08/31/2020
Winning the wrong game by Tim Price
We have no problem with shorter term speculation either, and indeed we incorporate it within our bespoke managed account service in the form of systematic trend-following managers.
Comment, Analysis & Research
08/31/2020
Central Bankers – Finally an Admission of Guilt by Gary Dugan
This year's annual meeting of global central bankers at Jackson Hole, Wyoming, like so much this year, has been unprecedented.
08/31/2020
Health concerns swirl around Europe’s obese and addicted banks
Interventions have destroyed returns and left most lenders essentially uninvestable
08/31/2020
Profit or purpose? Wealthy youngsters want both for their investment portfolios
Younger investors want to do good while they make money.
08/30/2020
Coronavirus ends ‘golden’ era for sovereign wealth funds
State-backed investment vehicles with $6tn of assets tapped to mitigate economic fallout of pandemic
08/30/2020
How to Start Distributing Power and Stop Delegating It
Leaders like to talk about autonomy, but few actually know how to put employees in power.
08/30/2020
The coronavirus pandemic will permanently change how advisors want to meet with asset manager salespeople
SS&C Advisor Insights survey, conducted in association with Horsesmouth, expressed that fundamental changes are happening and will continue once they reopen their offices to asset managers.
08/28/2020
Sovereign interest in ETFs on the rise as wrapper passes coronavirus test
The survey of sovereign wealth and central bank asset managers across 139 institutions showed close on half now believe ETFs are the most attractive method of equity implementation.
08/27/2020
London Luxury Property Could soon Emerge from Pandemic Slump
Our latest insight on the luxury property market in London, including how it’s fared through the Coronavirus lockdown and an area-by-area breakdown.
08/27/2020
Morning Coffee: Senior bankers need Paris and Frankfurt apartments, urgently. Women are more difficult clients
A survey carried out for Bank of America reveals that female wealth management clients are significantly more likely than male clients to fire their wealth manager in the event of “a bad experience”.
08/26/2020
Democratisation of Wealth Management - What Lies Ahead?
Robo-advisors are digital wealth management platforms providing automated advice and allowing standalone robo-advisors or banks to scale to reach a larger number of clients.
08/26/2020
Is COVID-19 redefining the role of private equity CFOs?
Following on from our recent CFO e-Labs masterclass on the evolving CFO role
08/26/2020
Taxes and Tantrums: How the US Election Could Impact Investors by Coutts
The potential positives and pitfalls as Trump and Biden go head to head
08/26/2020
Should trustees be worried about global warming?
BlackRock, the world's biggest fund manager, has put climate change and sustainability at the heart of its strategy, doubling the number of green funds it invests in and curtailing its investments in coal companies.
08/26/2020
No plans to return to the office for millions of workers
There are no plans for millions of public and private sector workers to return to the office.
08/26/2020
Recovery in sight - Handelsbanken
The threat to asset prices does not primarily stem from short-term cyclical variations, but from a potential rise in interest rates, according to Handelsbanken’s macroeconomic experts.
08/25/2020
Europe Tried to Limit Mass Layoffs, but the Cuts Are Coming Anyway
Despite furlough schemes that have kept tens of millions of people employed, a tsunami of job cuts is about to hit as companies downsize.
08/25/2020
Morning Coffee: Junior bankers’ lives get even worse. The Michael Crichton of deal memos
On the positive side, reports Financial News, there’s no longer any problem with running out of clean laundry because you’ve been stuck in the office so long.
08/25/2020
‘Survival of the fittest’: Three sectors that stand to benefit from Covid-19 trends
Global businesses aimed at taking advantage of this cohort stand to be the big winners out of coronavirus as people return to the shops.
08/25/2020
Stop Covid concerns becoming hasty pension decisions
Pensions are extremely tax-efficient investments and if it is necessary to take money out it should be kept to a minimum