02/14/2022
With inflation still showing no signs of relenting – though it will certainly fall later this year – markets are rightly questioning the broadness and stickiness of the highest inflation we have seen in 40 years.
02/14/2022
“Central bankers control the price of money and therefore indirectly influence every market in the world. Given this immense power, the ideal central banker would be humble, cautious and deferential to market signals.." – James Rickards,
02/13/2022
Economic Secretary to the Treasury John Glen’s speech at TheCityUK Annual Dinner
02/13/2022
Banks have been benefiting from a boom in corporate deals, rising interest rates and lower-than-expected losses on loans handed out through the pandemic.
02/13/2022
The latest insights on employee benefits, with over 250 participants
02/13/2022
Italy is Credit Agricole’s biggest foreign market and consolidation in the sector is again heating up.
02/11/2022
Given at the TheCityUK Annual Dinner
02/11/2022
UK retailers have cancelled £7.1bn in contracts across the last 12 months with suppliers that don’t meet stringent ethical and sustainable standards, new research¹ reveals.
02/11/2022
Interest rates are on the rise and the same can be said about investors’ appetite for banking stocks.
02/11/2022
Greater consumer engagement could drive effective competition, by increasing pressure on providers and advisers to ensure the products and services they provide to consumers offer value for money and meet consumers’ needs and demands.
02/11/2022
The Bank of England hiked a further 25bp as expected last week, but with four out of nine committee members voting for a 50bp
02/10/2022
Policies that attempt to move quickly back to preconceived neutral levels without reference to the real time evolution of the data run the risk of adding noise and volatility through a mis-calibration of the policy response.
02/10/2022
Regulation, Retail Investment Growth and Fintech Innovation Influencing the Democratisation of Corporate Governance
02/10/2022
By Kristalina Georgieva, IMF Managing Director Atlantic Council, Washington, DC
02/10/2022
France (£54.5bn), Germany (£51.3bn) and Canada (£25.6bn) also rank within the top five.
02/09/2022
In 2020, the banks received a wave of sympathy and gratitude because they, along with the Finance Department and the National Bank, got Covid-19 loans up and running so quickly.
02/09/2022
The volatility and complexity of the US labour market data beg the question as to how the Fed is supposed to decide about the appropriateness and objectivity of its monetary policy when the quality and accuracy of the data is so open to question.
02/08/2022
Hard assets, or real assets, are a subset of alternative investments.
02/08/2022
It’s the best experience that will afford wealth management firms a competitive edge.
02/08/2022
Given concerns surrounding inflation momentum and the resulting moves in government bond markets, we have not been surprised to see elevated volatility in credit markets.