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Schroders Quarterly markets review - Q2 2021

A look back at markets in Q2, when stocks made further gains and the US Federal Reserve hinted at future policy tightening.

Rescued by innovation: Joseph Stiglitz on the post-pandemic economy

The Covid crisis has highlighted the importance of innovation, argues Nobel prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz.

As private equity funds pump hiring, salaries fall behind banks

While private equity funds have ramped up hiring, the head of one recruitment firm - speaking off the record - says PE recruitment hasn't increased as much as recruitment of junior bankers.

Institutions plan to increase crypto exposure

The number of institutional investors and corporates holding bitcoin and other cryptoassets is growing and their confidence in the asset class is also increasing.

Schroders chief urges reform of UK rules to thwart private equity raid

Peter Harrison says ‘we have to improve the index’ for investors as he strikes ‘natural capital’ deal

Overseas investors find UK regional property a safe bet

Groups in the money after realising other areas offer better value than London

LIBOR – 6 months to go

This month marks 4 years since Andrew Bailey told financial markets they needed to prepare for a world without LIBOR after 2021 – 4 years since we embarked on this marathon transition together.

Digitising Wealth Management in the Post-Pandemic Future

Cloud based solutions and cybersecurity will dominate the infrastructure evolution

Ireland finally eyes the exit door for bank stakes

Dublin needs to take bolder steps to restore normality to the financial sector

Top-down central planning, dictating resource allocation and industrial output based on supposedly superior knowledge of needs and wants, is an impulse that has infected political players throughout history.

Credit Suisse launches pioneering model: The Way We Work

Credit Suisse to give employees more flexibility on working hours and choice of workplace

Analysis: Two-thirds of UK finance firms have climate targets, but most are failing to shift investments

The Tracker reveals that around 800 of these organisations had set some kind of public climate target as of the end of 2020.

Future world of work - speech by Joanna Place

Given at The Investment Association

Review OF June And Q2 Asset Market Returns

The lack of growth momentum and limited signs of corporate earnings momentum have hampered market performance.

Sovereign Wealth Funds turning to private capital: Are they competing or playing alongside GPs?

This has led to an increased number of direct and co-investment deals that were quite rare ten years ago.

Remote work for the cross-border workforce: Ten keys to success

A legal lens is invaluable in assessing the overall employment costs of remote working and the potential for increased exposure to reputational risk.

It’s a recovery, but not as we know it - speech by Andrew Bailey

The good news is that the economy is only around 5% smaller than it was eighteen months ago – and in view of what we have experienced, that is good news – and the gap is closing quite rapidly.

From hope to secular growth

At the onset of an economic recession, investors are facing a “wall of worries” that translate into very risk-off behaviors.

Confidence among London businesses reaches highest level for almost three years

The research shows London’s labour market is recovering from the damage inflicted on it by the pandemic.

Why outsourcing makes sense

Fund managers are increasingly outsourcing administrative operations in order to focus on adding value to assets and investor relations, says Head of Alternative Investments, Simon Burgess. *

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