Change is risky for firms and boards of directors must see beyond talk of disruption and innovation to focus on essential qualities and a handful of best practices

Governments alone cannot deal with the wide-ranging consequences of coronavirus. They need to get business onside too

The coronavirus crisis has reinforced the importance for wealthy families to update generational transfer plans

Those wealth managers which have blazed a digital trail are now finding themselves in a far better situation than the laggards

Markets may have fallen from record highs as the coronavirus spreads worldwide, but private banks are urging clients to see the epidemic as a transitory, 'tail' event

The ‘tailing’ of Iqbal Khan was nothing out of the ordinary for Swiss private banks, illustrating how much more restructuring must be done

Private banks are finding that ESG is a way for them to establish relationships with the next generation of clients

Private equity seems well suited to opening up the African continent to foreign investors, but deal flows remain small

Deals finalised by a gender-diverse investment committee outperform those led by male-only teams, yet the private equity industry continues to struggle to attract women

The wealthiest members of society are both celebrated as job creators and vilified as a symptom of a society which badly needs reform

Asset managers are in a unique position to help companies transition for a lower carbon future by divesting from the laggards and engaging with those on the right path

Emerging markets are full of potential but notoriously volatile. Can applying an environmental, social and governance approach to investment make for a smoother ride?

South African investors and expats see the Isle of Man as safe haven for both their asserts and their families

The potential is there for technology to usher in a new type of relationship between clients and relationship managers, but there is a danger of losing the human element from wealth management