05/19/2013
How many mobile handsets must a human have?!
A stray news item piqued my interest a few days ago, one statistic stood out among the hundreds hurled daily at us by the new, old and adolescent media formats.
Comment, Analysis & Research
05/19/2013
The UK Is About To Enter Its Second Straight Lost Decade
Britain may be growing again, just not fast enough to pay for the accumulated promises of the past.
05/19/2013
10 Countries Anxiously Watching Their Massive Gold Hoards Fall In Value
A report highlighting the countries sitting on the biggest official gold reserves.
05/19/2013
A Gold Forecast that Will Shock the World
Should it really surprise us the gold experts have been so badly wrong about the direction of bullion prices?
05/19/2013
Morningstar Investment Conference: Manager Insights
SPECIAL REPORT: The UK's leading asset managers provide their concerns and strategies for investing in the current environment
05/19/2013
UK-based hedge fund holds off US dominance to crack big league of top hedgie performers
Invests in a bucket of loans that are then wrapped into a single loan and traded
05/16/2013
France is in recession, but you can still invest in Europe
French asset manager Carmignac says the country is on the right track to turn its economy around.
05/15/2013
Schroders Azad Zangana - Eurozone recession continues
“Of the major countries that have reported their GDP, only Germany managed to eke out some positive growth, albeit just 0.1%."
05/15/2013
UK Inflation Report: GBP may ultimately be supported by new BoE powers
GBP may ultimately be supported by new BoE powers
05/15/2013
Southern Europe Slowly on the Mend
Peripheral euro bonds continue to outperform
05/14/2013
Eurozone remains main concern for nearly three quarters of advisers - RESEARCH
Eurozone growth remains the main concern amongst intermediaries, with 71% seeing it as one of the biggest macro-economic challenges to investment growth over the next six months, according to the latest Baring Asset Management Investment Barometer.
05/13/2013
Coutts: Wealth Watch
Time to buy as Europe responds to crisis
05/13/2013
Old age isn’t so bad when you consider the alternatives
The latest edition of Global Perspective looks at how demographic trends can have a major impact on how economies develop
05/13/2013
Managing the people side of risk - RESEARCH
Companies can create a powerful risk culture without turning the organization upside down.
05/12/2013
BMO Global Asset Management Makes the Case for Frontier Market Equities
Lloyd George Management's Dafydd Lewis at 5th Annual Make A Difference Conference
05/12/2013
Tax & Recovery? by Justin Urquhart Stewart
Now hang on – there is nothing new about this.
05/12/2013
Fairness in tax – music to Osborne’s ears?
Why is it one rule for them and another for the music community?
05/12/2013
4 Scary Charts Warning Of The Next Financial Crisis
Country's aging demographics has increased social costs while the pool of taxable labor declined
05/09/2013
View from Psigma
The “Invisible Touch” of central bankers has changed the world and financial markets, creating both opportunities and worrying distortions.
05/09/2013
The London market only needs transparent and ethical companies
Emerging market enterprises typically have large controlling shareholders