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27 May 2021

Switzerland's Edge As Intellectual Property Hub - Comment

The author of this comment talks about the benefits of intellectual property registration as an important component of Switzerland's status as an international financial centre. ...

Investment Strategies
24 May 2021

We Need To Talk About Inflation - Wealth Managers' Reactions

Whether it is a temporary rise or something more durable, recent data pointing to a sharp rise in consumer price inflation has seized attention of economists who for years have been used to a world of tame price...

Strategy
21 May 2021

What It Means To Be A "Contrarian" Value Investor

Blindly practising time-honoured value investing is a dangerous occupation, not least because of the pace at which companies are being disrupted by technology. How businesses can be assessed for their longer-ter...

Family Office
17 May 2021

Family Office Or Founder's Office - Sector Must Tighten Definitions

A consultant and former private banking and investment industry figure has a complaint: he reckons that some family offices should instead be called "founder's offices" because the people who build them dominate...

Investment Strategies
17 May 2021

Are Debt, Digital And Climate Transforming Central Banking, Broader Economy?

Climate change, aka global warming, affects the global economy and hence influences how central banks operate. They are handling the financial fallout of the pandemic and associated lockdowns. Inflation pressure...

Company Profiles
12 May 2021

Acquisition-Minded Kingswood Sees UK Regional Potential

The UK's regions hold plenty of wealth management potential, says the CEO of a firm's wealth division who took up his post a few months ago. Kingswood has bought a number of businesses, and is minded to look for...