05/17/2022
Number of Irish wealthy individuals set to surge
Ireland is among 10 countries forecast to see the largest proportional increase in their extremely rich populations between now and 2026
05/17/2022
Bailey admits BoE cannot stop inflation hitting 10%
The base rate also rose to 1 per cent this month, following a series of rises since December when it stood at 0.1 per cent.
05/16/2022
On both occasions, the market eventually fell 50% before rebounding.
05/16/2022
The Green Bond Principles were created in January 2014.
05/13/2022
In the meanwhile, oil prices continue to be a pain point for many countries.
05/13/2022
Financial markets are experiencing further challenges as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues, China introduces more lockdowns and investors fret over central bank measures to tame inflation.
05/13/2022
A combination of a weak March handover and the Queen’s Jubilee in June is set to see the UK economy contract in the second quarter.
05/13/2022
133 closures in 2021
05/12/2022
The rising cost of living impacted the household finances of ethnic minorities the hardest.
05/12/2022
Octopus conducted research to examine the relationships between the financial advice industry, advised clients and their families
05/12/2022
Ultimately things are only going to get worse for consumers.
05/11/2022
Asset protection and trusts- How much control will tip the balance?
In most jurisdictions, trust assets will be more vulnerable to attack from a settlor’s creditors
05/11/2022
Why Are We Still Looking for Nazi-Looted Art?
This statement of 11 nonbinding principles was designed to support and encourage each country to make the resources available to aid in the identification and registration of Nazi-looted art.
05/11/2022
Embedded finance: the ultimate battle for the client
Institutions that hold banking licenses sell their services to non-financial businesses
05/11/2022
What’s even more intriguing is the fact that two members of the committee voted to leave the policy rates unchanged, while three other members were in favour of raising the rates more substantially.
05/11/2022
In terms of which factors were most important when selecting a frontier fund manager, more than nine out of 10 investors said track record (95 per cent) and fund longevity (93 per cent).
05/10/2022
The equity market has traded sideways after recovering from the precipitous fall in mid- March.
05/10/2022
War in Ukraine and inflation slow growth in EBRD regions
The Bank’s new research also suggests that Ukraine’s economy will shrink even more than was forecast earlier in the conflict.
05/10/2022
However, a slowdown of 1.2 per cent is expected in 2022 due to unfavourable weather effects on agricultural output and the impact of the war on Ukraine.
05/09/2022
“Everything that can be invented has been invented.” - Attributed, probably falsely, to Charles Holland Duell, Commissioner of the US Patent Office from 1898 to 1901.