10/01/2015

Depositors' Compensation Scheme Consultation

There's a chance to have your say on a new consultation that proposes to change the order in which recovered money is repaid in the event of a local bank becoming insolvent.

10/01/2015

Rathbones snaps up Cornwall-based IFA

In October 2012 Rathbones purchased a 19.9 per cent stake in the Vision Group for £2m and the wealth manager had now announced that it has agreed to purchase the remaining 80.1 per cent, subject to regulatory approval.

09/30/2015

Gemma Godfrey to launch online wealth manager

Clients will be able to access the service through www.moo.la, which former Wealth Manager cover star Godfrey said will ‘[provide] a set of easy to use apps and services for financial freedom at your fingertips

09/30/2015

Shakes not quakes

In light of market volatility, it is important to remember that global GDP growth looks healthy; China’s growth rate still remains significantly higher than the global average and calmer days should follow a Fed rate rise.

09/29/2015

Will fintech kill your banking job?

After all, their raison d’être is to make financial services more efficient by increasing its reliance on technology and reducing its reliance on humans.

09/28/2015

Some Autumn Planning by Justin Urquhart Stewart

Well that was another summer of volatility fading into the mist and during the dog days of August it was China that filled the headlines and columns of the increasingly slim looking newspapers.