10/01/2013
Emerging markets are still dependent
The looming spectre preying on investors’ nerves is the possibility that the US Federal Reserve could start tapering off its quantitative easing programme.
Comment, Analysis & Research
10/01/2013
US shutdown an opportunity to invest, according to Hargreaves Lansdown
Market reaction to the shutdown was muted according to Lowcock, because the current budget negotiations are viewed as merely a ‘warm-up act’ for the negotiations later this month to extend the US government’s debt ceiling from the curre
09/30/2013
Self-Servicing for Investment Reporting
The Future of Investment Reporting
09/30/2013
Global Markets Weekly 30 September 2013 - Coutts
Economic trends will be clouded by politics this week
09/30/2013
Foreign funds pour into UK
Flows of money from overseas investors boosted funds at British asset managers to a record £5.4trn last year, it has emerged.
09/30/2013
Crispin Odey on Recovery, Regulation and Skin in the Game
Crispin Odey, probably the only hedge fund manager who's had a sausage named after him
09/30/2013
ABN Amro Chief Opts For Slow and Steady Route
Although His Time as Dutch Finance Minister gives him a deep understanding of policy-making, ABN Amro chief Gerrit Zalm has mixed views on the current tide of regulatory initiatives in Europe.
09/30/2013
Simon Chamberlain: Succession is Perfect mix of Hargreaves and SJP
'Like Hargreaves we own our own open architecture platform and [we] both use fund management as an outsourced commodity.
09/29/2013
Here Are The 50 Most Innovative Companies In The World
In its new report, The Most Innovative Companies 2013: Lessons from Leaders, the firm reveals the 50 companies that this year's sample of over 1,500 international executives ranked as the most innovative.
09/29/2013
Party Politicking in Power by Justin Urquhart Stewart
One of the things I really hate about this season is the party conferences where all the politicians seem to take it in turn to show off their latest sound bites.
09/29/2013
First Global Sovereign Asset Management Study Released Today
The first Invesco Global Sovereign Asset Management Study was released today.
09/29/2013
Asset Allocation Update: A Case for Europe?
Despite there being much to consider over the last few months
09/29/2013
Horlick Looks North for EIS Opportunities
Horlick is highly regarded in the finance industry - in the 1990s she balanced a high-flying finance career with bringing up a large family. Today she manages investments for Rockpool Investments, produces films and sits on the board of an NHS trust.
09/28/2013
We need strong banks with good balance sheets
The authorities’ effective crisis management reflected their acute awareness that banks were highly indebted
09/28/2013
Lessons from Norway
A look at the Norwegian Oil Fund, one of the world’s largest Sovereign Wealth Funds, might prove instructive for Israel.
09/26/2013
Global wealth management: banks’ panacea or failing dream?
It’s not clear whether they’re based on differences in opinion about future growth in emerging markets
09/26/2013
Wealth manager outlook: welcome to the 20mph recovery
We are probably judging economic growth by the wrong scale
09/26/2013
Global Wealth Report: Equity boom spurs asset growth
Allianz unveiled the fourth edition of its “Global Wealth Report”, which puts the asset and debt situation of private households in more than 50 countries under the microscope.
09/25/2013
Nicola Horlick: "Crowdfunding is a drug going straight into the lifeblood of the economy"
City Superwoman Nicola Horlick is a crowdfunding convert following the success of her recent project on Seedrs, raising £150,000
09/25/2013
Chief Secretary announces Government action on tax avoidance by George Bull
Danny Alexander’s surprise announcement last week, and why it’s about time the Government acknowledged that once again, it’s got to the wrong place but for some of the right reasons.