10/27/2016
Books covered for Misys' London IPO
The listing would go ahead despite what is seen as a difficult market for prospective stock market listings following several cancelled or postponed IPOs.
Comment, Analysis & Research
10/27/2016
Brexit Briefing: The battle for London’s business
Most EU cities are a long way from joining the club of top-ranking financial centres
10/26/2016
World Bank reports global record of business reforms
The report Doing Business 2017 shows that 137 out of 190 countries adopted pro-business measures in 2015
10/26/2016
Flexibility needed on Brexit options
The meetings have not got off to the best start.
10/26/2016
Mark Carney defends Bank of England at House of Lords – as it happened
Governor of the Bank of England defends its quantitative easing programme
10/26/2016
Legal & General is world’s top insurer for shareholders
The research reviewed the companies’ total shareholder returns (TSR) during the period and listed the top 10 in various industries.
10/26/2016
Study: No direct relationship between hedge fund leverage and volatility and downside risk
The AIMA/CAIA study suggests that there is no direct relationship between hedge fund leverage and the volatility and downside risk of fund performance.
10/26/2016
St. James’s Place – “Sterling’s weakness continues to be felt by companies and consumers”
UK inflation hits a two-year high and EY ITEM Club forecasts a “prolonged period” of weaker growth for the UK economy.
10/26/2016
Bulgaria 39th out of 190 countries in World Bank’s Doing Business 2017 report
Its rankings for trading across borders and enforcing contracts remained unchanged.
10/26/2016
London House Prices Forecast to Plunge as Brexit Chokes Market
Property prices in U.K. capital to fall 5.6% next year
10/25/2016
Barclays Warns ‘Politics of Rage’ Will Slow Global Growth
Globalization is fundamentally incompatible with rising nationalist anger.
10/25/2016
FCA in danger of becoming ‘timid and cowed regulator’
The report by the New City Agenda thinktank highlights a reversal of some of the changes made since the banking crisis eight years ago.
10/25/2016
MiFID II research unbundling to increase M&A pressure on small/mid UK managers
Investment research is mostly charged to investors through a commission-sharing agreement
10/25/2016
Reforms to the buy-to-let mortgage market ALL property investors should be aware of
Big changes are happening in the buy-to-let mortgage market, and investors need to be aware so that they can plan accordingly.
10/25/2016
Post-Brexit Outlook for the bond market - Tavistock Investments
Ahead of the BofE interest rate decision on 31st October, Christopher Peel, a veteran of the bond markets and CIO of Tavistock Investments, looks closely at the post-Brexit outlook for government bonds and the biggest crisis retail investors have yet to f
10/25/2016
Onshore and offshore structuring advice needed over PSC register
The PSC Register has been in force since April, with UK filing requirements effective since June
10/24/2016
Malta registers first fiscal surplus in 16 years
Credit rating agencies are predicting that the current debt burden that was brought about by three Nationalist administrations
10/24/2016
Prism the Gift Fund - A simple way to give by Penny Lovell
Many clients and friends often mention how when it comes to giving larger sums to charity they always feel a certain administrative burden
10/24/2016
The Belarusian Banking Sector moving towards Modernisation despite some challenges
There are different segments in the market and, therefore, they are developed differently.
10/24/2016
Money can really, really buy happiness, UK study finds
UK’s Office for National Statistics have come to the conclusion that money can indeed buy happiness