Analysis
Profiles & Comment | analysis 8 Nov 13
shifting sands
The days of the all-expenses-paid expat lifestyle are gone, and shorter stints abroad have also become the norm. This has necessitated a shift in thinking for expatriates' wealth planners, Coutts's Gary Dugan points out.
Profiles & Comment | analysis 5 Nov 13
are passives set to dominate
The largest fund in the world is now a passive fund. The Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund now sits at $251bn, moving ahead of Bill Gross's Pimco Total Return Fund. The inexorable rise of passive funds has long been a trend in fund management, but is its dominance now assured?
Profiles & Comment | analysis 4 Nov 13
big is beautiful for international advisory firms
deVere’s Peter Hobbs explores the benefit of size in the challenging offshore advice market.
Profiles & Comment | analysis 31 Oct 13
the death after service dilemma
More than ever before, people are switching employers and even countries of residence during their careers and in the process, accruing basketsful of often very different pension entitlements with each employment. Czech Republic-based adviser Chris Lean and legal expert Howard Chapman take a look.
Profiles & Comment | analysis 31 Oct 13
lending to uk agricultural based businesses
Prestige Asset Management’s Craig Reeves looks at alternative lending.