12/12/2016
Taxpayers saved the Royal Bank of Scotland. Now it’s time we owned it Gareth Thomas
Now is the right moment for a different approach.
Comment, Analysis & Research
12/09/2016
The Future of Online Banking
By Marie Austenaa, VP and Head of Personal Data & Mobile Identity Programme at GSMA
12/09/2016
British business 'loath to invest in research'
The Oxford Sciences Innovation fund has swelled from £320m to nearly £600m in under a year.
12/09/2016
Women run fewer than 5% of hedge funds for large investors
Underrepresentation of females worse in alternatives than mainstream asset management
12/09/2016
Five ways David Davis just killed London banking jobs post-Brexit
A mechanism would be nice, but it’s all pretty vague
12/09/2016
Schroders 2017 Outlook Investment Series: Global Bonds
It could be another rollercoaster ride for bonds in 2017, when we expect to adopt a more opportunistic investment strategy Schroders' Bob Jolly, Head of Global Macro Strategy comments: Volatility likely to remain elevated
12/08/2016
Italian banks damaged by referendum result, says Fitch
The Qatar Investment Authority – the gulf state’s sovereign wealth fund – is among the investors that MPS has hoped to convince to participate in the cash call.
12/08/2016
Happiness and health more valued than money
According to the survey, men were more likely to consider themselves as having a successful life (16%) than women (13%).
12/08/2016
Asset Owners Take On ESG
“This is a mainstream fund, not a green fund. This is the new normal,” added Thompson.
12/08/2016
Lack of trainee advisers 'real threat' to industry - Investec W&I
More than a third of owner managers are looking to semi or fully retire in the next decade
12/08/2016
Over one million HNW individuals unable to secure credit
Over a third of Londoners had been unable to secure credit in the past five years
12/08/2016
Knight Vinke warns European investment banks too small to thrive
The problem for European investment banks is the lack of scale
12/08/2016
Schroders 2017 Outlook Investment Series: European Equities
Much has been made of the deluge of elections due in Europe in 2017 and the uncertain investment environment that could result.
12/08/2016
Winners emerge in hedge fund industry despite rocky start to year
Hedge funds that focus on credit strategies, by comparison, have gained 6.7 per cent this year
12/07/2016
Banks Continue To Gain Despite Italy Bank Uncertainty
Banks across Europe have also enjoyed a similarly positive session as investors adopt a fairly sanguine outlook to events in Italy.
12/06/2016
St. James’s Place – “Politics and macroeconomic issues remain front and centre”
In a year beset by global political risk, Italians voted decisively in a referendum to reject Matteo Renzi’s reform package.
12/06/2016
Strategy Update from BNP Paribas Investment Partners
Asset allocation: closing overweight in euro inflation-linked bonds
12/05/2016
PLSA: UK pension funds see asset management-executive pay link
Of those, 63% think executive pay is generally too high, according to the PLSA, while 37% believe it is too high in cases of poor performance.
12/05/2016
$38 Billion Finnish Fund Moves Assets to U.S. as Europe Founders
The reallocation primarily affects “fixed-income instruments and real assets.
12/05/2016
When wonks go rogue by Tim Price
Far from reducing crime and corruption, it boosted both. Al Capone, one of the most infamous beneficiaries of prohibition, was by 1927 earning $60 million a year from alcohol sales alone. As he conceded, “all I do is satisfy a public demand.”