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The US energy renaissance may be taking a breather, exasperated from ten years of mind boggling growth, but unquestionably it is not over. Global energy demand is expected to grow well into the future and the US is poised to take advantage of the trend to become the world’s marginal producer. At current oil prices, US energy producers will (and have already) cut back their capital expenditures for 2015-16, which should slow production growth and allow demand to catch up.

The foreign exchange market is widely appreciated to be the largest and most liquid market of all global financial markets. However, it is susceptible to shocks which can cause significant unexpected volatility, such as the timing of the Swiss National Bank’s (SNB) decision to remove its 1.20 floor on the Swiss Franc versus the Euro on 15th January 2015. The article examines the effects of this volatility on investors with long USDCHF FX Forward exposure compared to those with long USDCHF FX Options exposure.

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is comprised of 10 members whose individual social, economic and political characteristics are the underpinnings of the Association’s collective prosperity. Frequently overshadowed by its more prominent neighboring countries, particularly China and India, ASEAN continues to emerge as an area of vital economic growth within Southeast Asia and on the global stage. This report offers an introduction to this increasingly dynamic region.

This study by Crystal & Co is based on a survey of family enterprises and focused on how families think about certain areas of risk.

This report documents how the family office has fast emerged as a viable structure from which to manage the assets of wealthy families in Asia. The rapid growth of the UHNWI population in the region and the tax-friendly environment and robust capability provided in regional financial hubs suggest a further expansion of the industry in years to come. Participants in the survey upon which this research was built exhibit a nascent to intermediate stage of institutionalization in aggregate and a high degree of family control.

Farmland is increasingly gaining traction as an attractive long-term investment option for sophisticated and capital rich investors. Direct investments in farmland have historically provided a healthy and relatively stable level of current income, a compelling risk-adjusted rate of capital appreciation, an effective inflation hedge, and a material diversification benefit resulting from very low or negative correlations to traditional asset classes.

This article excerpt Atlantic Trust Private Wealth Management provides an overview of the most common security issues, provides points about bank security measures and offers 6 steps to mitigate online security risks.

The Global Family Business Survey is the seventh survey by PwC from interviews conducted with key decision makes in family businesses in 40 countries.

To date, the slow national recovery in the office sector has been driven largely by negative forces such as high unemployment rates and owner desires to reduce operating costs.

The global economy has come a long way from the nadir of the 2008/2009 financial crisis.