09/10/2021
Keeping ESG in the family
Family businesses have been identified by the United Nations as being ideally placed to introduce measures quickly and with relative ease, future-proofing their operations.
Comment, Analysis & Research
09/10/2021
Morningstar Brings Transparency to Model Portfolios with New Data, Research, and Ratings
New Morningstar research indicates approximately $315 billion of assets follow model portfolios as of June 30, 2021
09/10/2021
ECB beats Fed to the punch and begins tapering economic support
It is likely there was serious pressure from Northern members of the ECB given the high inflation prints in Europe.
09/10/2021
UK named world's third best regulatory base, ahead of US and EU
After Kazakhstan, South Korea was the next lowest, followed by Indonesia: all have a combination of relatively higher cost levels, and less competitive timeframes or ‘duration’
09/10/2021
ECB to slow asset purchases amid improved growth outlook
Central bank will moderate pandemic emergency purchase programme and probably end it next year.
09/10/2021
It’s harder to be fair when your family’s spread around the world – Johan van Zyl
From a South African perspective, there have also been substantial changes in the tax system over the last 20 years.
09/09/2021
Christian Sewing: Three theses for answering Europe’s banking and capital markets challenges
This transformation, driven by technology, will be just as fundamental in nature as the first industrial revolution more than two centuries ago.
09/09/2021
Which Funds Invest in Female-Led Companies?
We've screened the top and bottom funds in terms of the gender diversity of their holdings
09/09/2021
European Equity Research Has Changed — ‘And That’s a Good Thing’
The sell-side was disrupted first by MiFID II, then by Covid-19. Ability to adapt defines the firms at the top of II’s All-Europe Research Team and U.K. Small & Mid-cap Research Team.
09/09/2021
From My To Our: Building One Meaningful Community Together
As part of the ongoing development of our organisation, after months of hard work and seamless collaboration, in July we have launched our renewed, faster, easier to navigate and more user-friendly corporate portal that goes under the name of One Objectwa
09/09/2021
What is Greenwashing?
Greenwashing is also a problem for the planet and society if money is not flowing into activities that are necessary to solve environmental issues like climate change, and social issues, like rising inequalities, for example.
09/09/2021
Asset Management Europe: Monthly Macro Insights – September 2021
What’s more, monetary policies are being tightened in many EM
09/09/2021
Basel III and global cooperation: where do we go from here?
Protecting the health and financial stability of our countries necessarily requires us to think of these values as global public goods, and therefore to think past our own borders.
09/09/2021
Empowering Clients During Adversity
As investors move into new asset classes, many are also increasingly building up exposures to promising CEE (Central and Eastern European) markets including the Czech Republic
09/08/2021
What does gen Z want and expect from banking and wealth management?
Estimates of what they and other generations close to them will inherit over the next years range from $15 trillion to $68 trillion, and some are expected to also become wealth creators at a younger age.
09/08/2021
House prices at new high but pace of growth slows
House prices hit a record high in August, but the annual pace of growth in property values slowed, according to the UK's largest mortgage lender.
09/08/2021
Luxembourg: driving the EU’s historic recovery programme
Linklaters Luxembourg was appointed by Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, as arranger, to implement a programme of debt issuance for the EU and Euratom.
09/08/2021
Better competitiveness in finance won't mean deregulation, says UK minister
Glen said it was his sense that people were looking for "modest, incremental changes, rather than radical change".
09/08/2021
Growing pains for the global economic recovery
The spread of the Delta variant remains a challenge
09/08/2021
Industry unveils new international strategy for UK to regain financial centre leadership in five years
Delivering the strategy will create more high-skilled, high-value UK jobs, and attract more foreign direct investment into businesses in all sectors across the UK.