where the long upturn may have led to an underestimation of credit risk or where private indebtedness is particularly high or rising.”

The fast routes to a London banking job before August 2019

If you want a new front office banking job in London before the summer lull you will therefore need to play your hand carefully. 2019 is not a year of plenty.

New Global Impact Investing study from KBI Global Investors

Significant appetite for Further Education and Training in Impact

Phoenix a finalist for Investment Marketing and Innovation Awards 2019

Designed to recognize and reward creativity and innovation within the sector

Move over Millennials, there is a new gang in town and they mean business

The post-Millennial generation known as Generation Z will make up nearly a third (32%) of the global population of 7.7bn in 2019

Model use and misuse by David Rule

A model applies theories, techniques and assumptions to process input data into quantitative estimates for a particular purpose.

The Sunday Times Rich List 2019: age of uncertainty rattles the super-rich

After a year of turmoil on the stock market and high street, the super‑rich have a new fear — Corbygeddon. Robert Watts reports on how they are planning to protect themselves from a hard-left government

Who are the UK’s most generous millionaires?

At a time when fewer Rich Listers are donating significant sums, the Garfield Weston Foundation gave away its billionth pound last year. Clare Grant and David Paul report

Who Owns England? by Guy Shrubsole review – our darkest secret

This passionately argued polemic reveals that half of England is owned by less than 1% of the population

Massive discounts up to 21% for prime London homes, says bank

The current status of the pound means that for dollar-denominated buyers, prime London property is about 40 per cent cheaper than it was in 2014, and for those using euros to make a purchase it’s about 30 per cent cheaper.”

Back hedge fund young guns over established names, says alts boss

Putting so much of your own money into a business which burns through cash at such a high rate is one of the most powerful incentives to make the venture work.

Banks aware of FinTech threats, says financial services report

The largest cross-border deal in financial services of 2018, the US$14 billion Series C investment in Ant Financial, was one among a flurry of FinTech deals.

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