08/30/2016
Aligning the organization for its digital future
Findings from the 2016 digital business global executive study and research report
Comment, Analysis & Research
08/29/2016
"Plan ahead: It wasn't raining when Noah built the ark" Richard Cushing
Enthralled by the continuous flow of medals coming back to Team GB, we've been reflecting here at Close Brothers on the origins of this success and how such a dramatic change of pace has occurred.
08/29/2016
Russian ‘NASDAQ’ eyes Asian venture capitalists
Recently, we established the Agro-Industrial Development Fund with Chinese partners.
08/29/2016
Soaring fees lead to £160,000 private schooling bill
Parents face a bill of almost £160,000 to have their children privately educated amid the soaring cost of fees in recent years.
08/29/2016
Top City investor tells bosses their pay is 'out of kilter'
Executive pay is “out of kilter” and has gone “well beyond” reasonable levels according to a top City chief who believes astronomical bonuses “haven’t worked” because they have not made bosses perform better.
08/29/2016
French wine production to fall 10% this year after fierce spring weather
France to fill fewer bottles than Italy – again – after freeze hit vineyards in Beaujolais, Bourgogne, Champagne and Charentes
08/29/2016
Richard Branson should lose his knighthood, says John McDonnell
In wake of ‘Traingate’ row, shadow chancellor says Virgin founder is a tax exile who should lose his UK honour
08/29/2016
German finmin says ECB's low interest rates 'harmful'
German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble on Saturday renewed his criticism of the European Central Bank's low interest rates, saying they were particularly damaging for people saving up for their retirement.
08/29/2016
Banks are preparing for an ‘economic nuclear winter’
The current uncertainty over when the U.K. will start the process of quitting the EU has banks on tenterhooks.
08/29/2016
These are London's 9 best restaurants for doing business
The restaurants range from super luxe eateries in London's most exclusive postcodes to a hyper modern dining room at the top of one of the capital's tallest buildings.
08/29/2016
The Capital Markets Union: A New Beginning in the European Financial Sector?
On average, capital markets in Europe do not play an outstanding role in financing the real economy compared to the US economy.
08/26/2016
This is the highest paid job in banking at £71,000 a year where you don't have to deal with clients
The survey found that risk specialists can earn 25% more than other colleages in the middle and back office.
08/26/2016
The Guardian view on central bankers: growing power and limited success Editorial
This year the scrutiny will be more widespread and particularly intense.
08/26/2016
‘Flawed at Birth’: Why the Eurozone Faces Endless Division
The striking thing is that the crisis of 2008 originated in the United States.
08/25/2016
Investors pull £5.7bn out of UK post-Brexit
Investors chose to move capital to less risky funds
08/25/2016
Top City CEO: Crowdfunding has 'a long way to go' but will be 'massive part of fundraising market'
Regulator needs to take more action
08/25/2016
Diversification is key to wealth planning
Providers have reduced their standard annuities by around 11% since the EU vote, with larger decreases for some other types of annuity
08/25/2016
Is September the danger month for investors? Jason Hollands, Tilney Bestinvest
As the challenges of the summer months subside, does this mean that investors can breathe a sigh of collective relief after all? Perhaps not.
08/25/2016
European Asset Managers Must Keep Calm and Carry On
While global analytics firm Cerulli Associates is confident that the UK's decision to leave the European Union is not a game changer, it acknowledges that the fund groups worst affected by the summer's outflows may have to increase marketing eff
08/24/2016
Interest rate cut leads to 55% rise in mortgage enquiries
deVere Mortgages works with a comprehensive and wide range of UK-based and international mortgage lenders