09/11/2019
Insurtech's Record-breaking $3 billion Investment in 1H2019
Hampleton’s report found interest from investors and buyers in a raft of emerging technologies
Comment, Analysis & Research
09/11/2019
Britons who hold savings in Swiss bank accounts could be due refunds worth £3bn
Litigation funding firm Liti-Link is now offering to buy claims from UK savers and pay for lawyers to pursue the case, for a 40 per cent cut of any winnings.
09/11/2019
How to avoid overpaying for underperfoming wealth talent
Compeer’s 2019 UK Wealth Management Industry Report suggests there is a weak correlation between front office staff costs and performance
09/11/2019
International activities allow Portuguese banks to return to profitability
In 2017, the simultaneous decreases in this proportion and the net income from international activities are, amongst other things, due to a valuation effect of assets accounted at their fair value.
09/10/2019
France to win Britain’s finance crown in EU after Brexit – report
Swathes of EU capital markets activity will effectively be based offshore in the UK, particularly in sectors such as trading and asset management.
09/10/2019
Maduro Regime Is Moving Money Through Spain’s Central Bank
Venezuelan central bank officials are telling contractors that going through the Bank of Spain is an option to make and receive payments outside of the country, while warning that it may still take at least a month to clear transactions due to increased s
09/10/2019
Market Perspectives by Barclays Private Bank
The strategy usually performs best when volatility is high, aiding portfolio diversification as risk assets underperform.
09/10/2019
Acquisition Boosts Revenue at Simplybiz
The deal has increased the group's customer base to almost 6,000 intermediary firms and more than 350 financial institutions.
09/10/2019
As market volatility heightens, DB pension schemes approaching buyout exposed to excessive risk
As DB pension schemes have matured, their asset allocation has de-risked.
09/10/2019
Digitisation essential for wealth managers says Nucoro
The report finds that this is being driven by the rise of automation facilitating scalable growth, and the transformation of customers where their expectations, needs, behaviours and demographics are changing.
09/10/2019
Investment Professional of the Future - CFA Institute
Changing Roles, Skills, and Organizational Cultures
09/09/2019
15 extreme risks for investors revealed
Willis Towers Watson believes that, in this environment there is no ‘single answer’ for portfolio construction.
09/09/2019
Three Ways to Stop Money Laundering Through Real Estate
In some places in particular, it is easy to hide the real owner of a property: anonymous companies can be used to purchase property, meaning even law enforcement don’t know who owns the house next door.
09/09/2019
Pay wealthy bosses to come back to Britain says John Caudwell, the man who pays more tax than ANYONE
‘Onerous work’: John Caudwell’s finest yr was when he offered Phones4U for £1.5billion in 2006
09/09/2019
The regulatory framework for Private Equity activities in Monaco
Other than involvement alongside the company’s manager, the other hallmarks of private equity are the investor exit and financial strategies.
09/09/2019
AIM dividends soaring to new record in 2019
The strong start to 2019 follows a 15.1% increase in 2018, taking AIM companies’ total payouts to £1,116m last year, breaching the £1bn mark for the first time.
09/08/2019
Brexit's Impact on Luxury London Property
The market for houses and apartments in the £1m-£2m range is still strong - after all people have to live somewhere
09/08/2019
Schuldscheine – a global alternative product of the future?
Schuldscheine may present a valuable alternative mode of finance, but what are these products, and why are they attracting so much attention?
09/08/2019
Why proposed merger between Goodbody and Davy could see the rise of the superbroker
Despite staff fears and a culture gap, money talks when it comes to a mega merger being proposed between the two heavyweights, writes Niall Brady
09/08/2019
What Would Mr Coutts Have Done?
Today marks the birthday of Thomas Coutts, who led our bank for 47 years from 1775. Here’s how his legacy lives on…