04/09/2015
Investment fund assets reach all-time high
This was on the back of positive net sales recorded in the US
Comment, Analysis & Research
04/09/2015
Behind Bank Valuations Lies Distaste for Investment Banking
Investors may be overvaluing some lenders with simpler business models
04/09/2015
Quarter of European sovereign bonds yielding negative returns
A quarter of Eurozone sovereign bonds were yielding negative returns in March after the European Central Bank began its €1.1trn (£80bn) quantitative easing programme
04/09/2015
Corporate cash cows drive out investment bulls
Concern grows at lack of corporate capital expenditure in QE era
04/09/2015
Do-It-Yourself Investment Culture Takes Steady Upward Path
In the United Kingdom retail direct-to-consumer (D2C) and D2C platform distribution is on the rise, and the rest of Europe will follow in the long term
04/09/2015
Winners and Losers of European Quantitative Easing
Standard Life Investments looks at how different asset classes, economies and global markets are adapting and behaving since the ECB’s announcement of €60bn of bond purchases a month until autumn 2016.
04/08/2015
Finland's richest 1% own growing share of net wealth
The richest one per cent of households own a growing share of all net wealth in Finland
04/08/2015
Law firms report strong year, according to survey
As in previous years, participants provided two years' data - the most recent accounting period and the previous one
04/08/2015
Europe is the world’s most attractive hotel investment destination
The Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) hotel investment market is set for another bumper year, strong returns, fair value and more debt help to put Europe at the top of international hotel investors’ wish list.
04/08/2015
The resurgence of the European hedge fund industry
When we wrote about the European hedge fund industry a year ago, we described several long-term trends that had emerged recently and were contributing to the reshaping of our industry1.
04/08/2015
Which degree will get you a high paying investment banking job?
11% of IB directors have maths and statistics degrees and 10% are engineering graduates.
04/08/2015
HNW clients will not follow adviser: study
The research by NPG Wealth Management, SEI and Scorpio Partnership showed that only 19 per cent would pursue their adviser if they moved to a different wealth management firm.
04/08/2015
Will global investors shun emerging markets in 2015?
Investors around the globe are planning to cut their exposure to emerging markets in 2015, according to a Legg Mason survey.
04/07/2015
A Quarter End Report by Justin Urquhart Stewart
The end of the first quarter has surprised many with such a positive performance for equities generally.
04/07/2015
Digital Content Opportunity to Deliver $14bn Revenues for Operators by 2019 - RESEARCH
Carrier Billing Deployments Boosting Storefront Conversion Rates
04/07/2015
KPMG tells banks – Slash costs to get back to healthy profits
Each of the banks faces another wave of costs from regulations and taxes, making reform increasingly urgent
04/07/2015
UK’s biggest banks slash bonus pools by more than £1bn
The sweeping changes to remuneration are revealed in figures based on the annual financial statements of Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds Banking Group, Royal Bank of Scotland and Standard Chartered.
04/06/2015
Have babies early because it is better for you and the child, says City supermum
A city high-flyer who combined her stressful finance job with raising six children has advised her daughters to marry early and have children while they are young
04/06/2015
Call for regional investment exchange to boost Aberdeen economy
A leading fund manager has called for the return of a Scottish regional investment exchange in order to boost support for a growing army of small businesses.
04/02/2015
Debt Prowess Risks Spoiling Bets on Thiam
“Credit Suisse’s strengths historically have been in fixed income.”