04/22/2014
Ex-Barclays Executive Rudloff Sees ‘Golden Decade’ for Investment Banking
Barclays has retreated from that market since 2011
Comment, Analysis & Research
04/22/2014
Madness by Tim Price, Director of Investment, PFP Wealth Management
James Rickards, ‘The death of money: the coming collapse of the international monetary system’, 2014
04/21/2014
The Bumble Bee and the Chrysanthemum: Comparing Sweden and Japan’s Responses to Financial Crisis
Reinhart and Rogoff’s influential book, This Time is Different (2009), argues that financial crises over the past eight centuries have had similar causes and consequences across diverse societies.
04/21/2014
Bankers win friends again in Europe with lure of easy money
Jacques de Larosiere says he is an isolated and modest man.
04/20/2014
HSBC Malta supports vision of Malta as a major trade hub
HSBC Malta’s CEO Mark Watkinson, during the bank’s 38th AGM, said that Malta had the opportunity to become a major trade hub.
04/17/2014
Use of DFMs set to soar in coming years, predicts Donaldson
The use of discretionary fund management will only grow in years to come as the market rapidly evolves to meet advisers’ demands
04/17/2014
Platform Focus: Skandia
The feedback we heard from advisers was positive from those looking for an “all-in-one” solution – an investment onesie if you will.
04/17/2014
Finance is still the best prospect Jersey has, now, and in the future
Geoff Cook, CEO, Jersey Finance, outlined to over 100 Jersey business leaders at the IOD luncheon and politicians, how the Island’s finance industry is performing and what initiatives are currently being undertaken to promote the industry. Discussin
04/17/2014
UK's Investec Asset Finance purchases Mann Island Finance
Investec Asset Finance, a UK-based asset and loan finance provider, has purchased Mann Island Finance as part of its plans to develop its asset finance offering and activities in the country.
04/16/2014
Survey Finds Continued Growth Optimism for 2014 - BofA Merrill Lynch
Investor confidence in global economic growth remains high even as expectations of higher short-term rates increase, according to the BofA Merrill Lynch Fund Manager Survey for April.
04/16/2014
Scottish business must wake up to the Asian century
Mr Barton leads McKinsey's work on "the future of capitalism, long-term value-creation and the role of business leadership in society", he is an adviser to the Canadian prime minister.
04/15/2014
News analysis: Is it time to junk ratings?
This has meant the amount of AA-rated sovereign debt now exceeds the AAA pool, with implications for fund managers and clients alike.
04/15/2014
The good, bad and future of high-frequency trading - Natixis Global Asset Management
High-frequency trading has been getting a lot of coverage since the release of Michael Lewis’ book Flash Boys and his talk on 60 Minutes about speed traders rigging the stock market for average investors.
04/15/2014
Larger, Older, Richer: Welcome to the Age of Asset Management
The number of people saving money in the world has grown larger, older, and richer
04/15/2014
Hedge funds make bets on rise in sterling
Traders have ramped up their bets on sterling, with a big jump in the number of hedge funds taking long positions in the pound in expectation of a rate hike, US data shows.
04/15/2014
Investors planning to raise European fund exposures, says ML Capital
ML Capital Asset Management is reporting high levels of demand for both European and US long/short equity funds this quarter, with a healthy swing towards UK equity strategies.
04/15/2014
The new era of cost-cutting at Barclays’ investment bank, Credit Suisse needs to axe 15% of headcount
What’s going to happen to Barclays investment bank when it presents its new plan in June? Tushar Morzaria, the bank’s chief financial officer who took the job six months ago, admitted to analysts in February that its future is not entirely cle
04/15/2014
Yorkshire attracts HNW's as commercial property investment leaps to £1 billion
Wealthy foreign investors spent nearly £1 billion buying up chunks of commercial property in the Yorkshire region over the last two years when London failed to hit the mark for price.
04/15/2014
How COO's are transforming their operating models to meet market challenges
7 changes to asset management operating models
04/15/2014
Britons more likely to use inheritance to cover cost of living rather than buying a house
Britons who stand to inherit sizable sums from their affluent parents are becoming more and more likely to use it to cover the rising cost of living, rather than saving it or using it to buy property.