09/02/2020
Why Quilter went restricted for DB permissions
Restricted advice can work better for larger businesses, but IFAs can scour the whole investable universe
Comment, Analysis & Research
09/02/2020
Landed estates struggling to fill slump in income from Covid-19 impact
Re-insurers don’t understand their risk with regard to Covid-19 so are reducing what they will offer and have put rates for whole of life cover up by around 15%.
09/02/2020
A long sunset on a fragile model
The days when a 3.25% or 4% annual guarantee was easily affordable in the market are long passed
09/01/2020
More UK homebuyers turn to 'bank of mum and dad' as Covid crisis bites
Family and friends will support nearly one in four purchases in 2020, against one in five last year
09/01/2020
Low demand for UK office workers reveals ‘asymmetric recovery’
Data shows rise in transport, healthcare and construction jobs while ‘white-collar roles’ lag behind
09/01/2020
Klaas Knot on ECB policy-making, the FSB and central bank ‘capture’
How has central banking changed, and what are some of the lessons learned?
09/01/2020
Return to big offices? Why bank branches may get a new lease of life
They are looking to take advantage of part of their networks of physical outposts to help adapt their businesses to the new reality.
09/01/2020
London’s millionaire property postcode hotspots
The £1-£5m category accounts for the higher number of these transactions (92%) with an average sold price of £1.7m, while 97 transactions have completed between £5-£10m and 13 at £10m+ with the respective average sold p
09/01/2020
The more it changes, the more it stays the same
The constant drift to the strongest growth franchises is also the beauty of passive investing.
09/01/2020
Unidos Hacia El Futuro by Tim Price
Its protagonists are all trying to escape a dark present and an equally tortured past.
08/31/2020
Winning the wrong game by Tim Price
We have no problem with shorter term speculation either, and indeed we incorporate it within our bespoke managed account service in the form of systematic trend-following managers.
08/31/2020
Central Bankers – Finally an Admission of Guilt by Gary Dugan
This year's annual meeting of global central bankers at Jackson Hole, Wyoming, like so much this year, has been unprecedented.
08/31/2020
Health concerns swirl around Europe’s obese and addicted banks
Interventions have destroyed returns and left most lenders essentially uninvestable
08/31/2020
Profit or purpose? Wealthy youngsters want both for their investment portfolios
Younger investors want to do good while they make money.
08/30/2020
Coronavirus ends ‘golden’ era for sovereign wealth funds
State-backed investment vehicles with $6tn of assets tapped to mitigate economic fallout of pandemic
08/30/2020
How to Start Distributing Power and Stop Delegating It
Leaders like to talk about autonomy, but few actually know how to put employees in power.
08/30/2020
The coronavirus pandemic will permanently change how advisors want to meet with asset manager salespeople
SS&C Advisor Insights survey, conducted in association with Horsesmouth, expressed that fundamental changes are happening and will continue once they reopen their offices to asset managers.
08/28/2020
Sovereign interest in ETFs on the rise as wrapper passes coronavirus test
The survey of sovereign wealth and central bank asset managers across 139 institutions showed close on half now believe ETFs are the most attractive method of equity implementation.
08/27/2020
London Luxury Property Could soon Emerge from Pandemic Slump
Our latest insight on the luxury property market in London, including how it’s fared through the Coronavirus lockdown and an area-by-area breakdown.
08/27/2020
Morning Coffee: Senior bankers need Paris and Frankfurt apartments, urgently. Women are more difficult clients
A survey carried out for Bank of America reveals that female wealth management clients are significantly more likely than male clients to fire their wealth manager in the event of “a bad experience”.