In these times of globalisation amongst banks, with their do-it-yourself services and internationally based call centres, is there still a place for a truly personalised banking service?
Hatred is the easiest of emotions. Unlike love, compassion, sympathy, charity or knowledge, it requires no application. Furthermore, it is infectious and inspires a powerful esprit de corps
among the haters.
The share of sustainable investments in portfolios has increased since the beginning of the financial crisis even as overall wealth has contracted. Studies show that sustainable and responsible investment (sri) represents a good opportunity in times of crisis.
Often we don’t think about the issues of risk management in our personal lives, yet protecting the people and assets that are dear to us reflects our core values.
The financial crisis that has unfolded since 2007 is the latest in a long line of crises which stretch back at least as far as Ancient Rome during the second century BC.
Obvious similarities exist between the staggering mismanagement of the country and of the UK business community over the past few years. Ignorance of cost-control and an unhealthy appetite for leverage seems to have swept through Whitehall, the nation’s boardrooms and households. The dire need for turnaround exists at a country and corporate level.
An old Chinese proverb states that “the wealth of a family does not pass three generations”, as we have come to see rarely does the wealth of a family reach the third generation. The challenge is to sustain the wealth, and the family, past those troublesome years of the traditional ‘third generation squanders’
