07/08/2022
Wealth industry business sentiment weakens in Q2 2022
Despite these dark clouds, the wealth industry is still hoping for a better 2022.
Comment, Analysis & Research
07/07/2022
UK workers’ pay down £100 a week as unions’ collective bargaining power fades
Last year, just 3% of workers in the private sector had their pay set at a national or industry level, rising to 67% in the public sector.
07/07/2022
What is the role of investors in financing the transition towards sustainable food systems?
Climate change, perhaps the best-known of these boundaries, is coming under increasing pressure, with our atmospheric CO2 levels higher now than they have been for millions of years.
07/07/2022
A risk-based approach to multi asset as caution prevails
Such turbulent times amplify the need for resilience
07/07/2022
Bank of England vows to bring down inflation
This is the same figure the Bank of England decided on for the last five interest rate increases in a row.
07/07/2022
As Bad as it Felt
In the first half the key change in sentiment amongst economists and central bankers has been the marked deterioration in their outlook for inflation.
07/07/2022
Export industry continues to grow despite challenges
Meanwhile, 64 % of companies are facing corresponding challenges, 19 % more than six months ago.
07/06/2022
Saving nature – why 2022 is key for biodiversity
The greatest threats come from over-exploitation of natural resources, such as overhunting, overfishing and deforestation, as well as agriculture and human development.
07/06/2022
Big data innovation among private banking industry companies has dropped off in the last year
Analysis of patent filings shows a shrinking level of big data related applications in the industry over the past year
07/06/2022
Opperman says people in their 20s should receive pension nudges
“I want people to be able to look at their work, wealth and wellbeing before the age of 50.”
07/06/2022
Returning inflation to target − speech by Huw Pill
These are difficult times for many people. Getting inflation back to our 2% target is important if we are to have a stable economy that supports people’s jobs and incomes. Huw Pill sets out how we’re doing that.
07/06/2022
Soft or hard landing? How these 10 private bank CIOs brace for recession
Investment chiefs of private banks share their views on economic growth and if the markets should be readying for a hard landing.
07/05/2022
Ukraine’s costly war of attrition still weighs on outlook
Neither Ukraine nor Russia are pushing to negotiate a settlement, calculating that they each need to make territorial gains first.
07/05/2022
Asset management execs back four-day week
Polling shows the funds industry is getting behind a new way of working
07/04/2022
UK interest rates: what next?
Interest rates in the UK and elsewhere are forecast to continue rising as central banks battle to contain inflation. We keep track of what these changes mean for markets and economies.
07/04/2022
UK Finance chair Bob Wigley: We need to create ‘reasons for banks to be in London’
He was also instrumental in setting up TheCityUK, spent over a decade with investment banking giant Merrill Lynch and chaired the UK green investment bank commission for ex-chancellor George Osborne.
07/01/2022
Weak growth, elevated inflation to support dollar
By all accounts, the degree of USD strength has been unprecedented in the past twenty years, and under normal circumstances, a simple mean reversion argument would suggest the dollar would peak and roll over.
07/01/2022
Evelyn Partners and CliftonLarsonAllen launch CLA Global
CLA Global expects to announce additional high-profile counterparts and member firms in 2022.
06/30/2022
One swallow does not make a summer
US equities surged 6% on the week while government bond yields tumbled 10bps in the US and 30bps in Europe.
06/30/2022
Slowing economy, a cautious outlook
The situation in Europe is very different, with growth more at risk from the Ukraine conflict and inflation more driven by food and energy price shocks.