10/09/2018
MPS Investment Committee: Alex Brandreth, Brown Shipley
As with the EU referendum back in 2016, making a call on a binary event with so many moving parts and potential outcomes is extremely difficult.
Comment, Analysis & Research
10/09/2018
Has the derivatives volcano already begun to erupt?
The risk remains that dollar credit will seize up globally, with disastrous consequences for countries that have to borrow dollars to cover deficits
10/09/2018
Global investment in real estate hits record $1.8tn
The 18% increase in commercial real estate investment is being led by Asia, both as a source of capital and as an investment destination, with investment in Asia accounting for 52% of all activity and Asian buyers responsible for 45% of all cross-border i
10/08/2018
Why we continue to avoid Italy by David Roberts, Liontrust
The only word I can use to describe what happened next is oops.
10/08/2018
European corporate and investment banks are gambling with their future
Eurogroup Consulting’s study explains the reasons for this gap.
10/08/2018
Bond Bear Market by Gary Dugan and Bill O’Neill
With quantitative easing in abeyance, this puts a great deal of upside pressure on US bond yields.
10/08/2018
M&A Deals Come Of Age with $40 Billion Transaction Value in First Half of 2018
One such deal is Royal Bank of Scotland’s purchase of FreeAgent, an AIM-listed Edinburgh-based provider of accounting software.
10/08/2018
Succession ditches way it buys advice firms
The reverse consolidation model was about businesses that were dealing with 20 to 30 companies and up to 15 or 16 different platform firms.
10/08/2018
Economic Perspectives by Ruth Lea, Arbuthnot
Spending grew rapidly in the 2000s, easily outstripping the underlying growth in the economy. This pattern of spending was clearly not sustainable.
10/08/2018
DSB Announce User Fee Discounts amid Additional Service Improvements
Additionally, 2017 Q4 audited operating costs of €1,612K were €672K below audited Q4 2017 revenues.
10/07/2018
Fund industry faces up to its lack of ethnic diversity
Just 1% of UK investment managers identify as black, compared to 13% of Londoners
10/07/2018
GFXC survey on FX Global Code
This survey will follow up on the initial survey the GFXC conducted last year that received more than 500 responses. The results of that survey were published in December 2017.
10/05/2018
Busy first half of 2018 for M&A in Guernsey
The International Stock Exchange, which is headquartered in Guernsey, is also reporting impressive growth in the rate of new listings.
10/05/2018
How Germany’s Little Savings Banks Threaten Big Financial Woes
The country’s 385 savings banks, known as Sparkassen, could destabilize the economy.
10/05/2018
UniCredit targets 20 per cent women in senior leadership roles by 2022
UniCredit, as a pan-European bank, is enriched by our diverse workforce and we are fully committed to creating a positive working environment where all talents, skills and experience are valued and different points of view can be openly expressed.
10/05/2018
FMSB: Challenges and Opportunities for the next 3 years
Thank You Karim. Good morning In Europe and America the latter half of the 18th century was a time of war. On the other side of the world a different kind of upheaval was taking place: the opening up of previously unknown cultures by European explorers.
10/04/2018
San Marino Plans to Ask for IMF Bailout to Bolster Banks
Seven banks have closed within the past decade with the last five standing saddled with bad debts of approximately €1.7bn, equal to about 117% of the state’s GDP.
10/03/2018
Islamic finance on the advance in Europe
Germany, home to one quarter of Europe’s 20mn Muslims, also had several sukuk issuances over the past decade.
10/03/2018
ESG investing needs an intelligence boost
Reducing the carbon footprint in a portfolio via ESG screening alone is a box ticking exercise
10/03/2018
Santander's Botin Keeps Calm as Brazil's Divisive Election Looms
Brazil heading to elections on Sunday with economy in tumult