09/01/2016
Italian real estate funds in demand
Why are these relatively obscure Italian real estate funds now hot property?
Comment, Analysis & Research
08/31/2016
London remains ‘most prosperous UK city’ but others are catching up
Every part of the UK is more prosperous than it was last year, according to the second edition of the annual Barclays Prosperity Map.
08/31/2016
London the top choice for GCC real estate investors
Sixty per cent of those surveyed identified capital value growth as their main financial investment driver across all asset classes.
08/31/2016
Lloyds Bank National Business Awards release 2016 shortlist
Making it into this year’s shortlist are a variety of different, large and small UK brands.
08/31/2016
Millennials have unrealistic retirement expectations
The main reasons they cited for the lack of financial planning were not earning enough and rent being too expensive.
08/31/2016
UBS hires psychologists to help revamp research reports
The bank says the move — which some investors have viewed with scepticism — has more than doubled readership of its research output in the past two years.
08/30/2016
Brexit will actually help the economy thrive claims former Bank of England governor
But economic news since the vote has been far less apocalyptic than the gloom-laden predictions of the Remain side suggested.
08/30/2016
Brexit Boosts Lure of Sticky Deposits for U.K. Banking Startups
After Brexit, regulators will be tough on funding as part of testing the business model.
08/30/2016
Four ways the workforce is set to change over the next 20 years - UBS
The report states that the number of middle-skilled workers will potentially be reduced
08/30/2016
Central bankers more confident than ever by Tim Price
Most doctors – and even patients – know that when a course of drugs seems not to be working, you don’t simply keep on doubling the dosage.
08/30/2016
Aligning the organization for its digital future
Findings from the 2016 digital business global executive study and research report
08/29/2016
"Plan ahead: It wasn't raining when Noah built the ark" Richard Cushing
Enthralled by the continuous flow of medals coming back to Team GB, we've been reflecting here at Close Brothers on the origins of this success and how such a dramatic change of pace has occurred.
08/29/2016
Russian ‘NASDAQ’ eyes Asian venture capitalists
Recently, we established the Agro-Industrial Development Fund with Chinese partners.
08/29/2016
Soaring fees lead to £160,000 private schooling bill
Parents face a bill of almost £160,000 to have their children privately educated amid the soaring cost of fees in recent years.
08/29/2016
Top City investor tells bosses their pay is 'out of kilter'
Executive pay is “out of kilter” and has gone “well beyond” reasonable levels according to a top City chief who believes astronomical bonuses “haven’t worked” because they have not made bosses perform better.
08/29/2016
French wine production to fall 10% this year after fierce spring weather
France to fill fewer bottles than Italy – again – after freeze hit vineyards in Beaujolais, Bourgogne, Champagne and Charentes
08/29/2016
Richard Branson should lose his knighthood, says John McDonnell
In wake of ‘Traingate’ row, shadow chancellor says Virgin founder is a tax exile who should lose his UK honour
08/29/2016
German finmin says ECB's low interest rates 'harmful'
German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble on Saturday renewed his criticism of the European Central Bank's low interest rates, saying they were particularly damaging for people saving up for their retirement.
08/29/2016
Banks are preparing for an ‘economic nuclear winter’
The current uncertainty over when the U.K. will start the process of quitting the EU has banks on tenterhooks.
08/29/2016
These are London's 9 best restaurants for doing business
The restaurants range from super luxe eateries in London's most exclusive postcodes to a hyper modern dining room at the top of one of the capital's tallest buildings.