10/26/2016
Legal & General is world’s top insurer for shareholders
The research reviewed the companies’ total shareholder returns (TSR) during the period and listed the top 10 in various industries.
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10/26/2016
Study: No direct relationship between hedge fund leverage and volatility and downside risk
The AIMA/CAIA study suggests that there is no direct relationship between hedge fund leverage and the volatility and downside risk of fund performance.
10/26/2016
St. James’s Place – “Sterling’s weakness continues to be felt by companies and consumers”
UK inflation hits a two-year high and EY ITEM Club forecasts a “prolonged period” of weaker growth for the UK economy.
10/26/2016
Bulgaria 39th out of 190 countries in World Bank’s Doing Business 2017 report
Its rankings for trading across borders and enforcing contracts remained unchanged.
10/26/2016
London House Prices Forecast to Plunge as Brexit Chokes Market
Property prices in U.K. capital to fall 5.6% next year
10/25/2016
Barclays Warns ‘Politics of Rage’ Will Slow Global Growth
Globalization is fundamentally incompatible with rising nationalist anger.
10/25/2016
FCA in danger of becoming ‘timid and cowed regulator’
The report by the New City Agenda thinktank highlights a reversal of some of the changes made since the banking crisis eight years ago.
10/25/2016
MiFID II research unbundling to increase M&A pressure on small/mid UK managers
Investment research is mostly charged to investors through a commission-sharing agreement
10/25/2016
Reforms to the buy-to-let mortgage market ALL property investors should be aware of
Big changes are happening in the buy-to-let mortgage market, and investors need to be aware so that they can plan accordingly.
10/25/2016
Post-Brexit Outlook for the bond market - Tavistock Investments
Ahead of the BofE interest rate decision on 31st October, Christopher Peel, a veteran of the bond markets and CIO of Tavistock Investments, looks closely at the post-Brexit outlook for government bonds and the biggest crisis retail investors have yet to f
10/25/2016
Onshore and offshore structuring advice needed over PSC register
The PSC Register has been in force since April, with UK filing requirements effective since June
10/24/2016
Malta registers first fiscal surplus in 16 years
Credit rating agencies are predicting that the current debt burden that was brought about by three Nationalist administrations
10/24/2016
Prism the Gift Fund - A simple way to give by Penny Lovell
Many clients and friends often mention how when it comes to giving larger sums to charity they always feel a certain administrative burden
10/24/2016
The Belarusian Banking Sector moving towards Modernisation despite some challenges
There are different segments in the market and, therefore, they are developed differently.
10/24/2016
Money can really, really buy happiness, UK study finds
UK’s Office for National Statistics have come to the conclusion that money can indeed buy happiness
10/24/2016
Cameron adviser reveals No 10's alarm at his holding in offshore fund
The Vietnam Enterprise Fund is run by Dragon Capital in Vietnam, but registered in the Cayman Islands.
10/24/2016
Trade-off by Tim Price
“Gentlemen, you are trying to negotiate something you will never be able to negotiate. But if negotiated, it will not be ratified. And if ratified, it will not work.”
10/24/2016
UBS Expect Pounds To Recover In 2017
The average price in the first six months of 2016 — before the Brexit effect took hold — was $1.43.
10/21/2016
Gulf investors eye raising Deutsche Bank stake Manager Magazin
The magazine said that other potential investors from Abu Dhabi and China would also be prepared to participate in any capital hike.
10/21/2016
Brexit Turmoil Flashes Sell-Gilts Sign for International Funds
Managers with more than $4 trillion, including Pioneer Investment Management and Frankfurt Trust, say the fallout from the Brexit vote is making them more bearish.