Year: 2014

  • Greek economy faces ‘irreparable’ damage

    The Boss of the Greek Central Bank has warned that the economy faces ‘irreparable’ damage from the ongoing political crisis.

  • Argentina has been relegated

    Jorge Mariscal at UBS Wealth Management said recently “Argentina has all the ingredients to be great, but the political make up has been a disaster. It’s a sad story.

  • Is a Chinese soft-landing possible?

    Aaron Back in the Wall Street Journal recently said that China’s central bank had served up “a dish of stimulus with a side order of banking reform.

  • Romania heads to the polls

    It is great to be in Romania in the run up to tomorrow’s European Championship qualifier match with Northern Ireland.

  • Radical change in Mexico

    In difficult market conditions, emerging market Bonds are out favour, since deemed to carry too much risk. However, Mexico’s 100 year bond (the longest maturity on soverign debt in the world) increased by 6% in value in the first half of October.

  • A boost for gold

    The gold price has bounced by 5% this month, as the markets have suffered a scare over global growth prospects.  The $1,200 lower support level had been challenged, but not breached, for the second time this year.

  • Europe’s triple dip recession

    Hamish McRae said in the Evening Standard this week that: “The notion that the Eurozone could be the new Japan did not seem realistic five years ago. Now, I’m afraid it does.

  • Paralysis in Paris

    Paul Ames reported in Globalpost this week that “France is in a mess.” I agree.

  • Australia’s downturn

    Australia’s July unemployment figures have just been announced – going from 6% to 6.

  • Italian woes

    Italy is back in recession, with the economy shrinking in both the first quarters in 2014. This is Italy’s third recession since 2011 and the Economist said last week it "will have a profoundly demoralizing effect on a nation that thought the worst was over.

  • A jewel in the emerging market crown

    India’s stock market has leaped 20% this year – the best performance of any emerging market.

  • Indonesian election results due

    On 9th July, the Indonesian Presidential elections took place. The results will be known next week after counting almost 200 million votes.

  • Won rising….

    South Korea’ s currency – the Won – has risen to a six-year high of 1,020 to the US Dollar, and over half a billion dollars of local stocks were bought in the market in the last week of May alone.

  • World Cup Party in Brazil ?

    The World Cup has kicked off but Brazil is not in the mood to party.

  • A new Cold War ?

    It is good to see that Russian President, Vladamir Putin is on speaking terms this week with Ukranian’s new President, Petro Poroshenko.

  • Europe : Power moving East

    I travelled to Warsaw during the Communist era and returned soon after the regime fell, visiting Bratislava and Prague at the same time. You could not fly to Bratislava in 1990, other than by internal flight from Prague.

  • India’s election results

    Narendra Modi’s election victory in India makes his Janata Party (BJP) the first party since 1984 to win a majority.

    He faces a daunting number of problems: bringing down the budget deficit, tackling inflation, boosting growth, and making India a more attractive destination for foreign investment.

  • The Bangladesh transformation

    It is a privilege to be in Dhaka and witnessing, first hand, this South Asian success story that has delivered growth of around 5% to 6% annually for most of the last 20 years.

  • Is the Euro crisis really over?

    The Eurozone recovery is spreading from the core to its more troubled periphery, according to manufacturing data issued on Friday. Confidence in the troubled countries is growing as the recovery continues.

  • International residents make record UK tax contribution

    International clients are the only clients that Knighstsbridge Wealth deal with - those resident anywhere in the world but seeing the advantage of UK regulated advice, and those from all over the world who make the UK a home.

  • The Manila Growth Story

    The Philippines Stock Exchange index (PSEi) suffered a volatile 2013 as foreign investors began bailing out of emerging markets everywhere, on the back if the US Federal Reserve’s announcement that it would wind down on quantative easing policies.

  • Is Japan changing?

    Is there real change underway? Probably.

  • UK pensions are getting interesting

    The UK’s recent budget has paved the way for the biggest shake up in pensions ever. From next April, most restrictions on pensions will be removed.

  • UK Investor Visa shake up

    About 600 migrants a year come to the UK, under the Tier 1 Investor Visa scheme, whereby those with £1m to invest are awarded UK residency after five years, This falls to three years for those with £5m and to two years for those with £10m.

  • Qatar is being promoted!

    Emerging markets are continuing their difficult run. However, there remains a considerable number of investors who wish to look beyond the more mature Western markets.

  • Will Russia buck the rout in emerging markets?

    Investors are continuing to desert emerging markets, with more than $6.

  • China slowdown

    China's growth rate has dropped to the lowest since 1999. As a result, markets have fallen and commodities have taken a real hammering.

  • Turkey : sliding out of control?

    The Economist reported this week that there is now 'a sense that things are sliding out of control,' in Turkey.

  • What’s in store for 2014?

    Last year was fantastic for markets.

  • Totally UK

    Totally UK is a magazine published by Ismay New Media in Hong Kong.

  • The falling price of an EU passport

    In our autumn newsletter, we reported that many are trying to protect their future by securing the right to live permanently in an attractive destination, in case of need.

Articles from 2022

  • The end of easy money
  • Globalisation in retreat
  • A Blow for ‘net zero’
  • China’s economic miracle : drawing to an end
  • UK house prices in 2022
  • Markets respond to Ukraine’s invasion  
  • A year to forget in emerging markets
  • China’s worrying attitude to international relations
  • China’s key risks for investors

Articles from 2021

  • Xi’s China is a risk to investors
  • Global Property Bubble
  • Buy British
  • Hong Kong’s faltering reputation
  • Lebanon’s collapse
  • Global Property prices are soaring
  • Crisis in Tunisia
  • China’s Communists turn 100
  • Taxing Big Tech
  • Commercial property values at risk
  • The UK’s Recovery
  • The UK House Price Boom
  • UK House prices booming
  • Chinese markets fall
  • The risks of vaccine nationalism
  • Rishi’s Recovery budget
  • UK welcomes HongKong Nationals
  • The Great Crash of 2021?
  • The Arab Spring : Ten Years on

Articles from 2020

  • Is Britain’s house-price boom set to continue?
  • The Dollar’s on the slide
  • World’s debt balloons
  • A global property boom
  • Oil prices stalling
  • London property remains over-valued
  • South Africa faces storm
  • Recession in Turkey
  • China leads global recovery whilst tensions escalate
  • A sunny retirement
  • Hong Kong’s new normal
  • UK House Prices falling
  • Reset for the recovery
  • Inflation will return
  • Stocks stumbling
  • No-deal Brexit looms again
  • Britain’s housing market may avoid a crash
  • New Hong Kong security laws lead to falling currency
  • India’s collapsing economy
  • Hong Kong’s struggle continues
  • Oil Prices plunging over global GDP shock
  • Market Update : 23rd April 2020
  • The housing market’s deep freeze
  • Pandemic fears continue to panic markets
  • Is Hong Kong becoming a ‘failed state?’
  • What Brexit means for your money
  • Growth in self-employed makes taxation taxing
  • Will China’s virus outbreak damage the economy?
  • Britain’s innovators should keep their tax breaks

Articles from 2019

  • Time to buy Britain
  • UK Election looms
  • Hong Kong protests are an urgent warning to Beijing
  • Preparing for Trump’s re-election
  • Turkey’s stocks : undoubtedly cheap
  • Labour’s tax plans need attention
  • UK property becoming more affordable
  • Brexit Breakthrough?
  • Portugal : A Euro Success Story facing political challenge
  • Oil price surge after Saudi oil facilities attacked
  • China toughening out trade tensions
  • UK Election looms as no-deal Brexit blocked for now
  • Beware pitfalls in buying overseas property
  • Hong Kong’s perfect storm
  • US/China trade truce?
  • Emerging markets bouncing back
  • Citizenship for sale
  • Not just football that’s coming home
  • Recovery in Greece?
  • Whisky galore
  • Russia’s recovery is boosting region
  • ‘Slowbalisation’ of global property
  • The UK economy is having a run of success.. despite the political mess.
  • India’s PM heading for May victory
  • ‘Golden visa’ residency schemes under the spotlight
  • US downturn on the horizon?
  • A380 – Another European prestige project fails
  • Optimism in Brazil
  • The Euro’s 20th birthday
  • Investing in Indonesia
  • Emerging Europe comes of age
  • Oil slide boosting growth
  • Global property prices easing

Articles from 2018

  • Politics, interest rates and trade wars
  • Invest for Brexit – whatever the outcome
  • US mid-term: Democrat House, Republican Senate
  • Egypt’s President is creating enemies
  • An end to the bull market?
  • Turkey’s crisis could have huge repercussions
  • No deal, no pension?
  • Change brings opportunity in the Gulf
  • Build-to-Rent investors are snapping up London flats
  • Things are getting ugly in Turkey…
  • Middle East becoming a new region in the investment landscape
  • Brexit is heating up
  • Merkel on the brink?
  • UK house prices continue to slow, whilst London continues to fall
  • US interest rates move higher
  • Great news on Greece
  • European shares slump over continuing political upheaval in Italy
  • An oil rich nation, with no oil
  • Bread, Freedom, Dignity in Tunisia
  • Which global cities have the highest living costs?
  • Agreement on path to Brexit
  • What’s ailing the UK property market?
  • China’s return to dictatorship
  • Year of the Dog starts with a rollercoaster
  • Italy heads to the polls
  • Technology is speeding up growth in Africa
  • Oil bulls are about to be disappointed
  • Market volatility surging
  • China braced for a slowdown
  • UK growth better than expected in 2017
  • Iran’s uprising gathers pace
  • UK House prices to remain subdued in 2018

Articles from 2017

  • Catalonia Heading to the polls
  • Sufficient process takes Brexit to the next step
  • Prospering post-Brexit
  • How will European instability affect Brexit?
  • Tourism is proving an exciting investment opportunity
  • Tensions rising in Middle East
  • Interest rates to rise
  • Qatar’s blockade hurts its enforcers
  • Deal or no Deal?
  • Spain’s Day of Unity
  • Global real estate is in a bubble
  • Qatar : No resolution in sight
  • Where next for Sterling?
  • UK property grows 2.1% over last year
  • Turkey : looking eastward?
  • Venezuela : Tensions Reach New Highs
  • UK/US Trade Deal : A big opportunity
  • Crisis in Gulf deepens
  • UK house prices continue to fall
  • Greece needs a crisis
  • Egypt : visitors needed
  • Greece’s debt saga grinds on
  • Le Pen and Macron in French run off
  • Here we go again
  • Pound’s Strength withstanding Brexit
  • Bottlenecks in Bangladesh
  • London’s luxury property market is suffering
  • Article 50 to be triggered on 29th March
  • Europe successfully shrugs off political risk
  • Is renting in London loosing its appeal?
  • Power struggle is risking Morocco’s economic growth
  • Another Greece crisis looms…
  • Le Pen sets out her ‘commitments’ as France prepares to vote
  • Expatriates warned to avoid portfolio bonds
  • No need for a bust up in UK/EU talks
  • ‘Buy to Let’ challenges in 2017
  • Is the UK stock market surge about to slow?  
  • Will 2017 bring another European crisis?

Articles from 2016

  • What does 2017 have in store?
  • Italy triggers next Euro-zone crisis
  • Uncertainty high in France
  • It’s Trump!
  • Winners and losers in Sterling’s fall
  • Did Portugal’s bailout work?
  • Israel’s cost of living problem
  • Brazil’s Olympian returns
  • Oil glut drives prices lower again
  • Interest rates down – and further cuts lie ahead
  • Italy’s failing banks worry Euro-zone
  • India’s dampened growth
  • Spain after Brexit
  • US shrugs off Brexit
  • Buy To Let’s worrying outlook
  • Life after Brexit
  • Two days to go : UK decides on its European future
  • It’s got to be summer : France is on strike.
  • Greece braced for more austerity
  • Germany’s economic mirage
  • London property price fall
  • Portugal : Beyond austerity
  • Brexit : Official campaign launched
  • Myanmar’s stock market : open for business
  • An oil price recovery?
  • Deflation makes Japan a buy
  • London’s falling property market
  • India’s auspicious outlook
  • UK’s banks are suffering
  • Brexit campaign launched
  • Oil price plunge damaging government finances
  • Japan: a buying opportunity
  • An Egyptian Anniversary
  • Oil prices: lower for longer
  • A volatile start to 2016

Articles from 2015

  • Burma’s time in the sun
  • Think twice before investing in UK property
  • Thailand’s Government gets pro-active
  • Pressures in Europe re-emerge
  • Clouds gather over Turkey
  • Property Bubbles emerging
  • UK visa scheme under the spotlight
  • Asia’s fortunes rising
  • Japan : Bouncing back
  • China falls again
  • Growth forecast in UK property
  • A Greek adventure
  • Africa’s emerging middle class
  • London property prices on the slide?
  • China’s Fall
  • Oil prices remain low
  • Eid Mubarak
  • The Russian recovery
  • Return of the PIGS
  • Brazil : under new management
  • Greece: a good investment for the brave?
  • Still no deal in Greece
  • How can a country boost its GDP by 25%?
  • A tough year for Russia
  • Italy’s brighter future
  • Chinese equities : Crash looming?
  • The latest on Greece
  • Japan’s bull market to continue
  • Time to buy broken Brazil?
  • Crucial countdown to Nigeria’s election
  • Bangladesh’s broken politics
  • China : Trapped between strong yuan and high debt
  • Morocco’s growth prospects
  • Passports for sale
  • The Greek dilemna
  • Fast growth does not equal strong stock market performance
  • The Polish power house

Articles from 2014

  • Greek economy faces ‘irreparable’ damage
  • Argentina has been relegated
  • Is a Chinese soft-landing possible?
  • Romania heads to the polls
  • Radical change in Mexico
  • A boost for gold
  • Europe’s triple dip recession
  • Paralysis in Paris
  • Australia’s downturn
  • Italian woes
  • A jewel in the emerging market crown
  • Indonesian election results due
  • Won rising….
  • World Cup Party in Brazil ?
  • A new Cold War ?
  • Europe : Power moving East
  • India’s election results
  • The Bangladesh transformation
  • Is the Euro crisis really over?
  • International residents make record UK tax contribution
  • The Manila Growth Story
  • Is Japan changing?
  • UK pensions are getting interesting
  • UK Investor Visa shake up
  • Qatar is being promoted!
  • Will Russia buck the rout in emerging markets?
  • China slowdown
  • Turkey : sliding out of control?
  • What’s in store for 2014?
  • Totally UK
  • The falling price of an EU passport

Articles from 2013

  • Is a Grexit still likely?
  • Capital Gains Tax (CGT) Extended To Non-UK Residents Owning UK Residential Property
  • Knightsbridge Wealth visits Portugal
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