04/27/2015
Hargreaves founders fall down Rich List; Terry Smith makes debut
Hargreaves Lansdown founders Peter Hargreaves and Stephen Lansdown have fallen down the Sunday Times Rich List, which includes fund manager Terry Smith for the first time
Comment, Analysis & Research
04/27/2015
Unigestion Launches Private Debt Allocator Tool
Through its work with clients, Unigestion has identified a common perception of the universe of private debt opportunities as large, diverse and challenging.
04/27/2015
Royal London Corporate Bond removed from The Adviser Centre Recommended list
Gill Hutchison, Head of Investment Research, City Financial, comments: “The Adviser Centre has removed the Royal London Corporate Bond fund from its Recommended list, following the news that Sajiv Vaid, the fund manager, is leaving Royal London Asse
04/27/2015
'Barclays shares are much better value than those of Lloyds Banking Group', says top fund manager
The management are aggressively downsizing the investment banking part of the business right now
04/27/2015
Merger Surge Tempts Hedge Funds to Make a Bet
Large number of deals, led by Royal Dutch Shell-BG Group, has revitalized merger arbitrage sector
04/27/2015
Fund Profile: Evenlode Income
Launched in October 2009, Evenlode Income, a Money Observer Rated Fund in the UK equity income category, has benefited from one of the strongest and longest bull markets in recent history.
04/27/2015
Funds flow wrong way for Aberdeen Asset Management
Europe’s biggest independent investment group has suffered from the downturn in emerging markets, where it has a large chunk of its assets under management.
04/27/2015
UK's big four banks face extra £19bn in fines, analysts predict
Ratings agency Standard & Poor’s estimates total costs for Barclays, HSBC, RBS and Lloyds on top of £42bn already paid in the five years to 2014
04/27/2015
6 people Deutsche Bank wants to hear from between now and 2020
Deutsche Bank has had a change of heart. It no longer wants to be a global investment bank with a leading position in all fixed income currencies and commodities businesses and an eye to expansion.
04/24/2015
TRLPC-Private equity firms face more competition for buys
Private equity firms are facing increasingly stiff competition from a growing breed of entrepreneurs and high net worth individuals as Nomad Holding's acquisition of Europe's biggest frozen foods business
04/24/2015
KPMG and Santander top employers for women
KPMG, Santander and Marks and Spencer are among the employers that have been named in The Times’ Top 50 Employers for Women 2015
04/24/2015
Seven billionaires in Britain's top-25 richest hedge fund managers' list
Britain's top-25 richest hedge fund managers' wealth rose by 1.8 billion pounds ($2.70 billion) to 14.8 billion pounds over the past year
04/24/2015
Channel Islands Rich List revealed
The Barclay Brothers are top of the Channel Islands Rich List and ranked 13th in the UK with £6,500m - up £500m on previous year
04/24/2015
Grant Thornton UK recognised with three accolades
Leading business and financial adviser Grant Thornton UK LLP has been recognised with three accolades at this years' Management Consultancies Association awards for its work on the UK Kodak pensions scheme
04/24/2015
Growth and ‘Grexit’ - St. James's Place
The global economy should enjoy a reasonable recovery over the next two years, the report said, helped by the recent falls in energy prices and exchange rate movements.
04/23/2015
American Activist Investors Take Another Charge at Europe
For many American funds, the appeal of Europe may be that it is less crowded than the U.S.
04/23/2015
On billionaire altruist lunatics by Tim Price, PFP Wealth Management
“Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.” - Aldous Huxley.
04/23/2015
Groundhog Day for Gold by Toby Birch
Over a period of five years US shares prices have risen by a stunning 70% while gold has gone nowhere from $1,200 to $1,200.
04/23/2015
Wine Lovers Pay Premium For French Wine
The average price of a liter of French wine is more than double the global average
04/22/2015
Scandal-hit HSBC is branded Britain's most secretive bank by study
HSBC has been accused of being Britain’s most secretive big bank.