02/17/2014
Yellen, Changing and Hiding? - Neil Staines, ECU
On Tuesday we suggested that the core focus of the market was likely to be the testimony of Janet Yellen and the UK Quarterly Inflation Report (QIR), presented by Mark Carney.
02/17/2014
Paltry pension propaganda
It seems everything about pensions is nearly always negative.
02/17/2014
The ticking bomb of Generation Y
Even high-earning young professionals are seemingly unlikely to consider actively investing due to a lack of knowledge or difficulties accessing financial advice.
02/17/2014
London house prices keep rising, but we still don’t fear a bubble.
02/16/2014
Developed Equities Market positions move from neutral to modest overweight
02/14/2014
Britain's banks should scale back investment banking, focus on domestic markets, hold more in deposits than they lend and pay bigger dividends
02/14/2014
The nuclear and banking industries share a common feature.
02/14/2014
The rankings cover all areas of banking business and all categories of clients, from private individuals to large corporates and institutional clients.
02/14/2014
Nicholas Fitzgerald, Head of Financial Planning for wealth manager Brewin Dolphin, commented: “It is no surprise that the FCA’s review has concluded that the annuities market is not working.
02/13/2014
Banco Santander leads EU banks exposed to fragile emerging markets
Banco Santander's substantial presence in Brazil, Argentina, and Chile have placed the Spanish group as the most exposed of European Union banks to fragile emerging markets
02/12/2014
The fund manager's eponymous firm Woodford Investment Management will go live in early May.
02/12/2014
Lloyds Banking Group has allegedly agreed to a deal with its largest investor, UK Financial Investments, to pay around £400m in 2013 bonuses to staff, as well as £2m in extra compensation to its chief executive Antonio Horta-Osorio.
02/12/2014
Head of one of the world's biggest sovereign wealth funds still keen on investing in UK and London
02/12/2014
New MathWorks Research Finds Graduates Lack Skills Demanded by Financial Services Industry
02/11/2014
Overall, 91% of IFAs are either 'very' or 'quite' favourable towards European equities, up from 63% 12 months ago. For the UK, 93% are favourable, up from 79%.
02/11/2014
Almost one in every four employees (39%) thinks that their boss dislikes them
02/11/2014
At the start of this month, as EM concerns spilled over into global equities and risk assets, capital preservation became the primary driver of financial market moves as opposed to relative value – Or fear rather than greed.
02/11/2014
There was a big sigh of relief on Friday from tax professionals involved in completing tax returns for individuals, having worked long into the January evenings and weekends.
02/11/2014
Cybercrime is one of the fastest-growing criminal activities on the planet. It covers a huge range of illegal activity including financial scams, computer hacking, virus attacks and stalking by e-mail.
02/11/2014
Ethical advisors to the Church of England have warned that the CofE's investment portfolio "will never be pure", and advised that some "ethical ambiguity" is necessary for the benefits that investment brings to the organisation.