02/01/2017
Mourant Ozannes advises East African mining company on LSE main market listing
The funds raised will capitalise the Gakara Project through trial mining and into production in 2017.
Comment, Analysis & Research
02/01/2017
Furore over Trump administration's currency exploitation rhetoric is naïve and hypocritical
At that meeting, Mr Trump said: “They play the money market, they play the devaluation market, while we sit here like a bunch of dummies.”
02/01/2017
Odey AM European fund manager departs after 18 years
The talent bench is strong and I leave our clients in good hands.
02/01/2017
Pensions Speedbrief: FCA's interim report on asset management market - points for trustees to consider
The study acknowledges the difficulty in making this assessment, but trustees should, at a minimum, be considering what they do to ensure that there is some periodic assessment.
02/01/2017
Legendary Hedge Fund is Hit Hard
The Master fund was once widely regarded as the gold standard for the hedge fund industry because of its impressive record.
02/01/2017
Europe's Defined Benefit Schemes Set to Raise Illiquid Alternatives Allocation
Asset managers stand to gain from trustees' lack of familiarity with the sector
02/01/2017
No More ‘Bad Banks’ in Europe, says Germany
There’s more than €1 trillion in bad debt swirling around the European Union. Germany doesn’t like the E.U.’s answer.
01/31/2017
France to hold London roadshow to lure finance jobs to Paris
Leading financial firms said they would move jobs out of Britain if there was a vote to leave
01/31/2017
In Spain, Institutional Investors Have Always Been Too Conservative
These investors are not capable of taking even a little more risk.
01/31/2017
Strategy Update from BNP Paribas Investment Partners
Leading indicators in the Eurozone were strong in January driven by the services and consumer sectors, although the improvement was driven by a range of countries other than France and Germany
01/31/2017
Open letter to Mark Carney on Robo-Advice By Adam French, Founder and CEO of Scalable Capital
The recent FCA Asset Management Study has highlighted many worrying concerns about the practices of incumbent asset management firms that need to be addressed.
01/31/2017
St. James’s Place – “Earnings season presents a varied landscape as May and Trump “lead the world together”
The BT accounting scandal “does not significantly alter the investment case”, says Nick Purves of RWC Partners and that the price has fallen too far, Adrian Frost of Artemis Investment Management adds that BT is “a strong business with d
01/31/2017
Trump’s travel ban: markets spooked, investors will be seeking out bargains
The deVere CEO continues: “The markets are jittery, but I think this is more a bump in the road than a major obstacle - for the moment at least.
01/31/2017
Eurozone GDP comment - Nancy Curtin, CBAM
The economy is now seeing some momentum in the shape of improvement in the jobs market, while consumers are increasingly confident about spending despite price rises.
01/31/2017
Will 2017 be the year that changes payments for good?
The report assesses how they are influencing developments such as Open Banking, Confirmation of Payee and important behind-the-scenes activities like the development of new standards.
01/31/2017
How losing the British stiff upper lip can help preserve wealth for future generations - RBC
New study from RBC Wealth Management reveals the perils of failing to create and discuss inheritance plans
01/31/2017
One million pensioners will be on 'suckers lists' by 2019
It comes just a day after the Government was accused of failing to inform 270,000 people that they were at risk of fraud.
01/31/2017
Will the U.K.’s Non-Doms Ever Escape the Spotlight?
The U.K.’s original laws for non-domiciled residents, or non-doms, dates to 1799 when Britain was at war with Napoleon
01/31/2017
Schroders' Azad Zangana: European growth, inflation and unemployment all heading in the right direction
While we do not expect the European Central Bank to change its policy stance, we do expect a more vigorous discussion of policy in coming months, with particular pressure coming from representatives from northern Europe.
01/31/2017
More to Wealth Series - Mortality & Nature
We know at first-hand that wealth is a very individual thing.