03/01/2016
FITCH takes various rating actions on Polish banks
Fitch Ratings has downgraded the Long-term Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) of Getin Noble Bank SA to 'BB-' from 'BB' and Bank Ochrony Srodowiska (BOS) to 'B+' from 'BB'.
Comment, Analysis & Research
03/01/2016
Central banks near policy limits but back in focus after G20
Fiscal as well as monetary policies have reached their limits
03/01/2016
Catella: Positive outlook for Spain’s real estate markets in 2016
This assertion, expressed in simple figures, is nothing other than a reflection of investors’ risk assessment, most of whom come from outside of Spain.
03/01/2016
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle - St. James’s Place
Figures released last week show a major contraction in the value of goods crossing international borders in 2015. As ever, investors held out little hope that such issues would be meaningfully addressed, even though there had been talk of potential coordi
03/01/2016
From Trust to Loyalty
We asked how much they trust financial services and how loyal they are to their current investment firms.
03/01/2016
Mass market advice problem 'may not be solved' by FAMR
Advisers say they want to see the industry restructured
03/01/2016
The top asset management firms everyone wants to work for
Our 2016 Ideal Employer Rankings, which surveyed more than 6,500 financial services professionals globally, shows which employers people in the industry want to work for.
03/01/2016
Compliance Tops Data Management Priorities
The survey consisted of a variety of US and UK investment management firms including institutional, private client and wealth management.
02/29/2016
Battle of Brexit divides prominent fund managers
The rising number of fund managers to publicly back Brexit stands in sharp contrast to the banking and insurance industries
02/29/2016
Here's a key reason millennials are leaving their companies in droves
One reason millennials, who now make up the largest segment of the US workforce, are driven to job-hopping is that they don't see enough opportunities for leadership development.
02/29/2016
The curious case of Islamic wealth
Islamic fund management segment, albeit a small component, is slowly developing.
02/29/2016
New financial crash 'certain', ex-Bank chief Lord King warns
He has also claimed that the 2008 crisis was the fault of the financial system, not individual greedy bankers
02/29/2016
Meet the 'Rich Kids of London' who flaunt their wealth on popular Instagram account
The 'rich kids' submit photos of themselves to the account, which boasts thousands of followers
02/29/2016
Coutts. Investing doesn't follow a pre-set course
Bank of England Governor Mark Carney has received some negative press for seeming to back down from previous suggestions that UK rates were more likely to go up than down. But his rebuttal that monetary policy is not on a pre-set course echoes our approac
02/29/2016
Where the puck will be by Tim Price
“My interest is in the future because I am going to spend the rest of my life there.” - Charles Kettering.
02/29/2016
Heartwood to broaden its emerging markets exposure
By Jade Fu, Investment Manager at Heartwood Investment Management
02/29/2016
Britain as global investor and foreign investment location: second only to the USA
The UK is second only to the USA in terms of the stock of outward investment (investment abroad) and inward investment (foreign investment in the UK).
02/26/2016
Russia, new frontier for Islamic finance
Russia has a native Muslim populations of roughly 20 million
02/26/2016
Increasing signs of economic slowdown throughout the world: Guy Wagner (Banque de Luxembourg)
Signs of economic slowdown are increasing worldwide. Apart from weakness in the manufacturing sector, services activities are also starting to be affected, despite the favourable effects of falling oil prices on consumer purchasing powe
02/26/2016
Businesses guilty of wasting 5% of revenues a year
CIMA polled more than 2,000 finance professionals, of which half (50%) admitted their organisations lack any kind of strategy to drive cost competitiveness.