09/03/2020
First half performance reflects the Group’s resilience - Capgemini
We set objectives for 2020 that illustrate the resilience of our revenues, profitability and organic free cash flow.
Comment, Analysis & Research
09/03/2020
Could more working from home solve the UK’s productivity problem?
In the second part of our series on the future of the workplace, Ben Chu asks whether a major shift to homeworking as a result of the coronavirus pandemic might impact the UK’s chronic output stagnation
09/03/2020
Why we upgraded our forecast for global GDP growth
We now see 2020 global growth at -4.6%, following a better-than-expected second quarter for the US economy.
09/03/2020
Europe’s ‘zombie’ recovery will fall behind US, Deutsche Bank warns
Continent will lose competitiveness if it keeps extending state aid to shield economy, says chief
09/03/2020
Saxo Bank MENA region client base grows by more than 150% contributing to a sizeable increase in Group net profits
More than 80,000 new active clients joined the group across all global markets in the first half of 2020
09/03/2020
Alternative Data and the Coronacrisis: A Crystal Ball?
Alternative data isn’t a crystal ball – but in the depths of the coronacrisis, it was the next best thing.
09/03/2020
Decoding Outsourcing Within The Insurance Industry
The outsourcing providers are highly competitive and advanced, know their role and understand the need to incorporate latest technology into their processes to serve clients quickly and efficiently.
09/03/2020
Onboarding new asset types: a case for flexible risk model integration
Fast-evolving analytics platforms should make this granular investigation process lighter to perform.
09/02/2020
Interest rising: Why bank branches are hoping for a new lease of life
Lenders have been slowly cutting the number of often unprofitable branches for years
09/02/2020
One in four UK adults are unsure if they can afford to gift during their lifetime
Quilter looked at what wealth levels you are likely to be able to gift by looking at your total wealth
09/02/2020
Why Quilter went restricted for DB permissions
Restricted advice can work better for larger businesses, but IFAs can scour the whole investable universe
09/02/2020
Landed estates struggling to fill slump in income from Covid-19 impact
Re-insurers don’t understand their risk with regard to Covid-19 so are reducing what they will offer and have put rates for whole of life cover up by around 15%.
09/02/2020
A long sunset on a fragile model
The days when a 3.25% or 4% annual guarantee was easily affordable in the market are long passed
09/01/2020
More UK homebuyers turn to 'bank of mum and dad' as Covid crisis bites
Family and friends will support nearly one in four purchases in 2020, against one in five last year
09/01/2020
Low demand for UK office workers reveals ‘asymmetric recovery’
Data shows rise in transport, healthcare and construction jobs while ‘white-collar roles’ lag behind
09/01/2020
Klaas Knot on ECB policy-making, the FSB and central bank ‘capture’
How has central banking changed, and what are some of the lessons learned?
09/01/2020
Return to big offices? Why bank branches may get a new lease of life
They are looking to take advantage of part of their networks of physical outposts to help adapt their businesses to the new reality.
09/01/2020
London’s millionaire property postcode hotspots
The £1-£5m category accounts for the higher number of these transactions (92%) with an average sold price of £1.7m, while 97 transactions have completed between £5-£10m and 13 at £10m+ with the respective average sold p
09/01/2020
The more it changes, the more it stays the same
The constant drift to the strongest growth franchises is also the beauty of passive investing.
09/01/2020
Unidos Hacia El Futuro by Tim Price
Its protagonists are all trying to escape a dark present and an equally tortured past.