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Review of the week: A chill wind blows

A week of Fed watching cooled the recent rise in US Treasury yields, sending the dollar and sterling lower. Then British flags followed suit.

Do you have a licence for your Minsky? by Tim Price

Chaos theory can be applied to a variety of disciplines, among them weather and climate.

1,200 HSBC employees to work permanently from home

About 70% of the call centre staff opted to permanently work at home while 25% wanted to go into the office for some of the time.

Scottish Friendly CEO Jim Galbraith dies

Being a leader naturally endowed with wisdom, focus, purpose and ambition, Jim laid those foundations by building an experienced leadership team; dedicated to maintaining his historic vision for the mutual.

PwC's flexible working strategy 'a step in the right direction'

PwC’s announcement will disrupt the entire consulting industry

Hopefully ECB can start to reduce its bond buying in the third quarter, Austrian governor says

The ECB put forward an emergency bond-buying program in March of 2020 to deal with the economic shock from the pandemic.

Review of the week: Resurrection by Rathbones

The US economy is rocketing towards recovery, with jobs, confidence and output soaring amid a strong vaccination drive and stimulus. Next on the list, investment in clean energy.

Wealth Management: Monthly Market Review - Rothschild & Co.

The strong economic recovery led to price gains on the stock markets in March

Corporate culture - grasping the ungraspable

The case for and against measuring culture has been addressed in previous Insight articles with one making the case for measuring and the other against.

Digital Client Onboarding: The Talk Of The Town

Most financial services firms struggle with the basics of their onboarding processes and are unable to set the tone for the right and profitable customer relationship.

Three core investment trusts for your new ISA allowance

This has resulted in an uptick in bond yields and consequently growth companies have suffered at the expense of value.

Responsible Investing – two fund ideas to get started

Want to invest responsibly but not sure where to start? Here are two fund ideas to help.

An Asynchronous and Divergent Recovery May Put Financial Stability at Risk

The economic trauma would have been much worse if the global economy had not been supported by the unprecedented policy actions

Think Positive

How can we best invest to make life better for all

Nine-in-ten bank boards lack professional technology experience

In particular, various reports have found that the banking sector has been among the fastest to take up new technologies in recent years

Lasting Power of Attorney registration drops 30% during pandemic

While numbers still haven’t returned to their previous levels, they are getting closer and it is encouraging to see that people are getting the much-appreciated piece of mind that having an LPA entails.

Hedge funds weigh prime broking relationships after Archegos fire sale

Managers consider switching lenders as they fret about reputational damage

Europe breaks records with government bond issuance surge

January and February were among ‘hottest months on record’ in region’s primary market

Bonds Hold Their Breath by Gary Dugan

To add to the growth positive mix, details of President Biden's $2.25 trillion infrastructure spending package are starting to circulate.

Risk Averse Poles Fleeing 0% Bank Accounts Just Can’t Win

Clients in Poland are generally quite conservative

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