02/10/2016
Standard Chartered Leads Credit Swap Surge for U.K. Banks
Subordinated bonds are among the riskiest part of a bank’s capital structure.
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02/10/2016
Why European banks exiting U.S. wealth management matters
This could have implications for the careers of everyone in the industry.
02/10/2016
Europe banking meltdown: Why it’s gone ‘overboard’
Shares have sold off as falling oil prices and slowing growth in China conspired to make the start of 2016 the worst on record on Wall Street.
02/10/2016
Private banking: Pure-play funds plough through private client opening
Asset management was once seen as the core of wealth management.
02/10/2016
Recession Fears Europe's Banking Tremors
These assurances reveal how badly confidence in the bank has been shaken.
02/10/2016
Why investors are freaking out over European banks (again)
Credit Suisse is also under fire, with the cost to insure its debt doubling.
02/09/2016
Cyprus Tops Citizenship by Investment Programs
Residency through real estate investment shows strong growth
02/09/2016
German, French central bank chiefs support joint eurozone finance ministry
The heads of the central banks in Germany and France have warned tighter financial cooperation between eurozone nations is required to save the European project. A joint finance ministry could be a blessing, they said.
02/09/2016
Revealed: The secret international blacklist that can lock you out of your bank account
He’s the founder of an anti-extremism organisation. He’s advised prime ministers on the best way to counter radical Islam.
02/09/2016
Here's one area where bonuses are 'real' pay-outs
An unfashionable area now the place to be.
02/09/2016
Study: UK banks could lose 45% of their customers to alternative financial institutions
The study ‘Banking Disintermediation: The Personalisation Imperative’ surveyed over 1000 UK consumers, conducted by Red Bricks research on behalf of Personetics.
02/09/2016
First high net worth equity release service launches
The high net worth adviser will offer bespoke equity release rates and terms for customers as the equity release market expands into wider retirement lending.
02/09/2016
Shadow Capital Rises Behind Patient Capital
The $5.6bn leveraged-buyout fund raised by the founders of KKR in 1987 as they pursued the takeover of RJR Nabisco was seen as enormous at the time.
02/09/2016
Fund Firms Fear Skill Shortage In Complex World
Fund firms are struggling to find sufficiently talented people as the world they operate in becomes increasingly complex.
02/09/2016
Banks fall to attractive valuations after “interesting” start to 2016 - Schroders
European bank shares have fallen to optically attractive levels at the same time as capital requirements have become far clearer.
02/09/2016
UK property trusts suffer steepest fall in five years
Property buyers, particularly sovereign wealth funds, are being stretched by low oil prices and weakness in emerging market economies
02/08/2016
Bank of America Merrill Lynch Sweeps Institutional Investor's 2016 Europe Rankings
Last year the firm ranked No. 4, No. 2 and No. 2, respectively, in these annual rankings.
02/08/2016
Banking the customer experience dividend
How to create growth in a changing market? KPMG Nunwood's latest analysis shows that customer experience is the key to achieving growth.
02/08/2016
Asset managers set to lose out as Europe's institutions band together to invest
However, the developing trend is not the death knell for independent managers, says Cerulli Associates, the global analytics firm. "In fact, net demand for third-party managers in infrastructure and property may well grow," notes David Walker, i
02/08/2016
Where are we in the Credit Cycle? by Standard Life Investments
Bank lending standards have tightened in emerging markets, and there are nascent signs of tightening in the US, although European lending is still loosening.