12/27/2021
The head of Norway’s wealth fund said that financial markets are set to experience weak returns in the next decade and that inflation is the main hurdle ahead.
12/27/2021
He also turned to NBIM staff throughout the organization to bring fresh ideas to the CEO office.
12/27/2021
Euro cash was first introduced on Jan 1, 2002 - three years after the common currency's conception.
12/26/2021
The second of these two reasons is more common as a motivation for showing up at a bank like BNP Paribas.
12/24/2021
Block transfers are a special type of transfer that prevents people from being penalised when they transfer with another person under the same agreement (for example as part of a bulk exercise, like a workplace pension arrangement changing provider).
12/24/2021
It is this uncertainty that has led and is likely to continue to lead to elevated volatility in markets.
12/23/2021
Alpesh said finance minister Rishi Sunak's announcement on Tuesday of 1 billion pounds ($1.33 billion) in support for hospitality and leisure firms would provide a breathing space.
12/23/2021
Banks are able to offset the hit to profitability created by higher capital requirements while maintaining core lines of business, and investors gain the potential to access exciting, diversified investment vehicles with a rate of risk and return they mig
12/23/2021
At US banks Goldman Sachs Group and JPMorgan Chase, bonus pools for bankers in the capital markets and advisory businesses could rise as much as 50 percent.
12/23/2021
UCITS money market funds recorded net inflows of EUR66 billion, compared to net outflows of EUR57 billion in September 2021.
12/22/2021
When Facebook changed its name to Meta Platforms1 in October, the word ‘metaverse’ moved from the domain of tech geeks to the mainstream.
12/22/2021
This was always a rule that had more relevance for European Union financial markets than it did for the UK and our departure from the EU presents our industry, and the FCA with an opportunity to enact reforms that better fit our own domestic markets.
12/22/2021
More than half of those surveyed (55%) said their employer was considering making hybrid the new normal going into 2022.
12/22/2021
This issue of Simply Put, where we make macro calls with a multi-asset perspective, tests their validity.
12/22/2021
As Christmas approaches, we have taken inspiration from the old carol and selected seven ‘black swans’ that could have an outsized effect on markets over the coming years, for both good and ill.
12/22/2021
One can never be certain what lies ahead but we remain cautiously optimistic about the prospects for 2022.
12/21/2021
This will be our last Weekly Bulletin of 2021.
12/21/2021
The responses were gathered during a year in which the UK has experienced COVID-19 lockdowns and restrictions that have challenged business models and operations to their core.
12/21/2021
The Bank of England raised interest rates last week in an abrupt U-turn. At the previous meeting, the BoE’s monetary policy committee had voted 7-2 in favour of no action.
12/21/2021
Mirabaud Asset Management’s David Kneale on what vaccines, antivirals, inflation, and valuations mean for the UK in 2022