04/11/2014
The state is home to Frankfurt-based Deutsche Bank AG (DBK), Europe’s biggest investment bank by revenue, which has repeatedly said a split would drive up costs for clients and hurt European banks’ ability to compete with U.S. firms.
04/10/2014
Kenneth Haar from Corporate Europe Observatory says: “The crisis revealed a clear need for stronger rules on financial markets. But reform has proved difficult, and these numbers are an important part of the explanation. The financial lobby's f
04/10/2014
How easy is it to trip up in tax? A recent case shows that even the simple things can be confusing to the taxpayer, and he pays the penalty.
04/10/2014
Seven years ago, relatively few people outside of financial services had probably heard of Lehman Brothers, certainly in the UK.
04/09/2014
Alternative managers also had higher operating profits
04/09/2014
The president of the German central bank warned on Monday that the credibility of the euro zone's budgetary rules was at stake and that France's suggestion that the bloc's budget deficit targets be weakened are a "test case" for t
04/09/2014
Only one in 20 investors commit their money to investment products for ten years or more, and most intend to allocate just 13 per cent to high-growth assets like equities, claims a report from Schroders.
04/08/2014
This is not a large figure in proportion to the overall global economy
04/08/2014
Fund managers and brokers are often highly profitable
04/08/2014
Global default rates may be low, but that should not blind investors to the risk of companies issuing high-yield bonds going bust, according to fund managers.
04/07/2014
The sector has the potential to amplify pro-cyclical swings in the financial system and wider economy, giving a false picture of the price of risk.
04/07/2014
It is a dazzling morning and Bestinvest chief investment officer Gareth Lewis has strolled for 10 minutes in the March sunshine from his London home to Bestinvest’s Mayfair headquarters, tucked away in a quiet cul-de-sac close to businessman John C
04/07/2014
So the question was - is it a good recovery or a great recovery?
04/07/2014
Colliers International assesses the last year and looks at the current one
04/07/2014
In the last few weeks, the corridors of the asset management companies have been buzzing with discussions of the mutual fund platform and its impact.
04/07/2014
Many policymakers believe the worst is over, but is this just 'groupthink'? And which warnings might the IMF miss this time?
04/07/2014
The bank’s stated purpose is to manage funds for Roman Catholic orders of priests and nuns, charitable institutions and Vatican employees and retirees.
04/07/2014
IMF chief Christine Lagarde has urged central banks to launch more QE, which has only succeeded in putting a rocket under asset prices
04/04/2014
In a speech at the London Business School’s Asset Management Conference, Andrew Haldane discusses the risks posed by the asset management industry to financial stability, and the associated policy implications.
04/04/2014
One of the most controversial aspects of fund management is performance fees - payments made in addition to management fees.