- Managers of Wealth - Europe - Wealth, private banking and asset management news and opinion

Top 10 Countries & Regions Leading The Big Data Adoption In 2019

The up-surging trends predict the new age technologies like big data will soon become mainstream while further helping conceive novel business models.

Patience a key virtue for consulting industry recruits

This makes the consulting industry’s entry process one of the longest and most challenging in the UK.

How demographics and deleveraging may mean Japanisation becomes us By Artur Baluszynski, Head of Research at Henderson Rowe

Since then, inflexible economic policy, adverse demographics and deleveraging of the private sector have been keeping Japan’s economy in a deflationary state.

A Global View Of GDPR PRogress

Participants in this study work in a variety of departments, including IT, IT security, compliance, legal, data protection office and privacy.

How many wills is the way?

Anthea Stephens, Senior Associate, discusses the various options open to testators when drawing up a will or multiple wills to deal with multi-jurisdictional assets.

What Does the Future of Financial Advice Look Like?

New tools, technologies and products are changing the landscape for both clients and advisors.

Panic on the streets of London by Tim Price

Viewers to this lightweight bout without contact were “treated” to a continuation of the largely pointless political polarisation and tribalisation that has transfixed the country for the past three years and counting.

22 years’ savings gone in a day – scams warning

Victims of pensions saving scams can lose the equivalent of 22 years’ savings in 24 hours. And education is no protection, experts have warned.

‘Unchartered territory’ but RBC Wealth Management expects higher grounds for equities in 2020

While the economy is in the later stage of this expansion, like the early-cycle and mid-cycle phases before it, RBC Wealth Management thinks this stage could prove to be longer than usual.

International Adviser best practice winners announced

Who triumphed in our Best Practice Adviser Awards for the Middle East?

Challenger banks yet to overcome Brits’ lack of trust, study finds

Brits are more likely to bank with providers that use 5G and near-field communication, but are generally deterred by cryptocurrencies and artificial intelligence.

Coutts Q4 Outlook: Time To Plan

Coutts has been looking after clients for over 325 years

Limbo-dancing by Guy Stephens, Rowan Dartington

The markets are understandably in limbo, suppressed from direction as a hung parliament is a distinct possibility with all parties saying they won’t do any coalition deals with anyone.

Global monetary policy: from divergence to convergence again? By Artur Baluszynski, Head of Research at Henderson Rowe

Every tool that central bankers have tried to revive the global economy since 2009, including QE, is merely an attempt to modify the behaviour of investors, businesses and consumers.

Digital Matters: The Future is Quantum

A lot of money is pouring into quantum research – China recently spent $1bn on a research facility alone

U.S., New Zealand, Canada and Israel are the top countries for women entrepreneurs

Women entrepreneurs are opening businesses at a higher rate than before, but challenges persist

UK public not ready for challenger banks

Challenger banks have all the ingredients for success, but public’s trust in technology is a significant barrier to widespread adoption, according to Fujitsu’s ‘Technology and the New Banking Customer’ report.

How Machine Learning is Changing Data Management and Investment Processes for Active Managers by Martijn Groot, Asset Control

The ability to analyse data has progressed to apply natural language processing to earning call transcripts to assess whether the tone of the CEO or CFO being interviewed is positive or negative.

The Vienna Bank Job

The business helped keep Meinl afloat but the bank, now called Anglo Austrian AAB Bank AG, may pay the ultimate price.

Offshore Region Records Busiest Start to the Year for M&A Activity Over Past Five Years

However, 2019 deal value drops with increase in minority-stake investments, Appleby reports

Comment, Analysis & Research