10/21/2020
5 minutes with… Nick Bland, Head of UK Client Services at Ocorian
At the same time, DB was building its offering in the fund space, with my group acting as a loan servicing middle office because we had the infrastructure to do so.
Comment, Analysis & Research
10/21/2020
Staying Home: How the Coronavirus Changed Consumer Behaviors and Company Valuations
What consumer trends during the pandemic have meant, and will mean, for companies in technology, hospitality, and e-commerce.
10/21/2020
'Impenetrable glass ceiling' for Black workers in financial firms
Ruebik warned the situation was of particular note in London, where the firms where largely headquartered, which has an estimated 40 per cent black, Asian and minority ethnic population.
10/21/2020
Saudi Arabia investors eye Cyprus for investment
Cyprus and Saudi Arabia will benefit from closer and stronger trade and a foreign direct investment relationship that will amplify growth and prosperity in short and long terms.
10/21/2020
Gifting to family members soars but fears of post-COVID tax hikes are not the driver
Gifting to younger children will often come with restrictions
10/21/2020
Profile: ‘We are not here to build up the business and sell it’
Vermeer Partners’ group chief executive discusses career changes, sustainable growth and pitfalls of home working
10/20/2020
WeekWatch by St. James’s Place
While large technology companies are thriving throughout the pandemic, the overall health of the world economy is much more mixed.
10/20/2020
Wealthy Rothschilds Family Buy Into Bitcoin
This purchase was more than likely done for one of their private clients with this being just one of the many private institutions owned by Rothschilds.
10/20/2020
UK residential property: A window of opportunity | Perspectives from Singapore, Hong Kong and London
One agency reported that its Prime Central London sales for properties worth over £2 million were 85 per cent higher than the same period last year.
10/20/2020
The challenges of changing an employee benefits package
Which benefits, should you amend, and how? And is it ever worth cutting benefits?
10/20/2020
The impact of negative interest rates on law firms
In simple terms, that means it will become expensive for any of us lucky enough to have savings to actually hold onto our money.
10/20/2020
Global asset manager AuM tops $100 trillion for the first time
It also shows that, in the past decade, 232 asset manager names have dropped out of the ranking.
10/19/2020
Half of UK financial services staff want shift to flexible working
The research showed that the majority of employees still value their time in the office. Only 26 per cent of those surveyed said they want to work from home full-time in future.
10/19/2020
Half of UK FS workforce want to work from home after Covid-19
Workers aged 31-45 are the most driven to work more flexibly (53%), while workers under 30 are the keenest to work from home permanently (28%).
10/19/2020
London financial services jobs rise after Covid-19 crash
Figures released by the Office for National Statistics last week showed there were 227,000 redundancies across the UK in the three months to August
10/19/2020
Picking over the Laggards by Gary Dugan
The natural reaction of most portfolio managers in the wake of such good news would be to look to buy markets that have serially underperformed over the past seven months.
10/19/2020
Less than half of asset managers assess gender diversity as part of their investment analysis
The data also shows that two-thirds of asset managers had less than 25% female representation on their investment teams and 60% did not report their gender pay gap in 2019.
10/19/2020
The Impact Of The COVID-19 Crisis Begins To Be Felt In Spain Housing Prices
Over the coming quarters, CaixaBank Research expects the decline in housing prices to continue.
10/19/2020
Pimfa warns of 'existential' threat to advisers from rising PI
“This only feeds into concerns we have about businesses failing as a result of claims, and falling onto the FSCS as a result.”
10/19/2020
Are the days of family office boutiques numbered?
After Schroders acquired Sandaire last month, we examine whether smaller family offices are being squeezed out.