11/04/2012
Meet the Most Indebted Man in the World
Former Société Générale rogue trader Jérôme Kerviel owes the bank $6.3 billion. Here's what his case tells us about financial reform.
Comment, Analysis & Research
11/04/2012
“Thorn in My Side” - View from Psigma
As we wrote in October’s newsletter, financial markets appear to be in a state of “limbo”, following a power-packed summer that improved a first half of meagre returns into something much healthier.
11/04/2012
“Politics paramount” - Coutts
The markets enter a testing week with major political uncertainty in two of the largest economies of the world.
11/01/2012
London Frets Future as Financial Hub Outside Bank Union
London’s attempt to maintain its financial muscle while boycotting Europe’s move toward a banking union risks isolating the city from its major trading partners and undermining its status as the world’s top money center.
11/01/2012
Britain's banks should be our national wealth fund
There are not many leaders of a large public company who would openly say their largest investor might want to put their money somewhere else, but among them are the chief executives of Britain's taxpayer backed banks, Lloyds Banking Group and Royal
10/31/2012
Politicians inflict damage through tax uncertainty by George Bull
HMRC has announced it will be moving data currently held on servers within local tax offices to ‘cloud’ storage.
10/31/2012
Banks threatened to quit UK
Taylor said that keeping both parts of a bank within a group structure would also enable the investment banking arm to rescue the high street division if it got into financial difficulties.
10/31/2012
"The current climate remains an attractive one for Gold investors" - Berry Asset Management
Today many investors hold more faith in the dollar or the Swiss franc….. or if they are diehards perhaps, sterling or the Euro…. than they do gold.
10/30/2012
Currency “wars” and the potential impacts of developed market QE - Threadneedle
Investors should expect greater volatility in foreign exchange markets as the 'beggar thy neighbour' approach of quantitative easing across the developed world triggers economic, political and social consequences for developing economies.
10/30/2012
Wealth Management with Asian Characteristics
So why are so many western private banks and wealth managers failing in Asia?
10/29/2012
Is Europe turning a corner? - Schroders
Has Europe turned a corner? European equities certainly have.
10/29/2012
UK is a nation of Financial Ostriches - Barclays Research
Brits have their heads stuck firmly in the sand when it comes to the state of their finances, according to new research from Barclays.
10/28/2012
Halloween, the time of year when ghastly deeds are generally afoot
This week's third-quarter results will give an indication of some of the financial headaches lurking in the wings
10/28/2012
Two Nations, Two Systems, Same Outcome by Justin Urquhart Stewart
All good libertarians necessarily approve of democracy over oligarchy or dictatorship.
10/28/2012
UBS goes under cover
If the news is confirmed in coming days, it marks the withdrawal from "holistic investment banking" of one of the more hallowed names in the world of banking.
10/28/2012
Firing on some cylinders - Gary Dugan, Coutts & Co
Financial Markets were mixed last week as investors continue to wait for the US presidential elections on 6th November.
10/28/2012
QE not an excuse for inactivity
The overall impact of Quantitative Easing (QE) on pension funds has been exaggerated according to global professional services company Towers Watson.
10/28/2012
Coutts: Spotlight Germany
Our view on how Germany’s economic position within the Eurozone remains strong, albeit with leading indicators having turned recently.
10/25/2012
Emerging Europe remains resilient to Eurozone crisis - Schroders
Regardless of the well- publicised challenges facing the Eurozone and the negative impact on perceived risk assets, the MSCI EM Emerging Europe 10/40 Net (TR) index has increased in value by 11.4 per cent per annum over the last three years.
10/25/2012
Fund investors more positive on stocks, but appetite for bonds still dominates - Morningstar
With policy makers and central banks striving to ease the pain for troubled eurozone economies, European fund investors may be shrugging off the risk of Euro implosion, according to Morningstar’s latest European fund flows data.