09/20/2017
Low volatility – harbinger of doom or business as usual? - Standard Life Investments
Low volatility does not mean complacency
Comment, Analysis & Research
09/20/2017
Investing in passion assets is about more than just financial returns - Coutts
The Coutts Passion Index measures the change in price of ‘passion’ assets. Measuring the passion investors bring is a less precise science.
09/20/2017
Platforms: adapting in an age of disruption
On the direct to consumer (D2C) platform side are Hargreaves Lansdown and Nutmeg.
09/19/2017
Mass-affluent in the UK might prove to be the early adopters of the Uber moment of Banking
The CEO of Pilatus Bank, Hamidreza Ghanbari, describes how the mass-affluent as the most under-served segment of the UK banking market can prove to be the game changers in private banking.
09/19/2017
UK asset management surges to £6.9tr
It is the IA’s first annual survey since the referendum to leave the EU and seems to contradict popular doom and gloom over the City's chances post-Brexit.
09/19/2017
Eight straight quarters of growth for Guernsey funds sector
The figures from the GFSC show that the Guernsey closed-ended sector was valued at £167.2 billion at the end of June
09/19/2017
Three sectors being disrupted by AI revolution
While AI was previously challenging to access outside of the mainstream technology companies, the growing propensity for corporates of all types to invest in their own AI is opening up the market significantly.
09/19/2017
St. James’s Place – “Continued geopolitical uncertainty fails to undermine a bullish market”
The world’s leading index ended at a new high despite a fresh missile test by North Korea, while the Bank of England suggested a rate rise was imminent.
09/19/2017
Norway’s sovereign wealth fund is now officially worth $1 trillion
Created on the back of the country’s vast oil wealth to provide its citizens with pensions, Norway's sovereign wealth fund today owns on average 1.3 per cent of every listed company in the world.
09/19/2017
MALTA: Financial services could contribute up to 15% of GDP by 2022, professionals say
87% of senior professionals working in financial services anticipate it will contribute more towards Malta’s GDP by 2022
09/19/2017
Knight Frank’s latest: ‘Jewellery overtakes cars’ but wine wins
It is a time of change at the top of KFLII, which tracks the price growth of 10 luxury investment sectors.
09/19/2017
Finserv Exodus Won’t Be As Bad As Initially Thought, Says Reuters
While 10,000 jobs is nothing to scoff at, researchers noted that the figure is smaller than some analysts had previously estimated, and could mean London will retain its top position as the world’s leading financial hub.
09/18/2017
The most powerful tool to achieve change is you by Penny Lovell
This week I wanted to focus on a subject very close to my heart – philanthropy – with an interview with Rebecca Eastmond, Founder and CEO of Greenwood Place.
09/18/2017
The end of an error by Tim Price
As Gordon Gekko says in Wall Street, if you need a friend, get a dog.
09/18/2017
Buy-to-let lending squeeze: 'some banks won't lend at all'
Brokers surveyed by this newspaper said the changes would mean, at best, a huge increase in the amount of work landlords will have to do when they apply for a mortgage
09/18/2017
Brexit is a REVOLT against the establishment, says Metro Bank boss taking on the big banks
Brexit is a revolt against the establishment, which Metro Bank is replicating against Britain's long-standing financial giants, according to the bank’s chairman Vernon Hill.
09/18/2017
What Cristiano Ronaldo can teach fund managers about bonuses
If performance-related pay is the best model, why is it not more common for top footballers?
09/18/2017
High valuations scare investors seeking return
A number of money management executives said they agree valuations in global equity and credit markets are high.
09/18/2017
Central Bankers all at Sea by Gary Dugan
Hedge funds rehabilitation continues... consistent returns year-to-date
09/18/2017
Comparing fund selection bottlenecks in the UK and Europe
Fund buy lists have a great deal of responsibility for this fund selection bottleneck.