08/02/2018
Barclays half-year profits fall 29% following settlement
Despite litigation costs, bank chiefs remain positive due to second-quarter turnaround
Comment, Analysis & Research
08/02/2018
Amundi AUM increases 1% in quarter, 7.5% for year
Net revenue was €1.34 billion for the six months ended June 30
08/01/2018
Morningstar Analyst Ratings – weekly update
Weekly roundup of Analyst Ratings and fund research reports
08/01/2018
Germany’s bank problems are all of Europe’s
French, let alone Italian, banks should not gloat. Germany’s banking problem is theirs too, and neither domestic mergers nor French-led acquisitions will solve it
08/01/2018
French bank BNP Paribas' second-quarter net profits beat forecasts
“Good results, positive performance in markets and cost in retail, we expect the stock to outperform the sector,” wrote analysts at brokerage Jefferies.
07/31/2018
London investment from Asia still strong
There are still dozens of Asian investors looking to invest, but they complain that there is little stock available.
07/31/2018
French insurer shies away from merger talk
La Poste would then merge its bank, La Banque Postale, with CNP Assurances to expand the range of services it provides.
07/31/2018
Emerging Markets: Opportunity or Threat? by Raymond James
The local Chinese stock market has also been flirting with bear market territory as the last thing the world’s biggest emerging market needs is a slowdown in the rate of its economic growth.
07/31/2018
Meeting the standard - SGG
“We would like to see ourselves as a specialist in the alternatives world,” says Justin Partington, group fund solutions leader at Luxembourg-based fund administrator SGG.
07/31/2018
Venezuela's ruin is fuelling Spain's property boom
In Salamanca district alone, by some estimates, over 7,000 luxury apartments are now owned by Venezuelans
07/31/2018
Nine megatrends of the future to shape investment growth - RESEARCH
The increasing power of the millennial generation will continue to influence business; a growing population will drive modernisation in food production and environmental conservation.
07/30/2018
What’s next for FinTech?
Initial coin offerings (ICOs) continue to be a feature of the fundraising landscape and Osborne Clarke has experience advising both issuers and investors.
07/30/2018
ECB results from SESFOD survey
Tighter price conditions were related to the deterioration of liquidity conditions and the functioning of the general collateral market.
07/30/2018
FATF report on professional money laundering
Professional money launderers often work for more than one criminal or criminal organisation.
07/30/2018
Global Revolution Into Renewable Energy Market for Family Office Investors
It is a revolution set to continue, as renewable energy technologies develop to a cost base, which is parity with fossil fuel-generating assets
07/30/2018
Simply Unsustainable by Gary Dugan
The US continues to mortgage its future and yet tries to call it an economic miracle.
07/30/2018
Outflows Rock Fund Managers as Europe's $1 Trillion Dream Fades
Firms that managed to pull in money, such as Schroders Plc, fell short of expectations.
07/29/2018
Why financial advisers can’t afford to ignore younger clients by Penny Lovell
According to our research, nearly half (45%) of advisers fail to engage with the younger generation because they believe millennials are more likely to trust technological sources
07/27/2018
Barclays's Japan Profit Revival Sets Stage for Expansion Phase
U.K. firm halted three years of losses in the Asian nation
07/27/2018
Revealed: the banks most people are switching to
New figures show the banks and building societies attracting the most customers