From the Laboratories of Finance
16 May 2012
Wall Street has always been a creative place. Beyond its basic function of facilitating a link between providers and users of capital, the financial industry has worked to construct markets so that these units Read more…
How To...Buy a Sports Team
16 May 2012
Who hasn’t heard of Joe DiMaggio? Ole ‘Joltin’ Joe’ has gone down in sports history as one of America’s greatest heroes, playing for the New York Yankees during his entire 13-year career with American Read more…
Spain's Woes Dominate as Euro Crisis Lingers, Says Rothschild
01 May 2012
Spain's woes dominate as the euro crisis is still a lingering threat to investor sentiment, risky assets and global recovery, according to Rothschild Wealth Management. Dirk Wiedmann, head of investments at Rothschild, explained that reality Read more…
Growth of the Asian Art Market
01 May 2012
Asia’s combined wealth of $10.7 trillion has exceeded the $10.2 trillion held by Europe’s generational millionaires and has contributed to the increasing levels of investment being made into the global art market. In this Read more…
Is The New York Times Trying to Socialize Wall Street?
26 April 2012
The New York Times came out with an article recently that caused me to seriously question the publication’s true allegiance. The piece, written by Andrew Ross Sorkin and titled, “JOBS Act Jeopardizes Safety Net Read more…
More Problems on the European Union's Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive Front
17 April 2012
A detailed analysis produced by the Alternative Investment Management Association, a London-based global trade association, of the draft implementation rules for the European Union’s Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive identifies a number of significant Read more…
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Problem-Solving for Investors Puzzled by a Conflicted Investment Environment
05 April 2012
“FTSE 100 could hit 7,000 if the Bank of England prints more money” Daily Telegraph headline implicating Legal & General’s Ben Gill as the inflationist paper-bug. Any Martian watching events down here would be scratching Read more…
Is East Overtaking West?
03 April 2012
It’s no longer ‘East Meets West’ but a sense more of ‘East Overtaking West’- at least in terms of economic power. This was much discussed at the Wigmore Association Summit that took place over Read more…
Reporting Transparency For Private Equity
29 March 2012
What is it about private equity? It’s a simple enough question to ask, but not necessarily easy to answer. It’s an asset class that can generate high returns, but are often cloaked in secrecy, Read more…
London Family Office Network Launches Member-Only Peer-to-Peer Networking Club
28 March 2012
Global Partnership Family Offices is this week launching a new members-only proposition called the Private Office Club. Driven by family office needs, this will be a closed network exclusively for family office principals, wealth Read more…