10/20/2015
Peer to peer market poised to swell by a third as industry comes of age
Currently, peer to peer is the preserve of a select number (6%) of more experienced investors.
10/20/2015
These numbers China isn’t just making up.
10/19/2015
The near-death and rebirth of UBS
UBS trades at 1.7 times book value while Barclays and Deutsche Bank trade at 0.7-0.8 times book value UBS RoE is 14 per cent while Barclays and Deutsche Bank can hardly manage five per cent.
10/19/2015
Unemployment is falling and average wages rising, but deflation crept back in again in September.
10/19/2015
Economic developments in the GCC continue to be driven largely by the sustained decline in oil prices over the last year, and the impact this is having on the region’s budgets and banking sector liquidity, according to Emirates NBD Research's M
10/19/2015
The younger the investor, the higher the demand
10/19/2015
We all knew they were coming but now they’re nearly upon us, the tectonic shifts at Deutsche and (to a lesser extent) Barclays, are no less dramatic for being so heavily anticipated.
10/17/2015
Europe’s dithering banks are losing ground to their decisive American rivals
10/16/2015
The report focuses on the status of domestic rule-making processes to ensure that the Basel standards are transformed into national law or regulation according to the internationally agreed timeframes.
10/16/2015
Advisers in the Americas, Asia, Europe and the Middle East were surveyed for the report in June and July this year.
10/16/2015
New regulations and financial market change mean firms must adapt to survive -BNY Mellon
The reformation and restructuring of the financial markets in the aftermath of the global financial crisis has had a profound effect on how collateral is used and managed.
10/14/2015
This was revealed in a research conducted by Campden Wealth Research.
10/14/2015
The results are in. Compliance and regulation top the list of concerns, along with the repercussions of unbundling research and trading.
10/14/2015
The Financial Times reports that Bank of America is busy expanding its wealth management business, both for super-wealthy customers and for the ‘mass affluent’ man and woman with a bit of money to spare.
10/13/2015
What’s behind the surge in investment trust purchases by advisers?
10/13/2015
There are good reasons to keep rates low at present.
10/13/2015
KPMG’s new survey “Calibrating Strategy and Risk” reveals that many boards fail to make the connection between the two.
10/12/2015
The new autumn survey continues to show that the marked economic slowdown in China could seriously jeopardise important year-end activity.
10/12/2015
BUSINESS activity contracted across the board in Scotland last month – the first private sector decline in six months – amid more downbeat wider UK economic data recently, a report out today reveals.
10/12/2015
It also said its management board will recommend a reduction or possible elimination of the dividend for this year.