09/17/2018
ESG becomes a priority
Businesses are also recognising they need to take further steps in this area.
Comment, Analysis & Research
09/17/2018
Happy anniversary by Tim Price
Politicians across the board and across the world seem dangerously unaware of the severity of this crisis, and of the risks they pose by indulging in partisan bickering when political leadership (sic) is so desperately needed and simultaneously so horribl
09/17/2018
Handouts not answer to robot threat, says leading philanthropist
The US, Finland and Canada are among countries where small tests of a universal basic income have been trialled, and the idea has been favoured by Australian Greens leader Richard Di Natale.
09/17/2018
The CEO of a $736 billion asset manager that sidestepped the most toxic casualty of the financial crisis warns of the big risk in markets right now
Companies with weaker credit ratings are taking on more risk with covenant-lite loans and their investors could face a greater downside during the next downturn, according to Moody's.
09/17/2018
Full statement from UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office
The Cayman Islands withdrew from the Exchange of Notes after the UK’s Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act was passed in May.
09/17/2018
Infrastructure wins alternative investments popularity contest
Allocations to sector set to increase, with private equity expected to deliver the best performance
09/17/2018
Growth and Regulation?
A Talk to the Guernsey Chamber of Commerce – 17th September 2018
09/17/2018
“The relationship between regulation and economic growth.”
Mr Mason explored the positive relationship that can exist between regulation and economic growth
09/16/2018
A Decade Since the Fall of Lehman’s: The Impact on Personal Finance by Penny Lovell
The UK may not have made a quick recovery but it’s not all been bad news in the years since.
09/16/2018
Has bumper growth led to bumper pay for fund managers?
Questions raised about CEO remuneration even as profit margins rise
09/16/2018
Africa: EU Investment in Africa - Europe Racing to Catch Up
In the next budget period the EU plans to increase funding to Africa to €40 billion ($46.5 billion).
09/16/2018
Mervyn King still doesn't think British banks are safe enough
Banks must now fund their activities with multiple times the capital employed pre-crisis
09/14/2018
ESMA study on structured retail products in the EU market
The research breaks down the EU market geographically into national retail markets and found a high degree of heterogeneity in the types of product sold.
09/14/2018
Where might the next global financial crisis come from?
Ten years on from the collapse of Lehman Brothers and the deepening of the global financial crisis, the world seems to be a safer place.
09/14/2018
UK Life Insurance Sector Has Steady Future Despite Brexit - Moody's
Moody's said the impact on life insurers will "likely be moderate"
09/13/2018
Hopes pinned on City's fund managers after London loses finance crown
Despite concerns surrounding Britain's exit from the EU, it also said that money from overseas clients had increased by a fifth during 2017 while the amount coming in from European investors had rocketed by 29pc.
09/13/2018
Julius Baer Finance Talk: markets turn their attention to central banks
There is some speculation about a rate hike of 500 basis points.
09/13/2018
The ex-Barclays CEO once dubbed the 'unacceptable face of banking' thinks banks should be taking more risks today
Former Barclays CEO Bob Diamond thinks the post-financial crisis environment has led to banks taking too few risks.
09/13/2018
Socially Responsible Investing Gets a Boost From the U.K.
The changes focus on the responsibility of trust-based pension funds—currently the majority of schemes in the UK—to understand the financial implications of ESG issues, and not view them exclusively as matters of personal ethics, or optional e
09/13/2018
Plastics: Entering a virtuous circle
Recycling plastic is not a new phenomenon