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This is not strictly about wealth management, but Bloomberg are running an item on how investors, concerned about the financial turmoil facing the euro, are suggesting investors hold shares of banks which are domiciled outside the region - such as Barclays and Credit Suisse. Even UBS could benefit from its Swissness! Here is the link: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087& ;sid=a9.nT.Renip4&pos=6 ... Read More
Hot News: Gold & Silver Rise with Oil & Dollar; Stocks & Euro Fall on Spanish Bank Rescue - 25th May 2010 Hi Fellow Investor, Certain investments offer you the best of both worlds – income generation plus exposure to the growth potential of the markets. These types of investments are suitable for all life... Read More
The Alternative investment industry in the UK is despondent about the impact of how the EU directive on such activities will affect London. Here is a typical example of the sort of message sent to me, from Mark Spinner, partner and Head of Private Equity at international law firm Eversheds:
"The European clampdown on hedge funds will have wider reaching implications for the UK financial services industry as in addition to regulating hedge funds the new rules will extend to o... Read More
Over at the US blog, Hit & Run, which is part of Reason magazine, the author of a piece points out that John Paulson has the kind of talent that government officials could make use of. Consider: Paulson worked out that the US housing market was a "house of cards" and started to short the securities linked to the mortgage market. Predicting that certain markets will go sour is no mean skill, even if a lot of luck is involved. ... Read More
A few weeks ago, I wrote about the recently-signed HIRE Act in the US, which is mainly about job creation measures but which also involves anti tax evasion moves. In a nutshell, it will raise the cost of financial firms in serving US expats living abroad. (We spoke to Withers, the law firm, about this. Other lawyers have also made warnings). Over at the Tax-News website (a regular read of mine), it turns out that the Cayman Islands is starting to get worried about the impact of H... Read More
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