Friday, 12th March 2010

 

Exclusive offer: Responsible Wealth Review from the Private Wealth Council

Dow Jones Wealth Bulletin has secured for readers a limited number of copies of the Responsible Wealth Review, the exclusive periodical from the Private Wealth Council, a network of ultra-wealthy individuals.

The Responsible Wealth Review is circulated to a small group of wealth owners globally. The Private Wealth Council has kindly agreed to send copies to the first 60 Wealth Bulletin readers who send their postal details to:

editor.wealth-bulletin@dowjones.com

The latest issue concentrates on responsible investing with articles including:

Muhammad Yunus, founder of Grameen Bank, on the economics of micro-credit;

Marcel Brenninkmeijer on investing in renewable energy;

Author and intellectual Gunter Grass on the world today;

Peter Brabeck-Letmathe, chairman of Nestle, on finding the right price for water;

Dr Sultan Al Jaber on the vision behind Abu Dhabi's Masdar City;

Queen Silvia of Sweden on fighting child drug abuse;

Fritz Kaiser on how to do good while making money;

Christopher Flavin and Robert Engelmann of the Worldwatch Institution on the path to reversing climate change.

If you would like to receive a copy, please send your postal address to: editor.wealth-bulletin@dowjones.com

Brummel

Relocation, relocation, relocation

Banks have never been shy of firing staff at the merest whiff of a downturn. First the fat, then the muscle and finally the bone. In the past, cuts have been so deep that firms have found it hard to benefit when the markets rebounded, paying over the odds to restaff at speed. Such wild oscillations in staffing numbers are known as “doing a Merrill”.

Rich Monitor

Which finance billionaires made the Forbes list

Forbes’ 2010 list of the world’s billionaires comprises a record 164 "ten-figure titans" and some familiar names from the world of finance. Spare a thought though for the 12% whose fortunes dipped last year.

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