03/31/2020
Surviving coronavirus: FAQs for UK employers
The guidance from government is still sketchy so we have had to fill in some of the detail working from experience and first principles.
Comment, Analysis & Research
03/31/2020
V, W or L: what shape will the recovery take?
Although a rapid V-shaped recovery is our central forecast, if Covid-19 lingers there is a risk of a “double-dip” recession.
03/31/2020
The cavalry (finally) arrives
The pandemic is spreading rapidly in the US, which is now following the rest of the West into self-isolation. Beware of leverage and expect dividend cuts, warns our chief investment officer Julian Chillingworth.
03/31/2020
Perfect Storm for Markets as Economic Time Stops by Butterfield Group
Certain sectors of the economy are more directly exposed to the economic shutdown, but the breadth of this shutdown will impact every sector.
03/31/2020
Ritz sale inflames Barclay twins row
The deal came on the day the hotel closed its doors for the first time ever since it first opened, after London went into lockdown as a result of the covid-19 pandemic.
03/31/2020
Leadership through a crisis, from a CEO who’s been there.
2020 is an unprecedented situation but the principles of good leadership are constant.
03/31/2020
Your company culture’s power to shrink the distance.
As time goes on, we expect to hear more and more of these kind of examples of company culture adapting and growing into the new paradigm of remote-working and restricted movement.
03/30/2020
Four in 10 UK businesses abandon banking services applications over slow due diligence processes
It's also worrying that so many companies admit to minimal KYC onboarding processes, as well as offering zero training on important directives such as 5MLD.
03/30/2020
BCS Global Markets offering free research until 1 July, 2020
BCS GM research products equip investors with timely and actionable information on market developments as well as with specific recommendations and an action plan.
03/30/2020
German minister commits suicide after 'coronavirus crisis worries'
Schaefer, 54, was found dead near a railway track on Saturday.
03/27/2020
The Art Market Adjusts: How the art world is quickly adopting the use of virtual viewing rooms
In the midst of the new social distancing norm, “digital viewing rooms” seem to have become the latest buzz phrase in the art world.
03/27/2020
Charities update
The Government has said that it is willing to support the charity sector during this period and last week was in talks with charity leaders about what could be done.
03/27/2020
Coronavirus & markets - latest fund manager views by St. James's Place
The rate and severity of the global fall in share prices since the second half of February has been remarkable and this should not be played down.
03/27/2020
Quarterly Investment Update: A novel danger, and response
The global economy has suffered a shock that is as ‘novel’ as the coronavirus. But the response has also been unprecedented, and should bolster the recovery when it comes.
03/27/2020
(Not) business as usual: Fidelity’s Paras Anand
While policy intervention will help to mitigate the near- and medium-term pressures on the global economy, it will inevitably come with some costs.
03/27/2020
5 Counterintuitive Digital Strategies for Established Financial Brands in the 2020s
Under the surface, all but the newest firms struggle with the complexity and costs of hundreds of different software and IT systems which they have to maintain for day-to-day operations.
03/27/2020
The diary of a COVID-19 CEO
In my experience, companies tend to think that drip feeding difficult news bit by bit will somehow make things less bad.
03/26/2020
More female representation needed
Of course, it is important to distinguish fact from fiction.
03/26/2020
Air pollution drops across Europe amid reduced traffic
The EEA also revealed that some cities have seen air pollutant concentrations fall by around half compared to last year.
03/25/2020
Banks struggle to ride to the rescue in Europe's cash crunch battle
It’s a scenario playing out in banks across the region — default fears and bureaucratic hurdles slowing down what is meant to be a swift infusion of cash for hard-pressed businesses — and it threatens Europe’s efforts to rescue its