06/01/2023
Property transactions tumble by 25% as rising mortgage rates price out buyers
Residential transactions are now at their lowest level since October 2021
Comment, Analysis & Research
06/01/2023
UBS Global Family Office Report 2023: Family offices planning the biggest shift in strategic asset allocation for several years
As shown in last year’s report, there continues to be a strong trend among family offices for including alternatives to help diversify a portfolio
05/31/2023
Family Offices: Private Deals Are Losing Their Shine
Family offices have realized that internal resources and technology are the biggest obstacles to improving performance and have turned to external partners to help them.
05/31/2023
Meet our new Senior Partner: Jeremy Gordon
In this article, Jeremy outlines his unconventional route into law, what has kept him at the firm for over 33 years and his priorities as Senior Partner.
05/31/2023
BBVA trains over 100,000 employees in sustainability in two years
These programs are available on Campus BBVA, the name given to the BBVA Group’s training model, and they have been adapted to the needs of each country and to each professional.
05/30/2023
The Second Wave At Credit Suisse Is About to Roll
After all, Julius Baer did announce that it had hired nearly 40 new relationship managers since the beginning of the year.
05/30/2023
SJP begins search for CEO Croft’s successor
The advice giant has hired headhunters to scope out a new chief executive.
05/30/2023
Trends, diversification and relative value in private debt
Coming into 2023, it was generally accepted that a rising-rate environment would be positive for the banking sector, as net interest margins would improve.
05/30/2023
Award-winning Coutts debit card – a planet-friendly way to support a good cause
Our new debit card combines social and ecological inspiration and supports the Coutts Charitable Foundation.
05/30/2023
Family offices to overhaul investments after ‘challenging year’, says BlackRock
Infrastructure and private credit bets are top priorities for super-rich families this year. The investment firm gives Spear's insight into its findings
05/30/2023
Advisers can help with soaring debt levels, Aviva insists
The most common form of debt is credit or store card debt (32%), second was personal loans at 16%, overdrafts (15%) and 10% have unpaid household or utility bills.
05/29/2023
Neurodivergent people ‘being financially harmed by banks’
The rules will require banks to protect people with vulnerabilities – defined as someone who is more susceptible to harm.
05/26/2023
Spanish banks bullish on 2023 lending income after strong Q1
Slower-than-expected increases in interest expenses, known as the deposit beta, are also boosting NII — the difference between interest revenues and interest expenses.
05/26/2023
The CLIC Chronicles: Meet Vever, the 7th generation iconic jewellery house on a sustainability mission
To the House’s traditional values of artistic innovation, French know-how, and quality craftsmanship, they are adding a commitment to sustainability and supply-chain transparency.
05/26/2023
Ex-Leonteq CEO Starts Lifestyle and Wellness Community
As often happens, a change can open up new opportunities, which in Schoch's case occurred in Gonten in the Swiss canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden (AI).
05/25/2023
“AI will change the world – for better and for worse”
Deutsche Bank Research launches AI series
05/25/2023
Financing Gaming and the Interactive Entertainment Revolution
Our Interactive Entertainment Lead, Paul Franks, reflects on another successful London Games Festival and how Coutts can support a promising future for the gaming industry.
05/25/2023
UK inflation higher than expected; German business sentiment (IFO) on the fall
The BoE will be obliged to hike further in June but should remain on a 25 bp change; data will drive the decision in the next Aug.
05/25/2023
FCA research exposes dangerous risks for young investors
The research also highlights once again the pitfalls of social media, and it is clear that this isn’t only a risk in the dating game.
05/25/2023
GAM: Contested like the brightest jewel
It is one of the curiosities of the last chapter of GAM that none of the currently relevant topics are on the agenda at today's Thursday shareholder meeting .