08/26/2020
Democratisation of Wealth Management - What Lies Ahead?
Robo-advisors are digital wealth management platforms providing automated advice and allowing standalone robo-advisors or banks to scale to reach a larger number of clients.
Comment, Analysis & Research
08/26/2020
Is COVID-19 redefining the role of private equity CFOs?
Following on from our recent CFO e-Labs masterclass on the evolving CFO role
08/26/2020
Taxes and Tantrums: How the US Election Could Impact Investors by Coutts
The potential positives and pitfalls as Trump and Biden go head to head
08/26/2020
Should trustees be worried about global warming?
BlackRock, the world's biggest fund manager, has put climate change and sustainability at the heart of its strategy, doubling the number of green funds it invests in and curtailing its investments in coal companies.
08/26/2020
No plans to return to the office for millions of workers
There are no plans for millions of public and private sector workers to return to the office.
08/26/2020
Recovery in sight - Handelsbanken
The threat to asset prices does not primarily stem from short-term cyclical variations, but from a potential rise in interest rates, according to Handelsbanken’s macroeconomic experts.
08/25/2020
Europe Tried to Limit Mass Layoffs, but the Cuts Are Coming Anyway
Despite furlough schemes that have kept tens of millions of people employed, a tsunami of job cuts is about to hit as companies downsize.
08/25/2020
Morning Coffee: Junior bankers’ lives get even worse. The Michael Crichton of deal memos
On the positive side, reports Financial News, there’s no longer any problem with running out of clean laundry because you’ve been stuck in the office so long.
08/25/2020
‘Survival of the fittest’: Three sectors that stand to benefit from Covid-19 trends
Global businesses aimed at taking advantage of this cohort stand to be the big winners out of coronavirus as people return to the shops.
08/25/2020
Stop Covid concerns becoming hasty pension decisions
Pensions are extremely tax-efficient investments and if it is necessary to take money out it should be kept to a minimum
08/24/2020
Cashflow projections dubbed a ‘mess’
Gemma Brazier, chartered financial planner and propositions director at EValue, warned advisers could end up “systematically over-estimating” the retirement income
08/23/2020
Europe’s Banks Fall Out of Love With Commodity Traders
BNP Paribas SA is reviewing its involvement and may shut down its specialized unit, Bloomberg reported earlier this month. Rabobank Group is also reviewing the business.
08/23/2020
The Power of Nought: All Twelve of Them by Justin Urquhart Stewart
It has been good news for those shareholders, that their value has gone up like a rocket, but there is a potential downside.
08/21/2020
Catching fallen angels
Notably, investor fears during the correction around fallen angels and illiquidity did not materialise, and corporate bond markets have continued to function reasonably well.
08/21/2020
Growth Prospects and Challenges ahead for the U.S., U.K., Eurozone, China, and Japan
A resurgence of virus infections in several areas is threatening to choke the recovery and could flatten growth in the second half of 2020 and beyond.
08/21/2020
For the Best and Worst of Times: Convertible Bonds Through the Coronacrisis
We have a positive outlook on convertible bonds for three reasons: downside risk mitigation, a cheap entry point and improving liquidity.
08/20/2020
Pandemic to prolong German banks' struggle with low profitability
The fragmentation of the German banking system has created a vicious circle of low profits and high costs.
08/19/2020
DFMs had already shunned UK ahead of record GDP plummet
‘We haven’t been adding to UK risk asset exposure either before the crisis broke out or during it’
08/19/2020
60% of advisers turning away new clients
Six in ten financial advisers had to turn away prospective clients in the last year, according to a new report.
08/19/2020
Opportunity for planners in care advice market - report
Over a third (35%) of those surveyed said that they would then meet an adviser in person, with a further 26% likely to make contact by phone or online.