01/06/2014
More than a third (35%) of global financial services professionals working in banks, asset management and hedge funds believe that executives should be held criminally liable for the actions of staff.
01/06/2014
Alliance Trust Savings last week announced it would be increasing its fees by up to 87 per cent from February. Its pricing revisions included some dealing discounts for long-term customers.
01/02/2014
Gold had a tumultuous run in 2013 but don't expect any respite in the new year
01/02/2014
Bridging the Gap
01/02/2014
The past year has been an extraordinary investment year with exceptional returns on developed markets equities.
12/31/2013
What will happen in 2014? The Chinese economy will slow; the price of oil will sink; Germany will slide into recession; the EU will remain intact and the internet will begin to Balkanise
12/31/2013
Latvia's arrival in the eurozone is testament to the Baltic state's success at pushing through structural reform
12/31/2013
Advisers and investors have unprecedented opportunity to influence price and service, platform says.
12/30/2013
The thrill hasn’t gone from the technology sector, as Twitter’s recent stockmarket float proves. But technology investment faces an inherent challenge: its limited shelf life.
12/26/2013
Country focused on finding ways out of the crisis and thus save the economy from total collapse
12/24/2013
Even if Bitcoin fails, cryptocurrencies are here to stay
Is paper money headed for obsolescence, swept aside by the meteoric rise of Bitcoin?
12/23/2013
Standard Chartered’s finance director talks about unfair levies, the different image of banking in the East and the charity that binds his group
12/23/2013
Hourican, who headed the investment bank, cut its balance sheet by two-thirds and made 10,000 staff redundant following the taxpayer bail-out. Yesterday, he said: “I don’t expect any thanks.
12/23/2013
Developed equities are the only asset class capable of delivering real returns in 2014
12/23/2013
Now to read the words of the wise
12/23/2013
“People may have thought I was mad,” Mr. Harrison said. “(But) it was about every single person feeling comfortable.”
12/22/2013
China’s expansion is being fueled by soaring corporate borrowing
12/20/2013
Bernanke bows out shunning Cold Turkey
Equity markets have experienced relief rallies on news of the Fed decision to wind down the asset buying programme by an initial $10bn dropping from $85bn per months to $75bn
12/20/2013
Year-ahead assessments of where the world economy and financial markets are heading customarily start with the US. In 2014 the path of the US economy and policy appears, for once, fairly settled.
12/19/2013
In an interview for Money Observer TV marking Fundsmith Equity's third anniversary, Smith explains that he is worried that investors in emerging market funds could be caught in a 'liquidity trap' if there is a run on the asset class.