10/24/2016
Trade-off by Tim Price
“Gentlemen, you are trying to negotiate something you will never be able to negotiate. But if negotiated, it will not be ratified. And if ratified, it will not work.”
Comment, Analysis & Research
10/24/2016
UBS Expect Pounds To Recover In 2017
The average price in the first six months of 2016 — before the Brexit effect took hold — was $1.43.
10/21/2016
Gulf investors eye raising Deutsche Bank stake Manager Magazin
The magazine said that other potential investors from Abu Dhabi and China would also be prepared to participate in any capital hike.
10/21/2016
Brexit Turmoil Flashes Sell-Gilts Sign for International Funds
Managers with more than $4 trillion, including Pioneer Investment Management and Frankfurt Trust, say the fallout from the Brexit vote is making them more bearish.
10/21/2016
May: UK will be a 'strong dependable partner' after Brexit.
Her first EU summit in Brussels on Thursday, but it didn't stay that way for long.
10/21/2016
The struggles of audit leadership hiring in asset management - Leathwaite
Stuart Higson, a consultant within Leathwaite's CFO & Audit practice, explores the current challenges of audit leadership hiring faced by asset management companies.
10/21/2016
Breaking Up Is Never Easy, Banks Know
Optimism that debt trading is rebounding has helped banks to outperform the broader market
10/20/2016
Foreign firms say UK profits hit by Brexit vote, weak sterling
Translating sterling back into their own currency is a negative
10/20/2016
The world's biggest sovereign wealth fund is about to start taking more risks
This would mean that roughly 70% of the fund's assets are held in stocks, up from just less than 60% right now.
10/20/2016
Jersey Supports 250,000 Jobs Across the UK
The report’s findings also confirm what we have been saying for many years: that Jersey is not a tax haven.
10/20/2016
Jersey Finance Unveils Research Demonstrating Island’s Value to Europe
The reports also reinforce how Jersey’s benefit to the UK and the rest of the EU far outweighs any potential costs in terms of foregone tax revenues to the continent.
10/20/2016
Sales of luxury London properties collapsed by 86% in past year
Developers scale down most opulent projects, with newbuilds divided into smaller homes, as increased taxes blamed
10/19/2016
Fund manager cash allocations near 15-year high as market fear grows
Fund managers holding a large amount of cash signifies a high level of fear in the market.
10/19/2016
KPMG Named a Vanguard Leader by ALM Intelligence
Firm Cited as Best-in-Class in Governance & Control Capabilities; Deepest Capabilities in Finance Excellence Consulting
10/19/2016
Annual cost of fraud and cybercrime tops £10.9bn in the UK - expert comment
The research shows examples of online fraud ranging from fraudulent phishing messages to extract the personal details of victims, to ransomware and the theft of data through hacking.
10/19/2016
Brexit not dampening venture capital appetite as number and value of deals increases in Q3 2016
The report found that while the implications of Brexit may well have long-term ramifications on the UK and European VC landscape as a whole
10/19/2016
DFMs reveal which assets will get a Brexit boost
Discretionary fund managers are pessimistic about the outlook for UK equities following the county's vote to leave the European Union
10/19/2016
Investors still upping real estate allocation, but more defensively — survey
The 2016 Allocations Monitor focuses on the role of real estate in institutional portfolios, and the impact of institutional allocation trends on the investment management industry.
10/19/2016
The European Defined Contribution Pensions Industry's Appetite for Multi-Asset is Insatiable
Demand for multi-asset products is only going to increase in Europe, and asset managers that offer default fund solutions are also looking for ways to boost their use of smart beta
10/19/2016
Jersey Deal Volume Up in First Half of 2016 - Appleby
The latest edition of Offshore-i, an Appleby report that provides data and insight on merger and acquisition activity in the major offshore financial centres, focuses on transactions announced during the first half of 2016.