05/14/2015
BNY Mellon named #1 among The Experts in 2015 R&M Investor Services Survey
The Experts category captures responses from those clients which take services from five or more providers.
Comment, Analysis & Research
05/13/2015
Dogs will become too expensive in the future and we’ll have to buy robo-pets
Here’s some seriously bad news for lovers of man’s best friend
05/13/2015
Euro Banking Association Reports On Bitcoin Benefits
Over the past five years, cryptotechnologies have surfaced as major IT innovation with the potential to improve the architecture of systems and processes in a number of digital transaction-based industries.
05/13/2015
The Eurozone’s catch-up rally has only just begun by Mikio Kumada, LGT Capital Partners
Eurozone equities have surged since last fall, driven by a prospective and then eventual relaxation of monetary policy.
05/13/2015
European Managers Fine-Tune Expansion Outside Home Markets
Cross-border managers plan to increase their sales efforts in Italy, France, Spain, and Germany during 2015, according to research by Cerulli Associates
05/13/2015
Cybercrime will Cost Businesses Over $2 Trillion by 2019 - RESEARCH
Hacktivism Professionalising and Going After Bigger Targets
05/13/2015
Wealthy turn their noses up at high IFA charges: survey
An Unbiased survey of its listed advisers showed a 14 per cent decrease in the average hourly rate from £175 an hour in 2013 to £150 an hour in 2014.
05/13/2015
Eurozone recovery gathers momentum - Schroders
Azad Zangana, Senior European Economist, comments on today's eurzone GDP figures
05/12/2015
Standard Life Investments Awards Finance Prize in Oslo
Standard Life Investments has been awarded its prestigious Annual Finance Working Paper Prize to an academic paper which investigates corporate lobbying.
05/12/2015
Banks rethinking business models as PSD2 looms
Europe's banks are engaged in a do-or-die effort to prepare for the 2016 introduction of new payments regulations that are expected to usher in a wave of fresh competition and innovation across the sector
05/12/2015
BNY Mellon assesses the impact of Japan, America, China and India fulfilling their economic potential simultaneously
Although the world seems resigned to an era of subdued growth [1] , four giant economies – Japan , America, China and India – are in the midst of recovery, reform, or both
05/11/2015
‘Gibraltar is an ISLAND...’ Government job ad gaffe gets Rock wrong
It has been a British Overseas Territory for more than 300 years but that didn’t stop bungling government officials referring to Gibraltar as an “island” in a job advertisement
05/11/2015
Coutts: Oil surge points to global growth
Oil prices are one of the few things that have been going up lately – a dramatic reversal of one of this year’s major trends. Global equity and bond markets have been falling, but we think this may have more to do with profit-taking (see last
05/11/2015
AIMA/PwC Global Distribution Survey launched
The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) are working together to conduct a comprehensive, global survey on the global distribution challenges and opportunities facing the managers of alternative funds in th
05/10/2015
Goodbye to all that by Tim Price, PFP Wealth Management
“Funny how bonds were labelled “certificates of confiscation” back in the early 1980’s when yields were 14%. What should we call them now ?” - Bill Gross.
05/10/2015
Case for European Equities Now by Francis Ellison, Columbia Threadneedle Investments
Europe has become pretty popular all of a sudden. We have seen inflows from all parts of the world into European equities, and despite the unresolved Greek financial situation, European bonds have been performing well too.
05/09/2015
Unearthing performance gains to boost bank value by Kapil Chandra and Zane Williams, McKinsey
At a time of fitful economic growth, banks around the world have lacked one of the most powerful engines for performance and valuation: robust GDP growth in their home economies.
05/08/2015
Accountancy firms diversifying services
Over two-thirds of accountancy firms are planning to diversify their range of services
05/08/2015
UK election result to provide welcome stability for business - Schroders
Rory Bateman, Head of UK and European Equities at Schroders, comments on the current UK election results
05/08/2015
UK markets rally on outright election win for Conservatives
The main FTSE 100 stock index surged towards last month's record high, while sterling chalked up its biggest gain against the euro in years and government borrowing costs fell.