03/28/2023
Private wealth emerging as the new frontier of alternative assets fundraising — Preqin reports
Larger fund managers lead the way in the private wealth space with billions of dollars already
Comment, Analysis & Research
03/28/2023
Andrew Bailey: BoE ‘very alert’ on inflation and ready to hike rates again
Following the speech by the Bank of England governor, the British Retail Consortium announced food inflation hit 15% this month, the highest on record.
03/28/2023
Leading family businesses best at building trust
A new paper from PwC suggests that a 71% majority of family businesses reported growth in their latest financial year, while 43% reported double-digit growth.
03/27/2023
Central banks tread cautiously in the face of banking stress
Central banks in the US, eurozone, Switzerland and the UK pressed ahead with rate rises this month in the face of banking stress.
03/27/2023
Diversity, an expanding area: EU and UK policy moves
Diversity is a compliance concern at two levels, the higher one being potential breaches of anti-discrimination laws set by countries and, for its member states, the EU.
03/27/2023
26% of British women have no formal pension savings
Education around retirement pots ‘needs to be improved’
03/27/2023
Bank crisis: How four leading DFMs are positioned
The issues in the US banking space appear more idiosyncratic than systemic at this point in time but it is important to remember how these concerns can spread like wildfire.
03/27/2023
Spring hope sees UK evading recession
The UK’s economic prospects are looking up.
03/24/2023
Billionaire Zara Founder Races to Spend His Ever-Growing Bounty
Spain is the only European Union country with a full-on wealth tax, forcing Ortega’s family office to rapidly invest dividends in order to skirt the levy.
03/24/2023
The Rich Are Getting Richer – But Is The Wealth Gap Worse In Europe Or The US?
At the same time, the cumulative wealth of the top ten billionaires in the UK has grown from £48 billion in 2009 to £182 billion in 2022 - an increase of 281 percent.
03/24/2023
Inflation, running out of money and lack of savings greatest risks to clients
Additionally, 45% of advisers said making poor decisions on accessing benefits with being unable to fund social care (19%) were also worries.
03/23/2023
Rathbones expects high inflation to continue despite OBR prediction
Global trade as a percentage of GDP is roughly where it was 15 years ago, as is international investment,” said Coombs.
03/23/2023
Inflation data puts BoE in difficult position as case for hikes is strengthened
But with this inflation reading, the picture is incredibly clouded and the case for further rate hikes is strengthened.
03/23/2023
Leadership, strategy and resilience − speech by Afua Kyei
Given at World Finance Forum, InterContinental London - The O2
03/22/2023
From Pillar to Post: Between Switzerland's Banks
A look at the top ranks of the banks shows which managers are well-versed in both cultures.
03/22/2023
Regime shift: central banks will prioritise inflation over growth
Inflationary pressures mean monetary policy must be tighter and more restrictive than it has been in the recent past.
03/21/2023
Do the right thing
We can all get things wrong, but if presented with the right incentives, and a little luck, there might still be time to change our minds before it is too late.
03/21/2023
Containing or contagion? High rates take a bite out of banks
While it is too soon to know whether this will restore market confidence, the current environment looks very different to that which preceded 2008’s financial crisis.
03/20/2023
The End of Ulrich Koerners Wild Roller Coaster Ride
UBS CEO Ralph Hamers will take over as CEO of the new combined banking group.
03/20/2023
Attractive opportunities in the “middle ground” of credit
Crossover credit, which covers corporate bonds in the area between investment grade and high yield, can offer some of the most interesting investment options.