09/25/2013
Nicola Horlick: "Crowdfunding is a drug going straight into the lifeblood of the economy"
City Superwoman Nicola Horlick is a crowdfunding convert following the success of her recent project on Seedrs, raising £150,000
Comment, Analysis & Research
09/25/2013
Chief Secretary announces Government action on tax avoidance by George Bull
Danny Alexander’s surprise announcement last week, and why it’s about time the Government acknowledged that once again, it’s got to the wrong place but for some of the right reasons.
09/25/2013
It is the regulators who now pose the biggest threats to financial stability
Try as you might, it’s hard to feel any sympathy for Britain’s banks.
09/25/2013
EMIR timeline push-backs: blessing or curse?
The European Securities and Markets Authority has done it again.
09/24/2013
Trust Me With Your Data, I’m A Banker
Consumers exercise a worrying lack of caution when it comes to sharing their personal data, as 17.5% of Brits say they would flog their own data for £5000
09/24/2013
Jersey’s finance industry contributes some 40% of total GVA
Jersey Finance has issued the following comment in response to the latest economic performance figures to be issued by the States of Jersey.
09/23/2013
Keeping the markets guessing - HSBC Private Bank
Deferred, not discarded
09/23/2013
What has been troubling emerging markets? - Schroders
Schroders’ Allan Conway, Head of Emerging Market Equities, takes a look at why emerging markets (GEMs) have underperformed developed markets over the last three years, whether the trend will change and what has been discounted in equity markets.
09/22/2013
There are times when the French seem to do a far better impersonation of Eeyore than we do
Depressed, lugubrious, and always assuming the worst; normally that is a good reflection of the British domestic attitude to life.
09/22/2013
Revenge of the Nerds
Equity markets are showing the most promising prospects
09/22/2013
Five Years On: The New Regulators
The 2008 financial crisis sent shockwaves around the world, prompting the government to reconsider the way the financial industry is regulated.
09/19/2013
Tax avoidance – but who are the real goodies and baddies? by George Bull
The old days were great – you were either a goodie or a baddie – and that was it. Simple. But in the new world of tax, we just can’t work out who’s who any more…
09/19/2013
City Broker’s Ethical Investment Comments ‘Ill-Informed and Naive’
Comments made about the alleged poor performance of sustainable investment funds by a leading asset manager have been described as “ill-informed and naive” by the industry’s trade body.
09/17/2013
Advisers ready to test international investing again
More than half of financial advisers are ready to invest overseas
09/16/2013
Consumer Poll Punishes Scandal-Hit Bank Over PPI Mis-selling and Libor Fixing
We're obviously disappointed with the results of the Move Your Money survey," said a spokeswoman for Barclays
09/15/2013
Look out the Investment Bankers are back! by Justin Urquhart Stewart
Good news - companies have been sitting on a lot of cash: bad news - they haven't been spending it.
09/15/2013
Bank Austria plays down emerging market concerns
UniCredit Bank Austria said its business was largely unaffected by market turmoil in Turkey and Slovenia as investors fled from high-yield assets in anticipation of the U.S. Federal Reserve scaling back its stimulus package.
09/12/2013
Five Years on From Lehman Brothers - Schroders
15th September 2013 marks the 5th anniversary of the collapse of Lehman Brothers.
09/11/2013
A transatlantic view of the G20 meeting by George Bull
Is tax avoidance by multinational corporations a ‘soft’ issue or a ‘hard’ one?
09/10/2013
Five years after Lehman’s collapse, lack of customer confidence is biggest challenge facing banking sector, says CISI survey
A lack of customer confidence is the biggest challenge facing the banking sector, according to a survey carried out by the CISI, five years after the collapse of Lehman Brothers.