07/27/2015
Goldhead revisited by Tim Price
Few assets are more misunderstood than gold. I might even refine that statement
Comment, Analysis & Research
07/27/2015
PFS Chelverton Equity tops Sanlam 'White List'
The performance of all UK equity income funds is monitored against their absolute income and volatility over the past five years, as well as capital growth for each of the past five 12-month periods.
07/23/2015
Bankers should stop worrying about being liked - they never will be
Banks don't need to be liked; they need to generate profits for investors and fuel the financial wheels of commerce
07/23/2015
Asset management in Europe: The case for reform
Many of these costs are derived are from processing fund passports, local paying agents, translation charges and legal fees.
07/23/2015
Asset management most lucrative business in world
The asset management industry’s net revenue growth faltered in 2014
07/22/2015
Smaller hedge funds do better during periods of financial crisis
Hedge funds managing smaller pools of cash outpace their larger peers during times of financial crisis, an academic study shows.
07/22/2015
Strategy paper positions Guernsey's fintech sector
The paper looks to position Guernsey so that it is well placed to take advantage of opportunities in the current digital age.
07/22/2015
European High-Net-Worth Investors Want Digital Services from Their Private Banks
Nearly half are early adopters of technology
07/22/2015
Coutts: Global Markets Weekly and ISC Monthly
US rates to go up for the right reasons
07/21/2015
Poland’s banks braced for $2.5bn hit on Swiss franc mortgages
Poland’s banking sector is bracing itself for a $2.5bn hit as the fallout from the Swiss franc’s appreciation continues to hurt the country’s lenders.
07/21/2015
Lloyds beats Barclays for mobile banking functionality, report claims
Spanish bank Caixa comes out top of 41 banks apps compared by the analyst group
07/21/2015
Germans are richer than ever before: study
German private households collectively hold more wealth than ever before, according to a report released by the German Federal Bank on Monday.
07/21/2015
Coutts: UK property on solid ground
Though yields for UK commercial property have been compressed after a strong run of stable gains in capital values in recent years, we see a buoyant economy and labour market continuing to support rental growth (see our most recent Real Estate Perspective
07/20/2015
Have London property prices finally peaked?
Is now the time to get out of the UK capital?
07/20/2015
Professional investors raise cash holdings to highest level since financial crisis
After a six-year bull run for global stock markets nerves are starting to creep in
07/17/2015
Preqin: Hedge funds in the red for the first time in 2015
The Preqin All-Strategies Hedge Fund benchmark was down 0.75% in June 2015, ending its five month streak of positive performance.
07/16/2015
Big hurdles remain in Greece but investor focus should be on U.S. and China
Stock markets and the Euro will rise as some degree of certainty replaces the brinkmanship between Athens and Brussels.
07/16/2015
Greek banks need 14B euros in capital even with a deal
A senior Greek banker recently told Reuters that it would need 14 billion dollars in capital, and more time with their doors closed before the banking system could reopen.
07/15/2015
Investors Hiking Cash Holdings in the Face of Lowered Confidence in China - RESEARCH
Global investors have raised their holdings of cash significantly in response to a weaker global economic outlook, particularly in China, according to the BofA Merrill Lynch Fund Manager Survey for July.
07/15/2015
The £500,000 cost of sending a child to boarding school
Fees at some schools trebled since 1990 and are still rising above inflation