04/13/2021
7% growth in global reinsurance capital, with signs of underlying combined ratio improvement: Willis Re
Willis Re’s Reinsurance Market Report tracks the capital and profitability of the global reinsurance industry.
Comment, Analysis & Research
04/13/2021
Professional services firms need to work smarter in ‘new normal’
The net result is that professional services organisations will need to work smarter to survive and thrive and this will require both defensive and attacking measures: that is, both efficiencies and new, often technology-enabled offerings.
04/13/2021
Don’t Call It A Fad - Behavioral Finance Is The Future Of FinTech
Eric Clarke, Founder & CEO at Orion looks at the intersection of FinTech and behavioral finance and how it’s evolving the advisor-client journey
04/13/2021
UK shows signs of an economic recovery
Economic success going forward hinges on not falling back into another wave and further restrictions, while encouraging consumers who may be flush with cash to go out and spend to ensure the recovery is self-fulfilling and does not hit a brick wall.
04/13/2021
Pandemic sees clients delay decision making
The research, commissioned by Octopus Investments and conducted by VouchedFor1, revealed that six in ten (61%) advisers had clients who delayed financial decisions due to the pandemic.
04/13/2021
It’s a volatile time in wealth management right now, but I’ve never felt more secure at Fidelity. Here is why.
One such positive advocate for the sense of belonging and long-term commitment at Fidelity is Larysa, VP, Financial Consultant at a Fidelity Financial Planning office in Northern California.
04/13/2021
Who's afraid of bond vigilantes?
Raising rates too soon would be a bigger threat.
04/13/2021
How to be part of the rise of women’s wealth
How money confidence can help women to unlock their financial potential
04/12/2021
Edinburgh fast becoming capital of wealth
Fuelled by the housing theme of the pandemic — wealthy buyers moving out of the English capital — price growth in Scotland’s prime market is set to rocket over the next five years.
04/12/2021
Five megatrends that will shape economy and society through 2025
The scale of the fiscal interventions is impressive, however, over the next five years, governments will have to contend with repayment challenges down the road.
04/12/2021
BlackRock eyes Credit Suisse’s asset management arm, reports
The interested parties include State Street, DWS, Pegassus Europe and Allianz.
04/12/2021
Review of the week: A chill wind blows
A week of Fed watching cooled the recent rise in US Treasury yields, sending the dollar and sterling lower. Then British flags followed suit.
04/08/2021
Do you have a licence for your Minsky? by Tim Price
Chaos theory can be applied to a variety of disciplines, among them weather and climate.
04/08/2021
1,200 HSBC employees to work permanently from home
About 70% of the call centre staff opted to permanently work at home while 25% wanted to go into the office for some of the time.
04/08/2021
Scottish Friendly CEO Jim Galbraith dies
Being a leader naturally endowed with wisdom, focus, purpose and ambition, Jim laid those foundations by building an experienced leadership team; dedicated to maintaining his historic vision for the mutual.
04/08/2021
PwC's flexible working strategy 'a step in the right direction'
PwC’s announcement will disrupt the entire consulting industry
04/08/2021
Hopefully ECB can start to reduce its bond buying in the third quarter, Austrian governor says
The ECB put forward an emergency bond-buying program in March of 2020 to deal with the economic shock from the pandemic.
04/07/2021
Review of the week: Resurrection by Rathbones
The US economy is rocketing towards recovery, with jobs, confidence and output soaring amid a strong vaccination drive and stimulus. Next on the list, investment in clean energy.
04/07/2021
Wealth Management: Monthly Market Review - Rothschild & Co.
The strong economic recovery led to price gains on the stock markets in March
04/07/2021
Corporate culture - grasping the ungraspable
The case for and against measuring culture has been addressed in previous Insight articles with one making the case for measuring and the other against.