06/02/2014
Report suggests that wealth management companies could spend their IT investment more effectively
On the positive side, there is growing confidence in the wealth management sector and investing in new technology is perceived to be central to business growth
06/02/2014
The number of German millionaires is expected to rise by 11% over the next four years, but wealth distribution remains uneven.
06/02/2014
Neo-liberal economic policies will lead to more and more inequality and social unrest, argues the author of Capital in the Twenty-First Century. Policy makers should take heed of this important book.
05/30/2014
The full petition will be delivered in person to the UN in New York on 9 June 2014.
05/30/2014
Brewin Dolphin warns of the dangers of missing out on pension advice
05/29/2014
A recap of developments in the LIBOR rate-fixing scandal to date
05/29/2014
The more pebbles a male penguin has for his nest, the more irresistible he will be to females
05/29/2014
European Banks, Look How You’ve Shrunk
At the end of 2012 there were three European banks with balance sheets of more than €2 trillion
05/29/2014
Boutique and medium-sized fund houses offer the highest returns
05/29/2014
The SME Finance Monitor also revealed that 48% of small businesses that took part in the survey were ‘permanent non-borrowers’
05/28/2014
A new in-depth review of the world’s commonly accepted top sovereign wealth fund is being told to take a page out of the Canadian playbook.
05/27/2014
Smart beta is used to describe indexes that use rules-based stock picking and alternative weighting methods
05/27/2014
Wraps are a relatively new phenomenon in this country.
05/27/2014
Total inflows over the first four months of the year amounted to 36.5 billion euros
05/27/2014
The survey found that the views of Asia-Pacific asset managers are in line with their international colleagues
05/26/2014
The news last week that some of the institutional investors being offered shares in Saga were getting somewhat disgruntled should come as no surprise. We have had a raft (sorry for the poor pun) of flotations and, as is often the case, they have not lived
05/26/2014
On top of this central bank liquidity there are the funds ‘accumulated by European companies as a precaution after the liquidity crunches they experienced in 2008 and 2011
05/23/2014
Raiffeisen confident in Russia's attractions -CEO
Sevelda earlier told Austrian radio that the bank was largely unaffected by large capital outflows from Russia, its single most important market.
05/23/2014
Cashflow ‘biggest threat to survival’ - Close Brothers Business Barometer
It’s clear that access to working capital and maintaining a reliable cashflow are a concern for a large number of SMEs
05/23/2014
A catalyst for change in the European institutional space