All articles by Douglas Blakey
Douglas Blakey
Variable pay dominates – high-net-worth individuals expect non-salary income to play a bigger role: Investec
Non-salary income such as bonuses and one-off payments expected to make up a greater share of earnings for high-net-worth individuals
Surface-level AI is banking’s biggest strategic risk in 2026
While much of the AI discourse in retail banking focuses on speed of adoption, Alvaro Morales explains why the real strategic risk is mis-sequenced adoption
The death of the universal model: Why the neobank never came for Victor
Ian Rand explains why the growing mass-affluent segment is underserved by legacy and neobanks alike and represents the largest concentration of unaddressed financial complexity in the UK
Alternative assets: Transformative role of AI
Alternative assets are increasingly accessible to a broader investor base, a trend that will accelerate boosted by greater adoption of AI, explains Sachin Kamat
Second doesn’t mean secondary: Why investors are prioritising “Personal” Retirement Accounts
Kevin Maloney makes the case for the Second Pension, where workers can utilise IRA rollovers and self-directed options to build a portable fortress that moves with them, regardless of industry shifts
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Dire straits
The Iran conflict has led to a surge in energy prices which could represent a significant new headwind for the global economy but growth has held up unexpectedly well over the past year, explains Rupert Thompson
US/Iran conflict: A new challenge for wealth diversification
The conflict between the US and Iran is reinforcing a growing concern: true wealth diversification is becoming harder to achieve, writes Heike van den Hoevel
US-Israel / Iran conflict – industry reaction
Industry leaders from Lombard Odier, Saxo, Capital.com and Bentley Reid, discuss how the market is absorbing the impact of the US-Israeli attacks on Iran and what to look for next
Full value: Mitigating operational risk to prevent value dilution on foreign equities
Stephen Everard assesses key issues likely to affect foreign portfolio investment over the rest of the decade, including geopolitical risk and re-alignment, re-shoring trends and incentives to increase investment in domestic stocks
Tariff turmoil
Rupert Thompson, analyses market reactions to recent events and identifies upcoming market trends in global markets, including in equities, fixed income and FX