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A positive post-Covid future beckons

Thus far, many economies have managed to avoid prolonged recessions, but we must watch out for unforeseen risks that lie just around the corner.

Views From the Floor – Will Inflation Kill the Central Bank Put?

Will inflation end the central bank put?; how sticky is inflationary pressure?; and ESG performance in the aftermath of energy price spikes.

Capital Group finds ESG hampered by lack of consistency in reporting

Study investigates barriers to ESG adoption

Yacht Ownership – What you should Know

The superyacht industry, which to date has produced a total of 5,325 superyachts in operation around the globe, directly employs approximately 150,000 people worldwide.

Simply put: macro uncertainty could drive market volatility

This volatility reflects a significant number of phenomena, with investors' attention deviating across a number of issues: the Evergrande1 situation in China and an apparent energy crisis coinciding with the beginning of autumn, to name two.

Billions of banknotes are missing. Why does nobody care?

Banks, gangsters and the strange resurgence of cash

Levels of Digital Maturity: Building a Strategy

This is no surprise as we have been discussing the need to modernize the distribution model within the asset management industry for years.

Why ESG Investors Need Good Data

Complaints about ESG ratings reflect "maturing, robust" industry, Sustainalytics founder Michael Jantzi says, adding that ratings diversity is a sign of a healthy market

SS&C Releases Intralinks 2022 Limited Partner Survey Results

The sixth annual survey highlights LP views on alternative investment performance and investment plans for 2022

Global Investment Summit Speech

The Chancellor made a speech at the Global Investment Summit today (18 October 2021).

How office valuations are staying steady amid working from home

Longer-term trends remain difficult to predict, as does the future of the pandemic

New Research Shows Global Confidence Among Expats, as Nearly Two Thirds Feel Optimistic About the Next 12 Months

Over two thirds (67%) of expats also believe their quality of life is better in their current location

HNWs 'anxious' about their wealth

The results make up the new Saltus Wealth Index, which launched this October.

BoE Rate Hikes Would Be Music to ABS Ears

Staying out of Gilts won’t have helped that many people either, since long dated investment grade corporate bonds have followed a very similar pattern.

A new study finds that dirty money remains easy to hide

Banks and corporate-service providers barely differentiate between clean and risky clients

Are you innovating to meet new regulatory demands cost effectively?

Meeting the demands of FCA’s proposed new ‘Consumer Duty’ when it is introduced later in 2022 will be the next big challenge.

Financial modelling – crucial to helping your business in good times and bad

The government has ended support schemes such as the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) and the loans taken out by businesses will need to be repaid.

The intrinsic value of NFTs

In this series the Stonehage Fleming Art Management (SFAM) team catches up with some of the top players in the field.

Inflation Taxing Bond Investors

Credit markets are still behaving.

Is the army of lockdown traders here to stay?

Brokers and platforms are hopeful some of the retail boom will outlast the pandemic

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