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INSIGHT: The Financial Implications Of Turkey's Turmoil

18 June 2013

A global geo-political intelligence firm gives its take on what to make of Turkey’s political turmoil. As further unrest continues in Turkey, a country that has been seen in recent years as one of the most promising emerging market nations – and a potential wealth management growth story, there is a need to take stock . The unrest in the country raises question marks.

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The Changing Face Of Global Wealth: Rise Of The Entrepreneurs - Study

18 June 2013

How the rich accumulate their wealth has changed dramatically over the past quarter of a century. Not so long ago, the rich mainly inherited their wealth, but nowadays they are far more likely to be self-made, a pattern common across the globe, according to a new survey . When the UK's Sunday Times Rich List was first published in 1989, only 43 per cent of the UK's richest people had made their fortune themselves, with 114 of the people on the 200 strong list having inherited their wealth.

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Guest Comment: Marketing Closer Or Poser? How To Identify The First And Avoid The Second

17 June 2013

Editor’s Note: Here Diane Harrison outlines why some of the traditional excuses given by third-party marketers about working with emerging managers don't stand up. Opinions are the author’s but Family Wealth Report is grateful for the right to publish them, and welcomes reader responses . A universal theme in alternative assets is investor money looking for a place to land.

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Fine Wine Market Went Flat In May - TWIF

12 June 2013

May was a quiet month for the fine wine market, although volumes remained reasonable, according to The Wine Investment Fund. The main indices fell by 0 . 3 per cent on the Liv-ex Fine Wine 100 index and dropped to a flat 0.

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Boston Wealth Manager Hires Chief Investment Officer

12 June 2013

Foster Dykema Cabot, the Boston-based private wealth manager, has hired Douglas Phillips from Choate Investment Advisors as its chief investment officer. Phillips will work with FDC’s team on investment strategy, asset allocation and security and manager selection . He has been in the investment management industry for 25 years, working with high and ultra high net worth clients and their endowments and foundations.

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Features

EXCLUSIVE: Citi Private Bank: Reaping Rewards From Client Feedback

13 May 2013

Here, top executives at Citi Private Bank explain how the bank’s “Voice of the Client” initiative has rapidly gained traction among both staff and clients.

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WE Family Offices Sets Out To Reshape The Landscape Of UHNW Wealth Management

11 April 2013

WE Family Offices is trying to change the landscape of high-end wealth management with its offering focused on “wealth as an enterprise.”

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FEATURE: A Look At The Mexican High Net Worth Client Market

2 April 2013

Mexico is home to the world’s richest man in the form of telecoms magnate Carlos Slim, but its wealth management market has not received the attention of Brazil’s. That may be changing as the emerging economy garners attention from the industry.

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EXCLUSIVE: Thomas Carroll On His First Few Months At The Helm Of GenSpring

27 March 2013

GenSpring Family Offices is in some ways a poster child for the multi-family office industry: it grew assets under management very quickly for many years but has recently had to tackle problems that come with this increasing scale.

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EXCLUSIVE: Industry Leaders Debate Hot Topics Of Client Centricity, Communications

25 March 2013

Relevancy, transparency and ease of use emerged as goals for wealth management firms to strive for in delivering client-centric communications at a recent event of industry leaders held in New York.

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News and Features

Expert Commentary

Tom Burroughes

Regulation Puts Squeeze On Global Wealth Industry - RBC/Capgemini

The rising level of financial sector regulation means that fewer firms will be able to offer the full suite of wealth management products, according to the RBC/Capgemini World Wealth Report.

Tom Burroughes

19 June 2013

Diane Harrison

Guest Opinion: An Earnings Report Every Hedge Fund Manager Should Review

Here Diane Harrison, principal and owner of Panegyric Marketing, argues that the debate over fees in the hedge fund industry often focuses on the wrong topics.

Diane Harrison

20 March 2013

Harriet Davies

Q&A: Rockefeller & Co's Jimmy Chang On The Investment Environment

Here, Jimmy Chang, a senior portfolio manager and a managing director of Rockefeller & Co, discusses some issues around investing in the current environment.

Harriet Davies

4 April 2013

Harriet Davies

INTERVIEW: Regular Risk Reviews Gain Traction In The Family Office World

The period between 2008 and 2012 saw an uptick in risk reviewing business at New York’s Rothstein Kass Family Offices Group, says partner Evan Jehle.

Harriet Davies

9 April 2013

Charles Lowenhaupt

FEATURE: Twins And The Business Of Family

Building functionality into a family’s business affairs involves defining each person’s role but it’s never easy to think differently about family members who were children at the dinner table, but are now adults around the board table.

Charles Lowenhaupt

8 April 2013

Marc Odo

Guest Opinion: Diversification In The Age Of Globalisation

Marc Odo, director of research at software and business intelligence firm Informa Investment Solutions, discusses why diversification failed during the credit crisis.

Marc Odo

25 March 2013