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The following is a summary of a recent discussion with professional advisers to get their views on trends in philanthropy and the role they can play in improving levels of giving. This discussion was facilitated by CRUK and the Private Client Dining Club.

Kleinwort Hambros has commissioned Cebr to create an index that captures the entrepreneurial hot spots in the UK.

Scottish property has long been popular with foreign investors and there is no sign of this trend losing momentum.

Here we focus on the global macroeconomic cycle, the risk of “mini bubbles” and some of our current investment themes, and how to incorporate these broader factors into portfolio construction in order to limit the impact of potential volatility while still participating in market gains.

Acquiring artworks, antiques, and other collectibles is a common pastime
of private clients, for reasons that can vary greatly from profit-making to maintaining cultural ties, or simply as a general reflection of their interests.


Hampden & Co, the independent bank which opened in June 2015, is strengthening its team serving high net worth clients in Edinburgh and London.

Many people think of investing as being a rational, logical process. However, investment decisions are subject to the biases and emotions of the people making them. It is therefore important for investors to be aware of their preconceptions, in order to better understand how they can affect their decision making.

High earners are the forgotten people of UK pensions: fact. Not exactly a statement that will elicit widespread sympathy but true nonetheless.