05/10/2016

SMEs ‘Squeezed Out’ by EU regulation Lord Flight

Large investment banks with an “oligopolistic position” in Europe are “understandably” in favour of staying in the European Union, but small British businesses are being squeezed by regulations from the EU

05/09/2016

Small is beautiful; unpopular helps by Tim Price

The shareholders of Berkshire Hathaway have just celebrated their latest ‘Woodstock for capitalists’ in the form of the company’s annual general meeting. Fund manager Jeffrey Miller of Eight Bridges Capital Management made the following

05/05/2016

Brexit update

Here's some of the latest views on Brexit

05/04/2016

Regulation could hit challenger bank growth: KPMG

The reason for this is perceived risk. By definition, a challenger is new to the market and consequently lacks the trading record and evidential data that an incumbent can offer the regulator.”

05/03/2016

Taking Cover Investors turn to covered bonds poor yields

The opening months of 2016 have witnessed unexpectedly keen levels of investor interest in covered bonds--which are aimed primarily at the institutional market--despite ultra-low yields, says Cerulli Associates, a global analytics firm.