03/08/2016
What's Old Mutual really worth?
The hot money's on Old Mutual's US asset management business, UK-focused wealth management operation, African financial services business and 40% stake in South Africa's Nedbank going their separate ways.
Comment, Analysis & Research
03/08/2016
Banking gender gap: Women lose out on bonuses and promotions
Among traders the bonus gap is even more pronounced.
03/08/2016
UBS CEO expects to keep strong London presence in event of Brexit - paper
A Brexit would not have any significant, direct consequences for UBS, Ermotti said. Recent polls point towards a narrow vote in favour of Britain remaining in the EU.
03/08/2016
Venture capital, private equity investments in Hungary reach HUF 31.8 bln in 2015
Venture capital transactions averaged HUF 274 million, up from HUF 170 mln in 2014.
03/08/2016
9 charts suggesting the safest jobs at Goldman, JPM, Deutsche and elsewhere
So long as you’re generating enough revenue to more than cost the cover of your ‘seat’ and the capital associated with your activities, you’ll be in one of the safe jobs and will be fine.
03/07/2016
Revealed: How ex-Barclays boss Jenkins met financier Amanda Staveley suing the bank for £1bn
Staveley was part of a £7.3billion fundraising by Barclays in 2008 at the height of the financial crisis, along with the state of Qatar and Sheikh Mansour of Abu Dhabi.
03/07/2016
London Tech Firms Signal Opposition To Brexit
Better in together? London tech firms overwhelmingly opposes Britain’s exit of the EU, new survey suggests
03/07/2016
Do other countries offer better banking than the UK?
So if tracing the cost of your bank account is as complex as strands of spaghetti, are other countries any better at untangling the mess?
03/07/2016
How to avoid the damage of Capital Gains Tax - St. James's Place
The same goes for sales of buy-to-let property or, indeed, any property which is not your main residence.
03/07/2016
New Build Crisis?
The marked lag in price growth could result in a bottleneck of first time buyers, unable to trade up, in the coming years.
03/07/2016
Culture change not getting to bank customers says Financial Services Consumer Panel
This is particularly true for micro-business customers, who feel badly let down by their banks.
03/07/2016
The most dangerous word in investment by Tim Price
“China’s surplus capacity in steelmaking, for example, is bigger than the entire steel production of Japan, America and Germany combined.” - The Economist magazine, February 27th, 2016.
03/06/2016
How stolen treasure kick-started the Bank of England
The man whose money kick-started the Bank of England was William Phips, originally from New England.
03/06/2016
Four questions for Guy Wagner, manager of the BL-Global Flexible Euro fund: No compromises on the quality of companies
The current financial market environment is characterised by low interest rates, high levels of debt – particularly in industrialised countries – and substantial market volatility.
03/06/2016
Out of Property? Out of Africa? by Justin Urquhart Stewart
Property - we seem as a nation to have an obsession over property, more so than anyone else in Europe.
03/06/2016
70,000 people will miss out on state pension, warns Age UK
50,000 women and 20,000 men in 50s and 60s do not have enough qualifying years of national insurance contributions
03/06/2016
Europe’s Banks Find a Dumping Ground for Their Losses
Everything from bad acquisitions to penalties is being put into ‘corporate centers’
03/04/2016
Business confidence knocked by General Election results - Mazars
Over 300 company directors and senior managers from a cross-section of business sectors responded to the survey which was undertaken on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of this week.
03/04/2016
Bitcoin roundup: Banks' blockchain ledger development gathers pace
The blockchain is the distributed public ledger system used by bitcoin to verify transactions, but it can be adapted for non-bitcoin uses.
03/04/2016
Fitch: Barclays 4Q15 Loss and Strategy Update Highlight Performance Challenges
The planned reduction of its 62.3% ownership of Barclays Africa Group Limited (BAGL) to a non-controlling stake could take up to three years, according to management.