03/03/2013
Voting in Italy. About the only clear vote we are going to get this year in Italy is likely to be the selection of the new Pope and, whilst he will be a powerful man, he won’t be able to solve Italy’s financial issues.
03/03/2013
Recession seems to be loosening its grip on Europe, but the ongoing stabilization is unlikely to make room for growth.
03/03/2013
The news that the EU is to exert control over the size of bankers' bonuses has been met with a mixture of delight, worry and puzzlement.
03/03/2013
The ability of markets to absorb bad news seems to have increased even though the world is still beset with problems.
02/28/2013
World's Wealthy Need Advisors to Provide Strategic Advice via Digital Tools
"The Futurewealth Report: Helpful Investment Technologies," which surveyed 3,477 respondents globally with an average $1.9 million in net worth, points to an opportunity for wealth managers to improve the client experience by using technology as
02/27/2013
There are a few places in Europe where once glaciers have melted and rivers are high
02/27/2013
If British entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson has his way, the South African banking sector arena would be making way for a new heavyweight contender.
02/27/2013
Austria continues to be an interesting growth market in private banking
02/25/2013
Coutts Wealth Watch - UK downgrade irony: good for FTSE 100
By adding to sterling’s woes, news of a UK credit-rating downgrade by Moody’s this past weekend may paradoxically benefit FTSE100.
02/25/2013
A cap on bankers’ bonuses would be lunacy
Beware of the European Parliament bearing gifts
02/25/2013
The voice of anti-austerity was loud and clear in Italian elections, delivering the worst-case scenario – a likely hung parliament with no leading party able to put together a workable coalition.
02/24/2013
The current crisis is distinct from previous crisis episodes because this crisis affects a large set of European countries that are highly integrated via trade and financial channels, and, because the magnitude of economic policies implemented is unpreced
02/24/2013
For nearly 40 years, governments in the majority of industrialised countries have conducted fiscal policies based on Keynesian principles: in times of economic contraction, they have increased public spending.
02/24/2013
Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge ?
02/24/2013
It was interesting to hear the French moaning about their trains for a change.
02/24/2013
On the reasons he is invested in salmon, and the reasons the price of salmon will remain elevated
02/24/2013
Positive Signs Resonate Worldwide in Early 2013 -RESEARCH
U.S. housing sales, retail sales and job numbers strengthening - Germany, Italy and Spain showing signs of economic improvement - Growth in China expected to exceed 7.5 per cent in 2013 - Canadian investors seeing better returns on equities
02/24/2013
Currencies down = stock markets up
02/24/2013
£1 million in 1982 would provide the same spending power as £3 million today.
02/24/2013
FTI Consulting found that 77% of respondents are optimistic