10/26/2014
The results are in!
Deloitte's FATCA Fiduciary Survey
Comment, Analysis & Research
10/23/2014
Ex-Deutsche Bank Advisor: Germany and Greece Most Likely to Exit Eurozone
The German economist believes that if the Eurozone shrinks, we will go back to the question of each country having its own currency, competing with the rest of the EU currencies.
10/23/2014
€515 billion queueing up to be invested in European property
As capital spills over from traditional Europe investment centres London and Paris in the next 12 months, we expect to see increasing investment activity in Germany, the Nordics and Spain.”
10/23/2014
How Wealth Managers Can Convert Compliance Challenges to Business Benefits
The results reveal significant global trends and challenges facing the industry and offer best practice solutions to transform these challenges into business benefits.
10/23/2014
Insights into Billionaires' Balance Sheets - UBS
Global Family Office Report 2014: Largest Family Office Research Study ever offers insight into Family Office Performance and Structures
10/22/2014
Polish lenders show the way in e-banking
Polish banks are among the most innovative companies of their kind in the region, finds a new report by Forrester Research.
10/22/2014
IFAs may still need legal help with regulation: Kinetic Partners
The research among 54 lawyers found that 68 per cent believed global regulatory developments had increased their clients’ costs.
10/21/2014
Appetite for investment trusts on platforms jump 30%: AIC
Purchases of investment companies by advisers and wealth managers on platforms increased by 29 per cent in the second quarter this year, compared with the second quarter of 2013
10/21/2014
Economic impact of Ireland’s stock market and securities industry
Having a local stock market and securities industry directly supports 2,100 jobs in Ireland and is worth €207 million each year to the Irish economy, according to a major independent study published today.
10/20/2014
The Sum of All Fears by Justin Urquhart Stewart
Last week we saw a bursting of some of the complacency of the past few months.
10/20/2014
Why BPES, the next acronym the finance industry will have to worry about, with boost AIFM registrations
Luxembourg is the largest investment fund centre in Europe and the second largest in the world after the US.
10/20/2014
Exodus! One third of wealthy Londoners "to leave London in next five years"
Sixty-three per cent of HNWIs in London say they live in the region because it was where they were born or grew up
10/20/2014
Investors Shun Advice as Platforms Take Off in Europe
Cerulli Associates' research found that many investors at all levels--from mass retail to ultra-high-networth
10/17/2014
Yellow Umbrellas by Geoff Cook, Jersey Finance
A Finance Manifesto
10/17/2014
The 10 keys to happiness revealed
We are 58 before we really get the balance between work and life right
10/15/2014
BofA: Investors ditch equities amidst global recovery worries
Respondents have lost their appetite for Emerging Markets and European equities. Both current positioning and intentions for the next 12 months have turned negative or neutral. Instead, they have regained faith in the U.S. market and increased their prefe
10/15/2014
European growth scare – how bad is it? by Stephanie Butcher, Invesco Perpetual
As more doom and gloom is predicted for Europe with growth grinding to a halt, even in the traditional economic powerhouse of Germany, Invesco Perpetual’s Stephanie Butcher, European Equities Fund Manager, remains upbeat and highlights reasons to be
10/14/2014
World Wealth Rises at Fastest Rate Ever Recorded - Credit Suisse
The Number of Ultra High Net Worth Individuals Has Grown
10/13/2014
One third of IFAs still opting for rebated share classes
Almost one third of advisers are still choosing to invest their clients’ money into rebated funds
10/12/2014
Eurozone Souffle by Justin Urquhart Stewart
History does not repeat - well that is my view - but it does resonate.