12/21/2015
Kleinwort’s M&A story makes for cautionary tale
What is clear is that this is another messy outcome for a former bastion of the City of London
Comment, Analysis & Research
12/21/2015
London still dominates UK tech sector in KPMG's latest report, but Rotherham is growing fast
UK technology companies have been successful and remain optimistic, but growth has softened over the past two years. However, most activity is based around London and the south east, with Reading holding its place as the "top tech cluster".
12/20/2015
Ireland - Europe’s leading hedge funds jurisdiction
Dillon Eustace is one of Ireland's leading law firms focusing on corporate and M&A, financial services, banking and capital markets, litigation and dispute resolution, real estate, insurance and taxation.
12/20/2015
Richest Britons piling up wealth three times faster than poorest
For the bottom half of all households, total wealth rose by just 7 percent during that period
12/20/2015
AIMA: 44% of Hedge Fund Firms Planning New Launches in 2016
Among managers with less than $100 million AUM, only 24% anticipate a new launch by the new years’ end.
12/18/2015
Asian banks seen taking pole position in post-sanctions Iran
Iran and world powers reached a deal over Tehran's nuclear programme in exchange for sanctions relief
12/18/2015
EFG 2016 Outlook & CIO Resolutions by Moz Afzal, Chief Investment Officer
2016 is set to be a year in which economic growth in the developed economies levels out at around 2%.
12/18/2015
Ireland: One of the top countries for business
Mazars commentary on Ireland’s 4th place in Forbes’ Best Countries for Business 2015
12/17/2015
Pressure and Change in Europe in the European Insurance Sector
56 interviews were carried out with senior insurance investment executives representing over €2.4trn, or around 30%, of pan-European insurance assets under management.
12/17/2015
Deloitte: Growth potential for Islamic Sukuk financing in Europe
Newly released report and executive program bring industry leaders together to further discussion on the way ahead
12/17/2015
Strategy Update from BNP Paribas Investment Partners
China is stabilising, but emerging market exports are weak
12/17/2015
Get ready for the tech IPO comeback
Presented with an abundance of funding in the private markets and a volatile stock market that made closing IPOs much harder
12/17/2015
Bill Winters lines up the team he wants to reform StanChart
Now he needs to show shareholders he can reform the bank's performance just as successfully
12/16/2015
Running low - St. James's Place Market Bulletin
Global markets toiled last week as commodity prices declined to historic lows. The global growth fears are linked to the slowdown in China which, in turn, has depressed commodity prices. Commodity prices have also not been helped by being quoted in US dol
12/16/2015
LGT Asset Allocation for Q1/2016
The energy price slump’s negative year-on-year effect on the inflation indices will fade
12/16/2015
In Sweden, cash is no longer king
When you ask people on the shopping street of Stockholm when they last paid for something in cash, many have to think a bit. Was it yesterday, or perhaps last week?
12/16/2015
Outrageous Predictions for 2016 is out!
Uncertain times call for unconventional thinking. We think that we’ve got 10 scenarios that fit the bill.
12/16/2015
Wolters Kluwer Financial Services Predicts Convergence of Governance, Finance, Risk and Compliance for 2016
EMEA experts provide predictions for 2016
12/16/2015
Meet the UK's super-rich whose wealth has surged since the recession
The average age of the world's billionaires is expected to be around 70 by 2019, research suggests
12/15/2015
Banking's 'Uber moment' is already happening -- 100,000 bankers lost their jobs in 2015
The analysis comes just weeks after Antony Jenkins, who until July was CEO of Barclays, warned in a speech that up to 50% of banking jobs could be replaced by apps and algorithms over the next 10 years.