10/22/2021
New Global Rules Leave Just 10 Big EU Banks Short Of Capital, Draft Shows
The EBA said the banks in the test sample were from 17 EU countries and represented around 75% of total EU banks’ assets.
Comment, Analysis & Research
10/22/2021
COVID-19: Technology Adoption and Adaptation
This rapid technological adoption also changed the way businesses operate. HR transformation is a good example whereby onboarding, training, and salary were digitised to match the workforce realities during the pandemic.
10/22/2021
eFront releases latest Private Equity Performance Overview
The new edition of the eFront Insight Research Quarterly Report presents two sets of performance metrics.
10/21/2021
Tax deductions: how to optimise Pillar 2 buybacks
The principle behind buybacks is the ability to "catch up" on missed contributions.
10/21/2021
Transparency, impact and engagement
A few months after the SFDR regulation came into force, Morningstar published an initial study in which it estimated that funds classified as Article 9 represented 2.7% of the total assets of European funds, compared with 20.9% for Article 82.
10/21/2021
Why do people invest?
A look at the fundamentals of investor behaviour across Europe and Asia
10/21/2021
Digitalisation – the role of hybrid servicing
In the first in a series of blogs on the strategic imperatives driving digitalisation, we’d like to focus on the role of hybrid servicing.
10/21/2021
Gaining a holistic view of your firm’s CLM requirements
The challenge with that is that the edges of onboarding – the bit that happens before and the bit that happens afterwards – are fundamentally connected.
10/21/2021
Stonehage Fleming: Quarterly Investment letter
The threat of persistent ‘stagflation’, when weak economic growth combines with high inflation, has pushed bond yields higher and rattled investors’ nerves.
10/21/2021
London Calling: The City Holds Its Own as a Listing Venue for Q3
Stories of London’s demise as an IPO venue appear to be greatly exaggerated.
10/21/2021
UK financial intermediaries prefer personable and energetic asset managers
Research shows they are also more likely to buy a fund from a manager they perceive as a partner
10/21/2021
Operational Resilience: is the UK financial sector ready?
The aim of this regulation is to ensure that the sector is able to prevent, adapt, respond to, recover
10/21/2021
Beset by bad news, UK consumers gloomiest since lockdown
"Against a backdrop of cheerless domestic news ... it is not surprising that consumers are feeling down-in-the mouth about the chilly winter months ahead,"
10/21/2021
Statement by Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank
As the Governing Council’s longest serving member he had unparalleled experience that he was always ready to share.
10/20/2021
Young investors taking big risks as FCA launch InvestSmart campaign
The growth in investing is fantastic but we have a hell of a job to do in helping newer investors
10/20/2021
Inflation Taxing Bond Investors
Equities returned over 2% on the week, but short-dated bond yields rose nearly 10bps.
10/20/2021
Buoyant Global M&A Market Sees Deal Values in First Half of 2021 More Than Double Those of the Same Period in 2020
The report forecasts a continuing favorable environment for M&A activity
10/20/2021
A positive post-Covid future beckons
Thus far, many economies have managed to avoid prolonged recessions, but we must watch out for unforeseen risks that lie just around the corner.
10/20/2021
Views From the Floor – Will Inflation Kill the Central Bank Put?
Will inflation end the central bank put?; how sticky is inflationary pressure?; and ESG performance in the aftermath of energy price spikes.
10/20/2021
Capital Group finds ESG hampered by lack of consistency in reporting
Study investigates barriers to ESG adoption