05/01/2018
Why Everyone Wants U.K. Assets Except Investors
The two are not unrelated. U.K. assets look cheap compared to the rest of the world, and organic growth is hard to find.
Comment, Analysis & Research
05/01/2018
Sex scandals and Brexit lower Britain's global charity ranking
Charities in the aid sector were put under the spotlight earlier this year after an investigation by the Times newspaper found that some Oxfam staff paid for sex with prostitutes in Haiti after the 2010 earthquake.
05/01/2018
Charities exploring new payment options as cash falls out favour
People aged 35 to 54 say they gave an average of £265 last year to charities, followed by £246 from under-35s. Over 55s gave £168 in comparison.
04/30/2018
Value ads by Tim Price
It is plausible that books like Confessions of an Advertising Man did for a generation of arts students what Liar’s Poker did for a generation of graduates full stop, roughly a decade later, namely act as a recruiting sergeant
04/30/2018
GUEST ARTICLE: Give your finances the kiss of life...by Penny Lovell
You must remember this. A kiss is still a kiss as time goes by.
04/30/2018
Are unexplained wealth orders the cure for Britain’s reputation as a haven for dirty money?
Calls grow for the UK to shake off its reputation as a haven for suspect cash as tensions with Russia rise
04/30/2018
UK ‘could legalise cannabis in five years’, experts believe
‘It will definitely be medical first,’ he told Metro.co.uk.
04/30/2018
Study finds varying quality of advice for European investors
Campaigners raise concerns about ‘shocking’ costs and lack of competition
04/30/2018
HSBC and Standard Chartered to continue run of strong UK bank profits
HSBC, Europe’s biggest bank by assets, will this week report profits of $5.5bn
04/30/2018
Last Time Buyers’ housing wealth to pass £1trillion this year
New report from Legal & General reveals
04/27/2018
Norway's $1 Trillion Wealth Fund Posts First Loss in Two Years
The fund, which owns on average 1.4 percent of the world’s listed stocks, closely follows indexes and has scant room to hide during global selloffs.
04/27/2018
Who is Sanjeev Gupta? India-born businessman set to buy second bank in UK
With this deal, the 46-year-old founder of industrial group Liberty House looks to expand the financial services assets in his global business empire, Reuters reported.
04/27/2018
Malta had concerns about bank with Azeri clients, kept it open
But one of her key findings has held up: The bank, called Pilatus Bank, did depend for much of its business on the Azeri elite.
04/27/2018
Impact of technological advances highlighted at record breaking London conferences
Concern was also voiced in the sessions that ultra-high-net-worth families were overwhelmed by the march of regulation and the increasing need for transparency at the expense of privacy.
04/27/2018
UK slowdown casts doubt on City’s biggest bulls
Below-consensus UK GDP growth of 0.1% has caught the City off guard and thrown bullish predictions from the likes of Neil Woodford and Richard Buxton into question.
04/26/2018
Expert industry panel to spark debate at Guernsey Funds Forum
During the final session of the day, Jon Moulton and Dame Helena Morrissey will go on the record in a ‘fireside chat’ format.
04/26/2018
Are junior bankers really less miserable now? Apparently so
By 2017, scores ticked down to 75% and they decreased slightly again this year, coming in at 72% of respondents saying they’re satisfied compared to 24% who say they are not in 2018.
04/26/2018
Blockchain: considering the risks to consumers and competition
Speech by Mary Starks, Director of Competition, FCA, at Authority for Consumers & Markets Conference Panel, Netherlands.
04/26/2018
Global philanthropy tips $1.5 trillion, report finds
Despite this, 58 percent of the foundations identified do not collaborate with other foundations.
04/26/2018
Avoid falling foul of the pensions lifetime allowance
The reduction has led to more people breaching the limit and incurring a tax penalty.