All articles by Douglas Blakey
Douglas Blakey
Keep calm and carry on: What the data tells us about geopolitical crises
Tom Dalrymple examines how markets have responded to major shocks including Covid, tariff disruption and the recent Iran conflict, highlighting why investors who remain disciplined during such periods have often been rewarded
Earnings versus oil
Rupert Thompson analyses market reactions to recent events and identifies upcoming market trends in global markets, including in equities, fixed income, FX
Beyond capital: applying asset management thinking to philanthropy
Mary Rose Gunn challenges the idea that philanthropy is simply a financial transaction, arguing that capital alone is rarely enough to deliver meaningful, long-term impact
China’s HNW investors are abandoning property, providing an opportunity for wealth managers
Property is no longer trusted as a store of value, driving HNW wealth into equities, fixed income, and offshore structures and creating a clear advisory opportunity for private wealth managers, writes Heike van den Hoevel
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
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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
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