Guest Article Archive

Strategy
30 January 2025

Navigating Disasters In Single-Family Offices

The author of this article – a member of this publication's advisory board – has examined some...

Tax
30 January 2025

Changes To Carried Interest Rules – What They Mean For You

This year, from 6 April, the capital gains tax rate for this interest will rise to 32 per cent from...

M and A
21 January 2025

Indian, Middle East Wealth Managers More Active M&A Players This Year

M&A in banking and wealth will take a different turn this year when it comes to the players on the...

Tax
20 January 2025

Succession Planning Must Be Top Of Every Business Owner’s Agenda

With recent changes to UK inheritance tax having made succession planning an urgent priority for...

Asset Management
14 January 2025

ETFs: A Continuous Catalyst For UK Wealth Management Growth

This author argues that potential for ETF growth and variety continues to be considerable. While...

Wealth Strategies
9 January 2025

Letter From India – How To Ride Country’s Rising Wealth Trend

Here is a brief article from an India-based investment house about the country's financial and...

Investment Strategies
6 January 2025

Personalisation Takes Centre Stage For 2025 Investment Strategy

As we kick off 2025 with a range of perspectives on investment and asset allocation, here is an...

Legal
20 December 2024

How New Legislation Will Help Victims Of Cryptocurrency Scams

A new bill before UK lawmakers is designed to end uncertainties over the status of digital assets...

Legal
19 December 2024

A New Dawn For Laws Governing Divorce Settlements

As the authors say, the main aim of a new report from the UK Law Commission is to balance personal...

Practice Strategies
18 December 2024

Disruption, Damage And Distraction – Navigating Shareholder Disputes

Shareholder disputes can be costly in money, time and stress. They are, perhaps, a feature of the...

Tax
17 December 2024

Relocating To Switzerland: Lump-Sum Tax Regime

This article – part of a series – examines issues around relocating to Switzerland, such as the...

Technology
12 December 2024

Why Asia’s Cybersecurity Crisis Could Be Biggest AI Investment Opportunity Yet

Cyber fraud is a billion-dollar industry in Asia, driving heavy spending on ways to thwart bad...

ESG
11 December 2024

Decarbonising With Data: How Short-Term Investment Unlocks Long-Term Savings

Taking advantage of advancing data use in what are called Building Management Systems is important...

Legal
5 December 2024

The Assisted Dying Bill – Lessons from Financial Abuse Claims

Financial abuse claims and contests around wills provide important lessons for legislators over the...

Wealth Strategies
21 November 2024

The Bull Case For Yellow Miners

Gold prices have surged this year, which clearly suggests that the mining companies that extract...

Investment Strategies
19 November 2024

Semiconductors: Investing In An AI Future

The author of this article notes that while there remains considerable focus on AI and the chip...

Investment Strategies
18 November 2024

US Equities, Dollar Delivers Ringing Endorsement Of Trump. What Now? – WELREX - Part 2

We publish the second part of this analysis which examines the implications of the US presidential...

Investment Strategies
14 November 2024

US Equities And Dollar Have Delivered Ringing Endorsement Of Trump. What Now? – WELREX - Part 1

The first in a two-part detailed analysis about what the financial markets could do in the next...

Tax
13 November 2024

Stricter Rules On UK Inheritance Tax: How To Plan

The UK Autumn Budget of 30 October is a fortnight ago, but the controversy around it hasn’t...

Trust Estate
12 November 2024

The Estate Of Alain Delon And Will Challenges – Part 3

In the third and final part of this series, reflecting on the case of the late French actor Alain...