05/13/2019
The Sunday Times Rich List 2019: age of uncertainty rattles the super-rich
After a year of turmoil on the stock market and high street, the super‑rich have a new fear — Corbygeddon. Robert Watts reports on how they are planning to protect themselves from a hard-left government
05/13/2019
At a time when fewer Rich Listers are donating significant sums, the Garfield Weston Foundation gave away its billionth pound last year. Clare Grant and David Paul report
05/10/2019
This passionately argued polemic reveals that half of England is owned by less than 1% of the population
05/07/2019
Massive discounts up to 21% for prime London homes, says bank
The current status of the pound means that for dollar-denominated buyers, prime London property is about 40 per cent cheaper than it was in 2014, and for those using euros to make a purchase it’s about 30 per cent cheaper.”
05/07/2019
Putting so much of your own money into a business which burns through cash at such a high rate is one of the most powerful incentives to make the venture work.
05/07/2019
The largest cross-border deal in financial services of 2018, the US$14 billion Series C investment in Ant Financial, was one among a flurry of FinTech deals.
05/07/2019
In just eight weeks in 2009 they claimed back £300 million before the Revenue stopped paying up and HMRC is still pursuing that money though the courts.
05/06/2019
The Chinese will feel more comfortable dealing with the matter than they did last year.
05/05/2019
Many companies are taking steps to increase the diversity of their workforces.
05/03/2019
The survey also showed that only half of final salary schemes remain open to future accrual of benefits
05/01/2019
In the latest survey of 36 fund managers conducted April 17-30, global equity allocations accounted for 47.0 percent of the model portfolio from 47.6 percent in March.
05/01/2019
How big is the shortage of qualified workers in Germany really? In some industries, the line of job seekers is running low.
04/30/2019
Nothing indicates the pool will be any larger in 2019, though individual institutions may eke out larger or smaller shares in this zero-sum game.
04/30/2019
Don’t let the headlines deceive you.
04/30/2019
Research says more than 80% of wealth management clients express interest in financial advice and planning, yet half of these remain on the sidelines
04/29/2019
Central bank reserve managers signal reluctance to hold sterling after UK leaves EU
04/26/2019
Martin Cheek, MD of SmartSearch, says electronic verification, mandated by the 5th Money Laundering Directive where possible, is the answer
04/26/2019
To discuss the next phase of the Initiative.
04/24/2019
Nearly a quarter of respondents said that they would reject the notes.
04/22/2019
Most striking was the efforts of China to enhance its green credentials.