11/25/2012
HSBC Chairman urges bankers to swear an oath
Douglas Flint, the chairman of HSBC, is pushing for bankers to take an oath similar to that sworn by doctors as part of radical plans to overhaul the way the profession is viewed in the wake of the financial crisis and successive banking scandals.
11/25/2012
Happy Black Friday. So is the US consumer rising in confidence? All will be revealed once the first figures are out following Black Friday.
11/25/2012
It is worrying that prosecutors chose to go after a relatively junior rogue trader rather than prosecuting someone higher up the chain of command.
11/25/2012
Policy announcements can be expected on taxes (with a possible increased burden for the “rich”) and spending.
11/25/2012
PWC has retained its position as the City’s most-favoured auditor
11/22/2012
Will your pocket be any fuller or a lot lighter after December 5th?
11/22/2012
Self-confidence and betting on long odds are part of their DNA and so, while expecting the financial industry to slash bonuses this year, many bankers think it will not happen to them.
11/22/2012
The head of the Bank of England, Sir Mervyn King, has told MPs that the culture at the big investment banks has changed.
11/22/2012
While a 12-hour meeting between EU authorities and the IMF failed to reach agreement on releasing the next bailout tranche to Greece, we think this is merely a delay and funds will be forthcoming following the Greek parliament’s approval of further
11/22/2012
What have markets been telling us?
11/21/2012
“London is particularly against it because it is a tax on London, because so much of Europe’s financial services business goes through London.”
11/21/2012
The challenge in 2013 will be to sustain the current reflation policies while keeping inflation at bay.
11/21/2012
Investors have ranked economic recovery as their main concern when building a portfolio
11/20/2012
The member states of the European Monetary Union are engaged in a cat-and-mouse game as they struggle to find the right answers, accountabilities and policy options.
11/20/2012
Global Insight report - ABN AMRO
Eurozone finance ministers discuss Greece (again)
11/20/2012
The European Central Bank (ECB) has been criticised for “kicking the can down the road”
11/19/2012
Global investment banks have improved their performance over the past few months
11/19/2012
The first in-depth investigation of whether youthful happiness leads to greater wealth in later life reveals that, even allowing for other influences, happy adolescents are likely to earn more money as adults.
11/19/2012
Income investing is not new. What is new are the challenges faced by investors in creating a portfolio with the right level both of income and risk in this low yield, low growth, more uncertain world.
11/19/2012
ECB buys time for improvement in Eurozone periphery