Month: May 2016
There are too many hedge funds in operation
Jonathan Bell, CIO, Stanhope Capital, also says that robo-investing will present challenges for the hedge fund industry.
read moreThe market is taking divided positions in the run up to the EU referendum
Mike Fullalove, head of fund products at Barclays Wealth, also says that currency is playing an important part in all investment strategies.
read moreSome hedge fund managers will have to use strategies like factor-based investing
Ian Barnard, partner at Capital Generation Partners, also says that in order to cut fees hedge funds will stop taking third party money and become family offices.
read moreOur recent rebrand campaign was extremely successful on LinkedIn
Ghislaine Perry, group head of marketing at Brooks Macdonald talks about their rebanding
read moreHalf of our new clients come directly to us as a result of referrals
Beverly Landais, marketing and BD director at Saunderson House talks about their brand and vision
read moreOur brand is very down to earth and unfussy because we have an incredibly wise but cynical client set
Paul Fletcher, partner and head of marketing at London & Capital talks about using LinkedIn extensively
read moreWe use PR agency, Bell Yard, a specialist Litigation PR agency, to help us to proactively identify opportunities
Alison Burdick, marketing director at Kingsley Napley uses a specialist Litigation PR agency, to help us to proactively identify opportunities
read moreWearables will improve bespoke communication with clients
Jonathan Gamble, head of intermediaries at Asset Risk Consultants (ARC), who have developed their own fintech platform Suggestus, sees continued mergers in the tech world.
read moreWearables will help with KYC: know your customer
Alexander Makeyenkov, senior vice president of capital markets at the tech consulting firm DataArt, talks about a prototype of an app that track calories and converts them into “health money” that clients can use for shopping.
read moreMultiple acquisitions by tech giants will bring divestment
Martin Scovell, CEO of MatsSoft, also says that access to information from wearables is causing concern at governement level.
read moreBy 2018, in the USA, we predict corporates will drive 15% of ‘fitness tracking’ growth
Angela McIntyre, research director at Gartner, world leaders in technology research, also talks about head mounted displays which will enable employees to see instructions on eyewear whilst they are performing tasks.
read moreMoney set aside for charity often sits unused
Sam Lush, management consultant at KPMG and board member of the City Funding Network, says smaller, project-based charities have gained ground because they can demonstrate impact more easily.
read moreA multi-generational view of philanthropy
Bella Franks, member of the Hoare family, chairs a young philanthropy network called the Contact Collective, which fundraises for the charity ‘Contact a Family’ which merged with the Lady Hoare Trust, an organisation her grandmother started.
read more‘Giving circles’ and networks improved my philanthropy
Rachel English, twenty-six, is a trustee of her families ‘English Family Foundation.’ She talks about contributing to positive change while continuing to preserve and grow capital.
read morePhilanthropy is no longer a lone pursuit
Cheryl Chapman, director at City Philanthropy a project funded by the City of London Corporations charity City Bridge Trust, says that philanthropy has seen a host of new financial models, such as venture philanthropy, social investment, layering, social impact bonds, or yin and yang deals.
read moreAfrica’s riches create huge opportunities for Mauritius
Africa’s burgeoning riches create huge opportunities for the continent’s newest international financial centre of Mauritius, where a jurisdiction best known for corporate services is beginning to target wealth management business.
read moreDigital currency first: app Circle gets licence from FCA. $50mn support from global banks
Anthony Villis, managing partner at First Wealth, talks about a money-sending app ‘Circle Pay’ launching in the UK using Bitcoin technology supported by global banks
read moreEmployees remain the most cited source of data compromise
Jonathan Tate, UK and EMEA technology consulting leader, PwC says that fintech and healthcare are attracting large investors.
read moreBitcoin has stepped up from its tarnished ‘Silk Road’ image to be quoted on trading platforms
Declan McEvoy, founder of newly launched data trading firm CoalFace Capital and formerly head of European investor sales at Standard Chartered, talks about Fintech and robo-advising.
read moreA client invested in care-tech Alcove issuing sensors and wearables for vulnerable adults
Nick Travis, partner in investment management at Smith & Williamson, says that the UK needs to concentrate more on scaling up its tech start-ups.
read moreFirst-generation Chinese wealthy turn their attentions to succession
Not a day goes by without another newspaper headline about a nasty family feud brought on by the death of a patriarch, or a divorce, and HNWIs are turning to Hong Kong advisers for help. Claire Coe Smith investigates.
read moreDarkTrace use Machine Learning in order to identify suspicious behaviour in business
David Prince, head of Cyber at Schillings, says that investing in training employees to be aware of cyber-attacks and how they can best protect themselves is an important tech trend.
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