08/15/2021
Earlier this month the Bank of England forecast that the unemployment rate would not rise beyond its current 4.8%, much lower than the peak of around 7.5% it saw earlier.
08/13/2021
Onwards and upwards: lessons learned over the past year
In June, we presented ‘back to the office’, discussing the challenges of home working and the implications of returning to the office for charities that have been mainly based at home.
08/13/2021
Philanthropy 2021: 'Doing Better at Doing Good'
Many philanthropic funders rose to the occasion and expanded their grants programmes to accommodate the uncertainty and increasing need.
08/13/2021
As GDP surges, Sunak hoping lockdown savings continue to be spent
Indeed, the UK was the fastest growing economy in Q2 compared to international peers, something that can be attributed to the huge initial success of the vaccination programme.
08/13/2021
How can you manage compliance more effectively in wealth management?
Wealth management advisors are investment management experts, not compliance administrators – and it needs to remain that way.
08/13/2021
ESG concerns are not only here to stay but will increasingly drive customer behaviour in the future, and retail banks must be at the forefront.”
08/13/2021
Who is on the hook when CBDCs get hacked?
08/13/2021
The first step for any business looking for venture capital is submitting a business plan, either to a venture capital firm or an angel investor.
08/12/2021
Global wealth industry can no longer ignore female investors
Latest figures suggest women will collectively hold $93trn by 2023
08/12/2021
This 34-page whitepaper analyses survey findings from over 120 senior executives from UK wealth managers on the sector’s transformation in 2021.
08/12/2021
Seven in 10 (70 per cent) expect the level of default risk of corporate bonds in the US and Europe to increase over the next year.
08/11/2021
In both Europe and the Americas, traditional banks, brokers, and financial advisors are preferred by most mass affluent individuals.
08/11/2021
A lack of automation in corporate action processing will increasingly constrain growth whether organic or through acquisition.
08/11/2021
Their latest numbers show losses increased in 2019 but alongside revenues also increasing substantially. Starling Bank even says it should reach profitability this year.
08/11/2021
The team has been using alternatives to provide diversification and protection in its more defensive portfolios, where it is overweight versus the benchmark, and will look to allocate further to the asset class in the next 18 months.
08/10/2021
Some things are forecastable.
08/10/2021
Fintech Sees Record-Breaking Levels of Investments
The level is a record start to the year, particularly in comparison to the pandemic-hit 2020, when investments for the entire year totaled $121.5 billion.
08/10/2021
After a record-breaking first half, and despite Brexit and the Covid-19 pandemic, London has successfully defended its title as the premier financial centre for raising capital in Europe raising 55 per cent more equity capital than its next closest compet
08/10/2021
The transition to remote working amidst various lockdowns also enabled companies to re-examine the need for a centralised operating space
08/10/2021
The Magician” is Christopher Samuelson, a football dealmaker and offshore finance specialist.