10/30/2020
Double negative: Savers put off by prospect of paying banks to hold cash
This is not the time to be sticking money under the mattress.
Comment, Analysis & Research
10/30/2020
Law firms: is COVID-19 the catalyst for change?
Property, employment, family, private client, commercial and corporate law are all experiencing some increase in activity—with personal injury litigation as the outlier
10/30/2020
Millions in profit, zero employees: Malta is hotspot for ghost banking operations
Despite employing no workers locally, several banks have raked in upwards of €500 million in locally-declared profits
10/29/2020
CII apologises for exam glitches hitting 850 candidates
"We understand the significant distress the exam issues have caused and deeply regret that this has happened"
10/29/2020
Press comment: HMRC consultation makes property funds increasingly vulnerable
While we see the HMRC consultation as marginally good news for ISA owners holding property funds as they don’t have to sell their existing investments
10/29/2020
Raiffeisen Bank BiH and EBRD to support women in business
The funds will be on-lent to micro, small and medium-sized enterprises run by female entrepreneurs facilitating access to finance which often remains challenging.
10/29/2020
How We Run Our Money: KLP
As a mutual organisation, it is fully owned by its clients, which are Norwegian municipalities, county authorities, health enterprises and businesses in the public and the private sectors.
10/28/2020
Does Europe’s second wave cast doubt on the speed of its recovery?
Without resorting to nation-wide lockdowns, health measures will inevitably affect European economic growth in the fourth quarter and potentially early next year.
10/28/2020
How Do You Benchmark a Multi-Asset Fund?
The new Morningstar Target Allocation Indexes aim to set a standard.
10/28/2020
87% of Irish Customers Expect Companies to Accelerate Digital Initiatives
Irish customers estimate 62% of their interactions with businesses take place online this year, compared to 41% in 2019
10/28/2020
Wake-up call for global supply chains
Companies are re-evaluating how they source goods to cope with a changing world
10/28/2020
Can investors change the world?
A growing number of people are questioning how their pensions and other savings are invested. Can we make the world a better place through our investments? And if so then how?
10/27/2020
Most UK bosses would back tougher employment laws to protect workers
40% of business leaders surveyed also felt more responsible to provide job security amid Covid
10/27/2020
Leaders must respond to the new world of work
The pandemic has moved this more quickly than many of us would have envisaged and that will continue going forward.
10/27/2020
HSBC – conditions stabilise, but not one to bank on just yet
The board “will consider whether to pay a conservative dividend for 2020”, with any decision to be announced alongside full year results in February.
10/27/2020
How asset managers are tackling a lack of ethnic diversity
How are asset managers dealing with ethnic diversity in the white-dominated investment landscape?
10/27/2020
Embracing the new reality. A Bank’s perspective by Nikos Karelos, Profile Software
The “new normal”, however, leads Banks to behave more like FinTechs.
10/27/2020
Technology is driving stability in the global subsidiary governance industry
The global pandemic has left multinational companies around the world struggling to maintain the full compliance of their international subsidiary portfolios.
10/27/2020
How risky is asset stripping in the financial advice sector?
If you take the relationships out of the business, is there are real value left?
10/26/2020
Navigating the new normal - the future of structured finance
Currently, the entire market is under stress and that will continue, probably until the latter part of 2021.