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.
02/08/2022
Our annual M&A review covers key trends like ESG, activist investors and security screening as the post-Covid rebound drives acquirers back to the party
02/07/2022
Bank of England increases interest rates to 0.5% – how to make more of your savings
So, what can you do to make more of your savings?
02/07/2022
Central banks diverge in face of spiking inflation
Bank of England hikes again, with more to come, while the eurozone sticks to negative interest rates.
02/07/2022
UK fintech investment hits £27.5bn, a sevenfold increase in just twelve months
“We welcome these figures from KPMG that show how our work to create an environment that supports innovation and attracts investment is paying off.”
02/07/2022
The FCA's anti-cash campaign could become a fraudsters' payday
Investors are being duped by unscrupulous firms offering incredibly risky unregulated investment vehicles.
02/07/2022
Five out of the ten largest fintech deals in the Emea region were completed in the UK.
02/07/2022
Online trading broker eToro has fallen foul of seemingly conflicting rules on financial promotions
02/07/2022
"In short, Orwell feared that what we fear will ruin us. Huxley feared that what we desire will ruin us.This book is about the possibility that Huxley, not Orwell, was right..”
02/04/2022
The Bank now expects inflation will hit 7.25% in April
02/04/2022
Scientists and bean-counters everywhere need to fill gaps in our knowledge rather than stumble into them
02/04/2022
The markets saw the Fed meeting as hawkish, but what did investors expect?
02/04/2022
Increased levels of uncertainty due to Covid can raise the price of goods and create supply bottlenecks.
02/04/2022
Many economies have avoided a deep depression and experienced a strong V-shaped recovery, with many developed countries back on their long-term grown trajectories.
02/04/2022
“I think it’s possibly because they feel more comfortable without having an alpha male opposing them."
02/04/2022
CaixaBank has also been acknowledged as "Best Confirming Bank in South Asia" at the same awards
02/03/2022
Investors surveyed recently by researchers for the FCA seemed to significantly underestimate these risks, with 45% of new self-directed investors not aware that ‘losing some money’ was a potential risk of investing.