05/09/2013
Spain is officially insolvent: get your money out while you still can
The latest IMF Fiscal Monitor, published last month, comes about as close to declaring Spain insolvent as you are ever likely to see in official analysis of this sort
Comment, Analysis & Research
05/07/2013
Urquhart Stewart: Is the UK heading for a property crash?
"Many on fixed term mortgage arrangements [in the UK] will have already suffered when trying to remortgage."
05/07/2013
Boutique advisor or a big bank? Be very careful when choosing a wealth manager
Investors need to remain involved even if they seek professional advice
05/07/2013
Banker-bashing has become a new TV sport
Bankers: Great Artists in Their Own Words – TV review
05/07/2013
Bank CEOs: Highly Paid, Never in Doubt, Often Clueless
Barclays was caught in a scheme to rig LIBOR at the expense of much of the global economy.
05/05/2013
Shades of Future Events? A distant bell tolls by Justin Urquhart Stewart
Many on fixed term mortgage arrangements will have already suffered when trying to remortgage - especially if they have little equity in their house and then find, when they do get a facility, that rates have already risen.
05/02/2013
Being human costs money - Barclays Wealth survey
What may be seen as rational behaviour by individual investors against the theoretical best practice
05/01/2013
Retaining Talent Will Be the Biggest Challenge of 2013 - RESEARCH
With the survey highlighting escalating costs and a lack of engagement from employees, HR professionals find themselves under increasing pressure to make significant changes to their benefits package.
05/01/2013
Could the UK’s crusading campaign against overseas tax havens be looking a little shaky?
The Two Faces of the Crusade against Tax Havens
05/01/2013
Berry Asset Management repositions portfolios for Q2
“Real assets, such as equities and property, could fare reasonably well during the next phase of the economic and market cycle”
05/01/2013
Close Brothers' Haines: SEIS could be the next mis-selling scandal
Patrick Haines warns seed enterprise investment schemes
04/30/2013
EU drinks groups to keep spending in China amid slowdown
European spirits manufacturers will probably maintain their high levels of trade investment in China despite a slowdown in sales growth that will take time to recover, Fitch Ratings says.
04/30/2013
Gold price and emerging market equity valuations- potential opportunities? - Rothschild Wealth Management
Global economic growth is likely to remain weak. But loose monetary policies, including low interest rates and quantitative easing, should continue to support risk asset prices throughout the rest of the year.
04/30/2013
"Central Bankers are the heroes of our time and the equity investors's best friend" - Barry Norris, Argonaut Capital Partners
The many reminiscences on the passing of Margaret Thatcher contrast her decisive radical economic policies with the consensus-building ineffectiveness of today’s political leaders.
04/30/2013
Another year of 'Sell in May'?, ECB update and Chinese Economy Rebalancing - Schroders
Evidence is building of a slowdown in global growth, repeating the pattern seen in recent years where a strong start to the year fades in the spring.
04/30/2013
Sallie Krawcheck On Just About Everything
You worry about all of it because it's going to be something we don't expect
04/29/2013
Rising to The Challenge
In the aftermath of the financial crisis many smart economic scribes wrote that the “new normal” would be low growth for which there would be no quick fix whatever the central banks threw at the situation.
04/29/2013
Intermediaries significantly more positive towards equities - RESEARCH
“The recent pick-up in the markets has led to an increase in positive sentiment towards equities, which is reflected in the latest Barings Investment Barometer."
04/29/2013
Credit spreads: tighter for longer - HSBC Private Bank
As the global economy goes through a soft patch, bond yields should remain lower for longer and credit should remain well supported as well.
04/29/2013
Banking giant predicts gold price collapse
ABN Amro, the Dutch state-owned banking giant, recently revised its global macro and gold outlook