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It is clear that affluent women today are involved, aware and knowledgeable about their wealth and wealth management. Indeed, more women are overcoming inherent obstacles and stereotypes by reaching out for additional financial knowledge and engaging experts as well as spouses to aid them in making prudent wealth management decisions.

Altantic Trust Private Wealth Management highlights the following in their Economic and Investment Overview for the first quarter of 2014:Economy: Stronger global growth in 2014U.S. – less fiscal drag, more jobs. 3% growth achievable.Europe – slow recovery, deflation risks remain.Japan – “Abenomics” experiment working so far.Emerging economies – wi...

This study examines the various factors driving the success of high-impact entrepreneurs, including how they differ from one another and how they operate, grow and compete. It looks at the key differentiators of companies with different ownership structures and walks the reader through the following research journey:Private companies have the ...

PwC's 17th Annual Global CEO Survey provides an inside look into how CEOs feel about the global economy, the growth prospects for their own companies and details on the challenges that they feel they are facing in the areas of technology, demographics and globalization. Survey Highlights:Twice as many CEOs believe the global economy will improve in...

SEI Investments Company provides a January 2014 Market Commentary that centers around recent volatility in the market and what investors can expect to drive equity and fixed income markets in the short term.They offer the following highlights:Investor sentiment shifted and volatility increased in January based on the following concerns: the pa...

In this quarterly outlook, Pitcairn discusses fixed income, global and U.S. equities and the world economy, finding that investment success remainspredicated on the basics of:Execution and diversificationUnderstanding what’s going on in the worldNot letting emotion get the best of usHowever, with the bull market fully established an...

In this edition of Market Insights, Glenmede looks at:The Federal Reserve's intention to taper, or slow, bond purchases in the coming year.The "end" of deleveragingThe recapitalization of European Union banking institutionsThe re-emergance of emerging marketsThe report concludes with a look forward at investing for 2014.

This January market review provides:A recap of the major themes affecting the economy and the marketsAn in-depth, quantitative review of and forecast for the credit marketsSome thoughts around strategy for the coming months

In the first quarter 2014 issue of Global Foresight, Rockefeller & Co. provides comprehensive analysis and valuable insight for what investors can expect this year. This publication contains the following articles:2014 Outlook by David Harris, CFA, Chief Investment Officer; Topic: Have equity markets gotten ahead of themselves? Views on 20...

Within NEPC’s 2014 Asset Allocation Letter, the author, NEPC’s Asset Allocation Committee, reminds us that investors often feel the emotional cost of diversification in the form of “missing out” on return when equity markets rally. The recent robust performance may tempt some investors to chase results. They remind...

With so many conflicting data points and opinions in the market:How should investors view the outlook for stocks?What practical steps should investors take amid fierce debates about market valuation?

Atlantic Trust Private Wealth Management expects the investment landscape to be quite different in the year ahead as the bull market matures, the Fed shifts strategy and the global economy moves further away from the crisis-ridden environment that has prevailed since 2007. Some other insights:They expect 2014 to be a profitable year in the equity m...

Looking ahead to 2014, SEI Investments Company expects:Global economic growth will accelerate, led by the U.S. with important assists from other developed countries.China also should maintain a vigorous growth rate, helping to sustain global trade.U.S. Federal Reserve to continue to slowly ease stimulus efforts, while the eurozone is likely to rema...

The third quarter was marked by a number of consequential events, not the least of which was the continuation of the substantial and now maturing bull market. The author has seen global growth improve and global economies begin to resynchronize.The author's theme of “go global in all asset classes” hasn’t played out as they th...

Emerging economies have recently experienced decelerating growth, leading some to question if structural conditions have changed for the worse. Growth deceleration partially reflects the natural transition from an export-driven economy to a higher-quality consumer-driven growth model. Concerns about emerging market equities have...