01/13/2016
New research by Professor at Said Business School, University of Oxford, identifies worrying relationship between the rise in wealth of top 1 per cent and issues of public health and productivity
01/13/2016
Commodity investors suffered in 2015 as major headwinds continued, primarily the strengthening dollar and the weakening Chinese economy.
01/12/2016
Research also highlights that 26% of Londoners would consider banking with a new generation of tech-savvy lenders known as challenger banks.
01/12/2016
As the new year begins and resolutions to become fighting fit are considered (and quietly discarded!), in the world of wealth management and private banking, budgets are being set, business development and strategy plans are being put in motion and the su
01/12/2016
6% of bank revenues from foreign currency transactions are hidden from small business customers
01/11/2016
Brexit is unlikely to unseat the City of London as Europe’s main financial centre
01/11/2016
Grant Thornton has been named as the region’s number one financial adviser for merger and acquisition activity in a new report from information services company Experian Corpfin.
01/10/2016
Aripaev writes that according to Estonian businessman and former Hansabank CEO Indrek Neivelt, large banks operating in Estonia are very lazy and have too much fat.
01/08/2016
2016 will be the year of big partnerships between blockchain – and blockchain like companies – and major financial institutions.
01/08/2016
Take the European stockmarket, for instance. It powered ahead in the first quarter of 2015, as Europe finally seemed to have got its act together (economically speaking) and European companies showed signs of a good year for corporate profits.
01/07/2016
Financial services would feel the “negative impact of Brexit” most, which could “result in jobs moving outside the U.K
01/07/2016
Barclays and HSBC said disruption from Brexit could be short-term, depending on the terms of the departure
01/07/2016
Abouhossein and colleagues have just issued an epic report on the outlook for investment banking revenues over the next 12 months and in years to come.
01/07/2016
Sir Roger Gifford is the former Lord Mayor of London, non-executive director of Multrees and current country head of SEB UK, and has worked in the financial services industry for over 30 years.
01/07/2016
The research, sponsored by Equistone Partners Europe, reveals that the region ended the year with the highest number of exits in the north for the third consecutive year, second only to London.
01/07/2016
The comments are at odds with apocalyptic claims by some in the financial sector that a vote to leave the EU could push banks away from the capital.
01/07/2016
At the start of the year, investors often decide to put their money to work and so this period is typically positive for risky assets.
01/07/2016
We have noted before that we expect the Fed to be circumspect in its policy tightening and there is no new news that suggests the need to move away from this cautious approach.
01/07/2016
The country’s sovereign wealth fund meanwhile bought the Berkeley and Claridge’s hotels for more than £600m each in April.
01/06/2016
Finance industry titan JP Morgan had the best year among global investment banking firms in 2015, bringing in $5.98 billion in fees, representing just under 7% of IB firm fees.