04/17/2023
Why are wealth management firms ignoring their own succession planning advice?
Financial firms often tell their clients about the importance of succession planning. They should practise what they preach
Comment, Analysis & Research
04/14/2023
Private assets views Q2 2023 - Navigating the downturn
A regular update from our private assets business, that includes detailed thoughts on the risks and opportunities emerging in each private asset class.
04/14/2023
BoE's Huw Pill: 'Path of inflation may be bumpier than we expect'
'Material upside surprise'
04/13/2023
CIO Lens Q2 2023: when rising rates bite
With companies and markets still adjusting to the reality of higher interest rates, it has been a volatile start to 2023.
04/13/2023
JO Hambro UK Equity Income ends 10-year volatile Abrdn affair
Citywire + rated fund managers Clive Beagles and James Lowen have sold out of long-term holding Abrdn following the recent rally in its share price.
04/13/2023
Raiffeisen Transaction Price Index: Swiss home market still not out of step
The higher level of mortgage interest rates is still not disrupting the Swiss home market.
04/13/2023
Profile Group: Significant growth in 2022 for the fifth consecutive year
The Group's liquidity remained at satisfactory levels, with total cash at the end of the year 2022 at € 14.2 million.
04/13/2023
Monetary and financial stability: lessons from recent times - speech by Andrew Bailey Given at the Institute of International Finance
All of this has to be set against the most serious global pandemic for at least a century and the most serious war in Europe since 1945.
04/12/2023
Quality Doesn't Matter........Until It Does!
This year’s best-performing sectors were last year’s worst, whilst this year’s worst are last year’s best.
04/12/2023
Best aviation and yacht finance advisers
Welcome to the Spear’s ranking of the best aviation and yacht finance advisers for high-net-worth individuals in the UK
04/12/2023
This bank lets savers participate immediately in SNB rate hikes
The rates of the Swiss subsidiary of the Danish online bank will therefore increase as soon as the Swiss National Bank (SNB) raises its interest rate.
04/11/2023
The importance of a Global Perspective
As the uncertainty that beset markets in 2022 continues into 2023, the importance of adopting a global perspective can’t be overstated.
04/11/2023
Why the capex recovery will prove resilient
As a regime shift takes place, the global economy is on the cusp of a decade of higher capital expenditure by companies. Smart manufacturers are poised to reap the rewards of this.
04/06/2023
Crises drive European evolution as core inflation persists
As inflation hits consumers’ pockets in the region, labour unions are responding with demands for higher wages, or contesting the prospect of working longer before retirement.
04/06/2023
Thematic funds turn to ageing 'megatrend'
Declining population growth
04/06/2023
Closing on the peak
Slower credit, trade, manufacturing and housing mean subdued growth and easing labour markets in the US, with some recessionary episodes later in the year.
04/05/2023
US overtakes UK as most attractive market for UK retail investors
Charles Schwab UK research
04/05/2023
Credit Suisse Group AG publishes results of the 2023 Annual General Meeting
All other Board members were re-elected for a further term until the closing of the planned merger with UBS.
04/04/2023
UK economic outlook looks brighter but gaps still remain, warns Deutsche Bank
The bank had previously expected the economy to contract 0.2 per cent over the course of the year.
04/04/2023
Census data highlights seriousness of UK's demographic ticking timebomb
Ultimately, this shines a spotlight back onto the sustainability of the state pension and at what age people can expect to receive it.