05/02/2013
Being human costs money - Barclays Wealth survey
What may be seen as rational behaviour by individual investors against the theoretical best practice
Comment, Analysis & Research
05/01/2013
Retaining Talent Will Be the Biggest Challenge of 2013 - RESEARCH
With the survey highlighting escalating costs and a lack of engagement from employees, HR professionals find themselves under increasing pressure to make significant changes to their benefits package.
05/01/2013
Could the UK’s crusading campaign against overseas tax havens be looking a little shaky?
The Two Faces of the Crusade against Tax Havens
05/01/2013
Berry Asset Management repositions portfolios for Q2
“Real assets, such as equities and property, could fare reasonably well during the next phase of the economic and market cycle”
05/01/2013
Close Brothers' Haines: SEIS could be the next mis-selling scandal
Patrick Haines warns seed enterprise investment schemes
04/30/2013
EU drinks groups to keep spending in China amid slowdown
European spirits manufacturers will probably maintain their high levels of trade investment in China despite a slowdown in sales growth that will take time to recover, Fitch Ratings says.
04/30/2013
Gold price and emerging market equity valuations- potential opportunities? - Rothschild Wealth Management
Global economic growth is likely to remain weak. But loose monetary policies, including low interest rates and quantitative easing, should continue to support risk asset prices throughout the rest of the year.
04/30/2013
"Central Bankers are the heroes of our time and the equity investors's best friend" - Barry Norris, Argonaut Capital Partners
The many reminiscences on the passing of Margaret Thatcher contrast her decisive radical economic policies with the consensus-building ineffectiveness of today’s political leaders.
04/30/2013
Another year of 'Sell in May'?, ECB update and Chinese Economy Rebalancing - Schroders
Evidence is building of a slowdown in global growth, repeating the pattern seen in recent years where a strong start to the year fades in the spring.
04/30/2013
Sallie Krawcheck On Just About Everything
You worry about all of it because it's going to be something we don't expect
04/29/2013
Rising to The Challenge
In the aftermath of the financial crisis many smart economic scribes wrote that the “new normal” would be low growth for which there would be no quick fix whatever the central banks threw at the situation.
04/29/2013
Intermediaries significantly more positive towards equities - RESEARCH
“The recent pick-up in the markets has led to an increase in positive sentiment towards equities, which is reflected in the latest Barings Investment Barometer."
04/29/2013
Credit spreads: tighter for longer - HSBC Private Bank
As the global economy goes through a soft patch, bond yields should remain lower for longer and credit should remain well supported as well.
04/29/2013
Banking giant predicts gold price collapse
ABN Amro, the Dutch state-owned banking giant, recently revised its global macro and gold outlook
04/28/2013
Barking Banks and Tax
Well it has been described as ‘insane’ and ‘ridiculous’ by both the head of the London Stock Exchange, Xavier Rolet, and Jim O’Neil the highly respected chairman of Goldman Sachs Asset Management.
04/27/2013
AXA Wealth comments on the FCA platform paper
David Thompson, managing director of Elevate, AXA Wealth, comments on the publication of the final platform paper
04/27/2013
Thoughts on the FCA Platform Paper - Hargreaves Lansdown
The FCA have published their long awaited Platform Policy Paper
04/25/2013
Has the Developed World Gone Ex-Growth? - HSBC Global Asset Management
Emerging markets have become the engines of global growth as their global influence increases, leaving developed markets in their shade, according to HSBC Global Asset Management .
04/25/2013
March 2013 Another Record Month For Client Investment Into Funds, Says Barclays Stockbrockers
The analysis revealed March 2013 saw the highest ever value invested into funds by Barclays Stockbrokers clients
04/24/2013
The next steps for the euro - what is needed to ensure its survival?
We have to find other means of redistributing the gains and losses.