03/26/2015
Challenge of digitisation: how retail banks can win the competition for customers
Banking sector under pressure from digital players, fintechs and changing customer expectations
03/26/2015
The Rich Column: Silence is not golden
The wealthy are starting to care about their bad press
03/26/2015
The pound has got back some vim after the latest snapshot of retail sales showed that when prices fall, British consumers shop.
03/25/2015
The sector has helped itself significantly in securing capital from abroad
03/25/2015
Cyprus offers a wealth of investment opportunities
03/25/2015
Targeted Absolute Return starts the year on a high
03/25/2015
People in Scotland typically invest £4, 980 per year – more than those living in London and the south-east of England
03/24/2015
Rapidly advancing technology and sweeping regulatory changes are forcing wealth managers to adapt their service offerings, according to joint research by Deloitte and Efma.
03/24/2015
Sellers in European M&A deals faced less risk in 2014 as the region saw a major uplift in M&A deal value, according to a study by CMS, Europe’s largest legal services organisation.
03/24/2015
The “vast” gulf between rich and poor in Scotland have been set in new figures which show that the top 10% own almost half the country’s wealth.
03/23/2015
As I write the health of a great man is failing, and sadly will soon be lost.
03/23/2015
All four centres gained points and retain their relative ranks in a biannual global financial centres index. New York remains the top centre, though by only one point on the 1,000 point scale. Tokyo, in fifth place, is 32 points behind the leaders.
03/23/2015
The challenge has been particularly severe in Western Europe
03/20/2015
The Chancellor gave with one hand and took with the other when it came to taxpayers, so who’s feeling the pinch and who’s got more cash to splash?
03/20/2015
Managing Partners' Forum recognises Grant Thornton's Advanced Manager Programme which allows Grant Thornton people to unlock their potential for growth
03/19/2015
No matter how you stack the numbers, they simply do not add up. It is time to re-visit some radical experiments from the past but first we must examine the barriers.
03/19/2015
With bond yields hitting new depths, global market movements point to growing hunger for risk among investors.
03/18/2015
Every bank who’s any bank is hiring compliance staff, and experienced junior M&A staff are rarer than unicorns with fuchsia horns.
03/18/2015
James Barrineau, Co-Head of Emerging Market Debt Relative, comments on how the Federal Open Markets Committee (FOMC) announcement could mark an inflection point for emerging market debt:
03/18/2015
“Marketing is what you do when your product is no good.” - Edwin Land.