03/22/2018
CMU, Brexit and ESA review – What’s next?
The opinions themselves were an important step towards mitigating risks to supervisory convergence from Brexit.
Comment, Analysis & Research
03/22/2018
World's top wealth fund says opposed Musk's $2.6 billion pay deal
The fund has said it wants companies it invests in to offer simpler pay packages without long-term incentive plans.
03/22/2018
London Stock Exchange and City UK report on fintech financing ambitions
Fintechs will continue to raise capital, increasingly through the public markets
03/22/2018
Europe emerging as global InsurTech hub - Accenture
According to the report, the number of insurtech deals increased 39 percent globally in 2017, with the total value of deals up 32 percent, to US$2.3 billion.
03/22/2018
Agreeing the Purpose of Family Wealth
A family will probably include a number of individuals with differing abilities, personalities, interests and aspirations which are not always easily reconciled.
03/22/2018
Global Tech Spending Forecast: Banking Edition, 2018
Margin pressures in core areas of the business are pressuring banks to increase spending on IT
03/22/2018
HSBC Invests in Research Technology Firm Visible Alpha
Company also announces launch of Research Advisory Board to guide products and services development.
03/21/2018
Axa wants a piece of the action as Asian investors target Europe
CEO thinks that institutional and retail investors from booming region will want more insurance and investment products
03/21/2018
Penny pinching by St. James’s Place
Last week, faced with some robust public campaigning, the government chose to keep the humble penny in circulation.
03/20/2018
Is it ‘Risk On’ Again? by Gary Dugan
It’s worth keeping an eye on the Indian equity market for a buying opportunity.
03/20/2018
Barclays bank raid: Threat to the board as feared US activist builds £1.9bn stake
The 67-year-old, who has quietly been growing his position since midway through last year, has not met the board and has issued no demands. Read more: http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/article-5519695/Barclays-bank-raid-Threat-board-activist-bui
03/20/2018
Private equity drives value of Jersey funds business to record levels as managers seek future certainty
Hedge fund values increased by 6% to £50.7 billion, real estate rose 2% to £37.5 billion, and the combined total of infrastructure, credit and debt funds rose by 7% to stand at £50.6 billion.
03/20/2018
GIIN launches roadmap for future of impact investing
The Roadmap details six categories of action to drive progress toward the vision.
03/19/2018
On rational optimism by Tim Price
Our aptitude for the largely imaginary also leaves us with a perverse requirement for certainty where certainty cannot exist.
03/19/2018
Winning takes talent, to repeat takes character by Penny Lovell
What makes a winner?
03/19/2018
Three ECB policymakers optimistic on inflation despite disappointment
“We are making progress on the inflation front... although a bit slower than we had expected,”
03/19/2018
Investec sticks to its plans for UK bank
Investec is expected to have spent about £25m over the year on building its UK private bank.
03/19/2018
‘Barriers’ to £4.3bn of Scottish business growth
More than two-thirds – 70 per cent – of respondents plan to maintain current levels of growth in the future, above the UK average of 61 per cent.
03/19/2018
Deutsche Bank Sees Signs of Exhaustion in Europe Cyclical Rally
“People may say purchasing manager indexes are still at very high levels, but the simple answer is that the rate of change in growth momentum is by far the strongest determinant of equity performance, not the level itself,”
03/19/2018
What it’s like to be a woman in banking: the unspoken reality
One senior woman at a European bank argued that the push to promote more women is itself problematic.