11/13/2013
Speech by Clive Adamson, Director of Supervision, at the Insurance Institute of London, London. This is the text of the speech as drafted, which may differ from the delivered version.
11/13/2013
Don’t believe the hype – we are not witnessing a fundamental change to the investment backdrop, according to Nick Clay, a member of the team managing the Newton Global Higher Income Fund.
11/11/2013
The proportion of larger donations increased. With more than half (56%) of all million pound gifts being worth £2m+
11/11/2013
Central and eastern Europe's biggest lender, Bank Austria, said business prospects were looking up in its core market, where an economic slump has weighed on demand for loans and triggered big writedowns for banks.
11/11/2013
The transaction is part of Old Mutual Wealth's commitment to simplify its operations in Europe and focus on a select number of core growth markets.
11/10/2013
Home truths from abroad by Tim Price
“No matter how cynical you get, it is impossible to keep up.”
11/10/2013
Bitcoin: Teenage Truant Comes of Age
As part of our glacial evolution we are hard-wired to expect linear growth rates and peripatetic progression.
11/10/2013
New consumer research undertaken by SunGard has found that banks in some of the world’s fastest-growing emerging markets are still struggling to meet evolving customer expectations.
11/09/2013
Don’t fall for the tricks and end up paying high fees
11/09/2013
Although the European economy eased out of eighteen months of recession in August, growth is weak and interest rates are likely to remain very low
11/09/2013
Super-wealthy business angels die young because they fail to fulfil their lifelong dreams
11/08/2013
It seems it is long time since the heyday for investors in this most liquid of assets.
11/07/2013
There has been talk this week that reforming property taxes in the UK would attract much-needed investment for new homes.
11/07/2013
The memo also states that staff are 'strongly encouraged' to take three weeks holiday a year'.
11/07/2013
'We all need to keep a higher standard', Dimon said at the 28th October meeting.
11/07/2013
"Society is always taken by surprise at any new example of common sense” - Ralph Waldo Emerson
11/06/2013
What is needed is a radical productivity agenda to raise potential growth. Trade performance is therefore just one small piece of the competitiveness puzzle.”
11/06/2013
A fifth of the largest global banks coud be broken up or bought within the next few years
11/06/2013
A fifth of the largest global banks coud be broken up or bought within the next few years
11/05/2013
NICK Leeson was just 25 when he landed the job of a lifetime, trading futures on the Singapore stock exchange.