11/01/2018
How healthy are Italian banks? Investors await stress tests in Europe to find out
Most of Italian debt is held by domestic institutions, with Italian banks owning 20 percent of the total debt load.
Comment, Analysis & Research
11/01/2018
Five views on the Isle of Man’s conduct of business rules
Less focused businesses will suffer, and it will take time to become fully effective, say CEOs
10/31/2018
Halloween Comes Early by Gary Dugan
Investors should not be overextend with risk or leverage.
10/31/2018
Dividend cover pressures UK equity income managers
The FTSE 100’s forecast dividend yield is currently 4.2%, or 1.74 times earnings, analysis by AJ Bell shows.
10/31/2018
Ten years after the crisis – risks, rules and supervision
Ten years have passed since the financial crisis erupted – an entire decade.
10/30/2018
Cofunds' complaints quadruple following Aegon purchase
The figures reflect the operational and service issues that emerged following the upgrade of clients to the Aegon platform.
10/30/2018
Don’t get spooked by the stock market correction - Coutts
There are some concerns out there for investors but it’s good to keep in mind that markets tend to get overly pessimistic quite quickly when expectations change.
10/30/2018
Update 2-Investment banking weakness clouds BNP Paribas' results
Large European banks such as BNP Paribas and HSBC - which on Monday reported higher than expected earnings helped by cost-cutting
10/30/2018
Bank union lukewarm on lifting executive pay restraints
Call for rank-and-file staff to be rewarded ahead of top bankers
10/29/2018
Seven Tips to Prepare for Financial Freedom in Retirement by Penny Lovell
This is particularly true when it comes to financial planning for retirement.
10/29/2018
Risky business by Tim Price
“As far as I’m concerned we came damn close to having a Bay of North Carolina. The nuclear explosion would have completely changed the Eastern seaboard if it had gone off.”
10/29/2018
Italy could halve its debt by forcing the wealthy to buy its bonds
German economists has an idea to minimize Italy's debt
10/29/2018
Nordic model tarnished as scandals hit region’s banks
Past vulnerability may lie in the late arrival of anti-money laundering regulation
10/29/2018
Norway’s fund demands corporate shakeup
The sovereign wealth fund holds 1.4 per cent of all global listed shares in 72 countries.
10/29/2018
Financial stress among millennials soars – but drops among baby boomers
Millennials often spend a much larger proportion of their salary on rental and mortgage payments
10/29/2018
Evli - Best institutional asset manager in Finland for the fourth year in a row
Evli was also the most widely used institutional asset manager in Finland. 66 percent of the respondents use Evli's asset management services.
10/29/2018
Unexplained wealth orders: The UK’s newest weapon in the war against dirty money
To spend £1.6m in a year, you’d need to buy the equivalent of that bracelet once every 11 days.
10/29/2018
Will Cost Disclosure Be The ‘Halloween’ of MIFID II?
January 2019 is the month set for the first annual report for ex-post costs and charges disclosure, covering trades occurring in 2018.
10/29/2018
Millennials and sustainable investing – a guide for the sceptical
And what about millennials, the very people this new investing culture has rushed out to greet?
10/28/2018
Good cop/Bad cop – Speech by Sam Woods
On issues of common ground where there are shared challenges that the regulator and the firms collectively face, there is no inherent conflict between the public and private interest and the regulator plays the role of good cop.