04/20/2022
Pictet AM's Barton forecasts growth in EM green bond issuance in 2022
'Big uptake' in social bonds
Comment, Analysis & Research
04/20/2022
Why the housing market may not fall into recession next year
Sarah Coles, personal finance analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown, is a little more sanguine on the outlook for the market.
04/20/2022
Why Guernsey and Jersey Offer a Valuable Alternative to Luxembourg For Private Funds
In the growing area of private funds – funds open only to qualified, sophisticated investors with a lighter-touch regulatory model – the Channel Islands of Guernsey and Jersey are providing a valuable alternative.
04/20/2022
Sweden’s Article 8 dominance: miracle or mirage?
Over 90% of Swedish funds are classified as Article 8, whereas the European average is 24%. Some have argued that this substantial lead is due to discrepancies in SFDR interpretation, rather than a more sustainable offering.
04/19/2022
System Failure, And A Means Of Escape
“Things are going to get a lot worse before they get worse.” - Lily Tomlin.
04/19/2022
Covid: Fewer than half of companies cut executive pay in response to pandemic
Research from the High Pay Centre found the firms that did reduce the pay of bosses had more women directors
04/19/2022
How these nine private bank CIOs are positioned for inflation
Investment chiefs of Europe’s biggest private banks are not expecting stagflation to take hold but are braced for tougher times ahead in European markets.
04/19/2022
Are you ready for the new beneficiaries of wealth?
It was an important client and Alan worked overtime to get everything in order for the client’s loved ones, including valuable life policies and death in service benefit.
04/19/2022
AJ Bell: Six of ESG funds’ top 10 stocks are tech giants
Four of the so-called ‘Big Five’ tech stocks - Microsoft, Alphabet, Apple and Amazon - make up 10 of the top stocks held by ESG funds.
04/19/2022
Review of the week: A muddled view
The war in Ukraine has dampened global growth as waves of COVID-19 continue to roll across the world. Meanwhile, politics is back to the fore in Europe and America.
04/18/2022
UK employers offer average 2.8% pay rise to staff, survey shows
While bigger pay rises would help ease the cost of living squeeze being felt by most British workers
04/18/2022
Graduate bankers demand £60,000 salaries
Battle for talent pushes up pay for entry-level City workers by more than a quarter
04/14/2022
Reputation management: looking through the lenses of risk and opportunity
Here there is opportunity to develop a consistent family narrative that represents them accurately and authentically.
04/14/2022
Demonstrating how nature-related risks can impact investors
By identifying and assessing nature-related financial risks, nature can be integrated into financial decision-making, recognising nature as the heart of the economy and remaking the relationship between people and the planet.
04/13/2022
House View
The most significant of these is through the commodity channel.
04/12/2022
Who will lead France? The run-off pits Macron against Le Pen, again
The potential political impact of a cost of living crisis cannot be underestimated.
04/12/2022
Half of all funds labelled ‘climate-focused’ don’t measure against a climate benchmark
This lack of standardisation makes it harder for investors to compare one fund against the other when making a fund selection decision.
04/12/2022
Hidden wealth of one of Putin’s 'inner circle' revealed
The investigation exposes failures of the banking system and the obstacles impeding Western sanctions.
04/12/2022
WHIreland: Global Markets Insights: March 2022
Despite the noise, US equity volatility actually fell back towards its long term average during the month as most major markets eked out modest gains.
04/12/2022
Swiss population empowered to address retirement provision challenges
Credit Suisse publishes its 2022 pension study