All articles by Douglas Blakey
Douglas Blakey
Been here before
Rupert Thompson’s weekly investment commentary analyses market reactions to recent events and identifies upcoming market trends in global markets, including equities, fixed income and FX
Catch-22: green priorities and grey portfolios
How is Gen Z really investing, and how can the market place itself for this group? Clementine Trott writes
OCBC deepens next-generation wealth franchise with expansion of GENesis programme
Emphasis on entrepreneurship and wealth management sets a strong foundation for intergenerational wealth transfer
European tech investment in Q2 2026: How capital is organising around strategic sectors
Oleg Khusaenov examines the broader structural shifts shaping Europe’s technology investment landscape and explores how capital is increasingly organising around strategic sectors such as AI infrastructure, defence technology, quantum computing, and deep tech
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All to play for
Rupert Thompson’s weekly investment commentary analyses market reactions to recent events and identifies upcoming market trends in global markets, including equities, fixed income and FX
A question of value: What makes a premium card worth it?
Mathieu Altwegg explains how the definition of “premium value” is changing for Gen Z/Millennial VHNWs
Why transparency could become the most valuable service in wealth management
When performance is no longer enough; Arthur Azizov discusses the new currency of wealth management
Visa Infinite relaunched for affluent customers
Moving from a fixed premium card tier, Infinite is now a programmable, adaptive platform that allows issuers to continuously configure and refine their premium proposition as customer expectations evolve
Agentic architecture and legacy modernisation – new Celent report alert
Celent releases wealth management edition of its research assessing how financial institutions are adapting their architecture to make use of Agentic AI systems