10/07/2013
Why Russia prefers BRICS to Europe
Europe has an irresistible appeal for many Russians but after repeated rebuffs by the West, Moscow is coming around to the view that BRICS makes a better bedfellow.
Comment, Analysis & Research
10/06/2013
More Housing Hokum by Justin Urquhart Stewart
The latest „Help to Buy‟ plans, much vaunted by our esteemed politicians at their party conference last week, seems to have been not quite as popular with some of the banks as had originally been implied.
10/06/2013
Coutts' commentary - Global View from Asia - "No default - we hope"
While the US political impasse may provide further disruption to the market, we very much doubt that the government will default on its debt obligations. It has left all non-essential government activities closed.
10/06/2013
Is Mark Carney's forward guidance plan a step backwards?
Bank of England governor's move to persuade markets that interest rates will not immediately rise has provoked scepticism
10/03/2013
Banks learn the hard way in wealth arena
WEALTH management was seen as one of the great Australian growth industries of the 21st century.
10/03/2013
Healthy Fund Flows Spur Frontier Market Fund Launches
Money tends to flow to markets with better infrastructure and liquidity
10/03/2013
HMRC’s Swiss Tax initiative - running out of steam? by Mike Down
Last week HMRC wrote to everyone affected by the UK/Switzerland tax agreement asking them to come clean as to whether they owe tax or not.
10/03/2013
Global Warning – the heat is on - Withers
UK Disclosure facilities
10/02/2013
Sustainable Earnings Replaces Sustainable Yield - Standard Life
Our portfolios are slowly becoming more cyclical
10/02/2013
BNP Paribas CEO Talks on Big Takeovers
BNP Paribas has ruled out big takeovers like Commerzbank as it builds its presence in specialised banking businesses in Germany over the next three years
10/01/2013
New draconian controls on bank bosses will scare off the talent
Who would want to be a bank boss?
10/01/2013
Rothschild Market Perspective October 2013
Despite limits to potential upside, equities remain preferred asset class as markets enjoy abundant liquidity
10/01/2013
Emerging markets are still dependent
The looming spectre preying on investors’ nerves is the possibility that the US Federal Reserve could start tapering off its quantitative easing programme.
10/01/2013
US shutdown an opportunity to invest, according to Hargreaves Lansdown
Market reaction to the shutdown was muted according to Lowcock, because the current budget negotiations are viewed as merely a ‘warm-up act’ for the negotiations later this month to extend the US government’s debt ceiling from the curre
09/30/2013
Self-Servicing for Investment Reporting
The Future of Investment Reporting
09/30/2013
Global Markets Weekly 30 September 2013 - Coutts
Economic trends will be clouded by politics this week
09/30/2013
Foreign funds pour into UK
Flows of money from overseas investors boosted funds at British asset managers to a record £5.4trn last year, it has emerged.
09/30/2013
Crispin Odey on Recovery, Regulation and Skin in the Game
Crispin Odey, probably the only hedge fund manager who's had a sausage named after him
09/30/2013
ABN Amro Chief Opts For Slow and Steady Route
Although His Time as Dutch Finance Minister gives him a deep understanding of policy-making, ABN Amro chief Gerrit Zalm has mixed views on the current tide of regulatory initiatives in Europe.
09/30/2013
Simon Chamberlain: Succession is Perfect mix of Hargreaves and SJP
'Like Hargreaves we own our own open architecture platform and [we] both use fund management as an outsourced commodity.