03/19/2013
BDO: Looming transaction tax is bad news for European fund management
The EU FTT is going to hit the European fund management industry hard.
03/19/2013
"While nature essentially controls the quantity of gold in existence, it is men who assign it values in terms of dollars and pounds and rubles."
03/19/2013
Parliament’s complete rejection of Cyprus’ bailout plan has sent policymakers back to the drawing board
03/19/2013
It has some symbolism impact on Europe, but it’s not a really major economic issue
03/19/2013
Commentary on the Budget 2013 from Louise Somerset, Tax Director, RBC Wealth Management
03/18/2013
ABN AMRO Private Banking builds on its previous overweight equities position in Staying the course – its new investment outlook for the second quarter of 2013 – published today.
03/18/2013
Dr Daniel Murray states, “The small size of the amounts involved with the Cypriot bailout suggest that, if the spill-over to the rest of Europe remains contained, then any sell off will be relatively short lived.”
03/17/2013
“Inspiration” – to stimulate (a person) to activity or creativity.
03/17/2013
“We admit that we doubted the zimbabweconomists who said “this will work, trust us, we’ve never been wrong theoretically,” but the wealth effect is working.
03/17/2013
The debate contained a fair amount of vilification of banks and bankers
03/17/2013
With the Budget less than a week away, in this edition of Baker Tilly’s weekly round-up of the most important tax news, we look at who the real winners and losers could be next Wednesday…
03/17/2013
The controversial bank bailout deal for Cyprus is unprecedented in that it penalises savers and junior bondholders. The images of frantic customers queuing outside branches in a desperate bid to withdraw their hard-earned savings highlights the precarious
03/17/2013
European Economic Weekly by BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research
03/17/2013
The choice is between hitting big depositors and hitting euro-zone taxpayers.
03/17/2013
For years, securing a generous final salary scheme and regularly paying large pension contributions was the aspiration of many – it was seen as a sure fire way to guarantee that on retirement, you’d see a return on decades of investment.
03/14/2013
The asset management shakeout
Growth in new money flows will slow to less than 1 percent annually for each of the next five years
03/14/2013
A striking display of vulnerability and tension but not necessarily a reversal in trends.
03/13/2013
The thrill is gone from "The Fear Index" - Coutts
So perhaps there will more reasons to be happy in 2013.
03/13/2013
Yet we remain unconvinced that European equities will continue their strong run.
03/13/2013
The Netherlands is a leading financial center in the heart of Europe, with hedge funds and alternative asset managers ranging from start-up size to $10bn.