05/24/2016
Deloitte just trashed the hype around a $180 billion fintech market
The report concludes that the platforms "will not be significant players in terms of overall volume or share."
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05/24/2016
UK banks ditching fintech, foreign customers to cut costs
Banks have faced a welter of new regulation since the financial crisis, burdening them with new costs and making them more cautious. Lenders have also been fined hefty sums for breaching anti money-laundering rules.
05/23/2016
The AIM of chocolate by Penny Lovell
It’s said that King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella weren’t particularly impressed when Christopher Columbus returned from his voyage to America and presented the royal couple with this strange new ‘cacao’ bean.
05/23/2016
Listed UK hedge funds lose two-thirds of their assets
The brokerage blamed the problems affecting the sector on listed hedge funds’ reputation for high fees, poor performance and limited transparency.
05/23/2016
Europeans investing in gold, but are they buying the real stuff?
As more common people become first-time buyers of gold coins, counterfeiters have invested in sophisticated means to fool them with fakes.
05/23/2016
Debit Cards to Overtake Cash Payments by 2021
Over 72,000 payments made every minute in the UK last year
05/23/2016
‘Aiming for A’ investor coalition guides Shell to strategic resilience for 2035 and beyond
The Paris Agreement has provided a major incentive for carbon intensive companies to assess and report on the risks and opportunities facing their organisations as a result of climate change. Investors like Rathbone Greenbank are now bringing the realitie
05/23/2016
Opportunity knocks by Tim Price
Value investing works. Buy bargains.” - Seth Klarman
05/23/2016
‘Blockchain could be totally transformative for fund industry’
Asset managers, including a cohort of UK managers, are also looking into employing the technology to trade directly with each other, cutting out traditional middlemen such as brokers and bringing their costs down in the process.
05/23/2016
This time in the euro debt crisis, the IMF will come bearing gifts for the Greeks
Athens is at another pinch point.
05/23/2016
The Bank reduces growth forecasts, as the Governor warns on Brexit by Ruth Lea
Latest UK data were mixed. The labour report was consistent with a slowing economy, the March production data were poor and the March trade deficit increased. But April’s retail sales were buoyant and the housing market looks firm.
05/23/2016
Asset management industry must adapt to cope with 'triple whammy' of threats in 2016 - Multifonds
The findings come against a tumultuous market backdrop, with statistics from the Investment Association showing a total of £463m
05/22/2016
Is now the time for value stocks in Europe? - Schroders
Value stocks are currently under owned in Europe however James Sym, European Equities Fund Manager, comments that signs of a pick-up in inflation could see their underperformance reverse:
05/22/2016
Good Morning Mr. Mayor! by Justin Urquhart Stewart
So, whatever his political background, the Mayor must ensure that our areas of success and effectiveness are not just protected, but promoted and enhanced.
05/20/2016
The Rise Of Bionic Wealth
And herein lies the looming crisis for the industry: according to a 2015 report by PwC, asset attrition rates exceed 50% in intergenerational transfers of wealth.
05/19/2016
UBS Raises 2016 Growth Forecasts For Germany, France and Spain
Swiss bank UBS raised on Wednesday its growth forecasts for Germany, France and Spain for the current year, but lowered its expectations for Italy.
05/19/2016
Global FX market growth has been slowed by regulation and lack of Prime Brokers – says ADS Securities
He believes it is time for the FX industry to act and take on some of the risk that bank PBs are no longer willing to accept, helping to close the credit gap.
05/19/2016
HNW investors expect European equities to overtake the US
This is in contrast to 2015 where over half of investors believed equities would perform the best.
05/19/2016
3i focuses on assets sales in cautious buyout market
3i said it would increase its total full-year dividend to 22p a share, a sign that it expects to continue to concentrate on selling old investments over making new ones.
05/18/2016
Luxembourg's fund buyers - the perfect Europeans
Against a backdrop of macroeconomic uncertainty, most fund selectors based in the Grand Duchy intend to increase their allocation to long/short equity funds.