Managers of Wealth Americas

Fresh EU concerns prompt move to 'risk off' - survey

Growth Expectations Ease While Prospects of QE Return

Survey: Most singles would choose love over money

Men make more risky investments, have more regret: 28.4% men vs. only 15.3% of women said they had made a risky investment with their money; in turn 80.4% of men said they also had made a recent financial decision they regretted vs. only 74.2% of women.

Software without the technology headaches

The industry is buzzing with new technology; and with new technology comes new buzzwords and phrases! “Cloud Computing”, “Software on Demand”, “Software as a Service”.

Feeding the Dragon by Justin Urquhart Stewart

The Year of the Water Dragon, whilst normally providing good joss for those followers of Chinese astrology, is also proving to be a challenging one on various fronts.

Natixis Global Asset Management’s Hailer Expects Volatility in Markets, U.S. Economy

Makes comments in first of new series of Quarterly Economic Outlook Briefings

The Science and Art of Investing Can Harm Your Returns

The complex details are exhaustively set forth in the report. No one could quarrel with the stated goal, which is “to add alpha, or risk-adjusted excess returns, of greater than 2 percent annually to readily available indexes over a market cycle.&am

How the top bankers earn their fat salaries

Gary Dugan, chief investment officer for private banking at Emirates NBD, is primarily responsible for the investment products and portfolios of the bank's high-net-worth clients.

SunGard identifies ten trends influencing the banking industry

David Hamilton, president of SunGard's banking business, said, "For many banks, the question has not been 'how do I succeed' but 'how do I survive'.

Are your investment reports on the endangered species list?

Evolution, Natural Selection and Investment Reporting

Remember the Mod Squad? Now we have a Swap Squad…

Yesterday, the CFTC announced their answer to the Mod Squad—the Swap Squad.

Muppets 1 Gollums 0 By Tim Price

You are about to experience the most unbelievable week in America ever, and we have to prepare for the absolutely worst case,Dimon told his staff..

BMO Harris Private Banking Market Report

BMO Harris Private Banking today released its latest market commentary report, Equities Advance as Fears Ease. The report notes an improvement in the outlook for the eurozone and a continued advance in global equity markets.

Bankers Behaving Badly Are No Black Swans

It’s hard to feel too sympathetic for wealthy financiers caught behaving badly. But considering the stress of the job, and simple statistics, it shouldn’t be too shocking to hear of Wall Streeters stabbing a cabbie or defecating in public. Mor

Europe's recovery won't slide away on Greece, but it could slip up over oil

Just when Europe might be congratulating itself on heading off imminent disaster, the threat of soaring crude prices looms over world economies again

Learning a lesson from the Americans

Following my comments about the missing financial infrastructure in the UK, I was recently comparing the US banking and financial structures with our own.

US banking industry to reach US$14 Trillion in terms of assets by 2015 - study

In the global scenario, bright prospects are appearing from the emerging markets. Banking Total Shareholder Returns (TSRs) were considerably higher than the global average, for Latin America, Central and Eastern Europe, and the Middle East.

CEOs concerned about economy while upbeat on revenues - PwC

The survey was published as CEOs including Mark Parker of Nike Inc. and Brian Moynihan of Bank of America Corp. gather in the Swiss ski resort of Davos for the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting.

Gloom Lifting Over Global Growth Prospects - study

Risk Appetite Back to Pre-Third Quarter Crisis Levels

THIS WEEK – NEXT YEAR...

I have to say that I am sick to death of all the doom-mongers and depressants that seem to be continuously preaching to us at the moment.

Jim Rogers ‘Not Too Optimistic’ About World for Next 3 Years

International investor Jim Rogers says he is short emerging markets including Singapore, where he now lives.

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