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Private Banking and Wealth Management Survey 2019

UBS Wealth Management voted best global private bank; private banks expect revenues to grow, but at slower pace.

FSB publishes Global Monitoring Report on Non-Bank Financial Intermediation 2018

As in previous years, the exercise compares the size and trends of financial sectors in aggregate and across jurisdictions based primarily on sectoral balance sheet data.

When the rich stop giving they start to rot

A decline in philanthropy should worry the wealthy as much as the causes and cultural institutions they’re neglecting

The UK’s top income funds of 2018 revealed - Sanlam

The fund jumped 37 positions to reach the top position that was previously held by the Slater Income Fund, which has dropped into the Grey List after a more difficult 2018 and a pickup in volatility over the period reviewed.

Global Banking & Finance Awards® 2018

Global Banking & Finance Review® announces the list of winners for its annual awards program 2018

Coutts: London Prime Property sales sluggish but super prime bucks the Brexit trend

London’s super prime properties valued at £10m+ however are bucking the trend of today’s listless housing market by selling fast and fetching the asking price.

How to Win the War for Talent by Hunt Scanlon

How can companies adjust to the new normal in the employment market and come out on top in the war for top talent?

Shame the rich into giving, says arts chief

He said that British cultural organisations “needed to get better at explaining the benefits” of philanthropy, while tax incentives to encourage donation should be simplified.

High net worth clients need help navigating mortgage market – Panthera Finance

“They are quite often asset rich and cash poor, so being able to borrow allows them to not have to interrupt their cash flow.”

The five best reasons to launch an offshore business

Here are the five best reasons to launch an offshore business.

Climate fight will upheave fund sector, says archbishop

‘Young people no longer just want to avoid doing harm. They want to do good’

Third of easy access savings deals have no bank branch access, study finds

The findings come at a time when concerns have been raised over people’s access to cash, amid bank branch closures.

Swiss Life AM predicts ‘blind Brexit’

The firm also noted that while many expect consumer prices to rise after 29 March

Financial Services Profession’s Confidence In UK’s Economic Prospects Is At An All-Time Low, Says CISI

The CISI, the 45,000-strong professional body for those working in securities, investment, wealth management and financial planning, undertook the survey from 28 September 2018 – 21 January 2019.

North west law firm announce double digit growth

The firm, which has offices in Liverpool, Manchester and Preston, recorded growth in all areas of its practice, Corporate and Commercial; Real Estate; Litigation; Employment; and those areas focused on providing services to private individuals.

New survey reveals unintended consequences of MiFID II

Of the UK quoted companies surveyed in the report, 25 per cent said that MiFID II has had a negative impact on their business

More than a quarter of Brits believe Facebook will launch a banking service by 2023

A total of 20 per cent of the 2000 UK adults surveyed said they believed online-only banks would completely replace high street banks in the same period.

Dutch Court grants ''Right to be Forgotten'' to doctor Formally Reprimanded for Medical Negligence

The doctor then went on to appeal this ruling and was successful in having her suspension turned into a conditional suspension.

How to avoid a cake smash by Tim Price

This inventory – it should perhaps be called the bezzle

UK and Brexit: An embarrassing spectacle

EU Council President Donald Tusk’s office stated this week that the Irish border agreement, specifically, is “not open for renegotiation.”

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