Adam Arnold is a seasoned financial journalist with a decade of experience reporting on critical developments in the global financial landscape. For the past ten years, he has been a consistent voice at Finance Monthly, specializing in comprehensive coverage of Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A), Initial Public Offerings (IPOs), and broader financial news. Adam also provides deeply researched insights for the publication's net worth articles, offering readers a meticulous examination of wealth accumulation and financial standing. His deep understanding of market dynamics and corporate finance makes his insights invaluable to readers navigating today's complex economic environment.
It is estimated that there are more than 250 neobanks worldwide. Incumbent banks should focus on faster time to market for new products and services plus new ways to add value and increase loyalty with their customers, says Abdul Naushad, CEO of Buckzy Payments.
Private wealth has changed dramatically in the previous two years. Some individuals have significantly increased their wealth. However, during the last six months, the conflict and COVID's economic repercussions have produced situations that have resulted in substantial losses for some and caused others to restructure their reserves. This article will attempt to discuss these.
Rob Shipman has 20 years of experience in the international financial services sector, beginning his career in Gibraltar. Rob decided early on to learn more about how pension structures could be utilised and what opportunities existed in the personal international financial planning area. During 2006 he developed one of the first Qualifying Recognised Overseas Pension Schemes, which led him to Guernsey to open an office for his then-employer.
Kieran Osborne has been in the financial & estate planning industry for over fifteen years. He’s well known for taking a new and radically different approach to the business of estate planning, which is often viewed as quite a stuffy and traditional industry full of solicitors. We caught up with him to hear all about his company Squiggle, his thoughts on DIY and online wills and the key mistakes people make when it comes to wills and trusts.
Catherine Yuan is the Executive Director and Trust Officer of Tricor Trustco (Labuan) Ltd, a fully-fledged licensed trust company regulated by the Labuan Financial Services Authority (LFSA) based in Malaysia. She has over 15 years of corporate management experience, which includes strategic and leadership training for management development, as well as wealth succession planning. She […]
Cerved Finline S.r.l., a Cerved Group company specialised in soft finance, has acquired the entire corporate capital of Del Barba Consulting Group, a company that has operated for over 20 years in the field of modular consultancy services for SMEs and large companies aimed at identifying and enabling access to public facilities and contributions.
The week of 9 – 15 May marks Mental Health Awareness Week in the UK and this year, the focus is on loneliness and the devastating impact it can have on people up and down the country.
With blockchain trends bursting into the mainstream, divorce lawyers explain how prenuptial agreements can protect spouses from unforeseen financial complications.
There is simply no hiding that our planet is under great pressure. From rising sea levels to increasingly warmer temperatures across the globe, climate change is having a serious impact on the well-being of our environment.
Julie Hutchison is the Charities Specialist at abrdn, in the award-winning Charities Investment Team which sits within the UK discretionary management business. Julie’s been in role for nearly seven years, during which time the charity AUM has more than doubled. Her experience spans the charity, private, public and academic fields, building on her background in law where she specialised in trusts and philanthropy before moving into financial services eighteen years ago. Julie supports the company’s charity, endowment and foundation investment clients on governance and policy issues, in particular where boards are looking to refresh their investment policy statement to consider responsible investment and ESG matters. The Charities Investment Team comprises Portfolio Managers who focus on managing investments for charitable institutions, ranging from household-name charities to less well-known endowments and trusts. In particular, the team has a depth of experience in managing portfolios for grantmakers, health and hospice charities, education bodies and conservation charities.
April’s inflation numbers must have been a real disappointment to Central Bankers around the globe. Last year they were assuring us that their financial models showed the inflation generated by supply chain breakdowns during the pandemic would be nothing more than “transitory”…. and we had nothing to worry about.
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