Yes, I was a bit surprised when I read this as well. The above headline was taken from a piece on the BBC website which refers to some research by Dr. Luna Glucksberg from the London School of Economics. The full piece can be found by clicking...
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Compelling article below regarding the growth of family offices. The author argues that the conditions of the recent financial crisis provided a catalyst. "Since the first industrial revolution, man’s ingenuity to create wealth has been unlimited. Apart from periods of war, since the late 1700s with...
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As a firm remainer in the recent EU referendum I thought I would challenge myself and attend a Spectator Event last night optimistically entitled: "How to make BREXIT a success" I'm glad I went. It was a calm, rational, and balanced debate without all the normal hyperbole...
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Interesting article regarding family offices . Some well made points regarding the definition of a family office which seems to appear on any company's website vaguely related to wealth management these days. Even the term "family office" needs further clarification and there is a distinction between...
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An interesting interview on Radio 4 this morning (5th April 2016) in which Dominic Grieve (MP/QC and Chair of Intelligence and Security Committee. Formerly Attorney General) talks a lot of common sense in stark contrast to some of the rather predictable ill informed comments in the press and elsewhere. He draws the distinction...
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