05/12/2014
Expect more hostile takeover bids now UK seen as corporate tax haven by George Bull
The outcome of the hostile Pfizer takeover bid for AstraZeneca will ultimately be decided by shareholders. Although the bid is not being driven by tax considerations, these do play an important part in the structure and timing of the deal.
05/12/2014
The Strategic Report and Company Charities by Nick Sladden Head of Charities and Social Enterprises, Baker Tilly
Charity Commission guidance (see below) recommends that there is a clearly delineated section of the trustees report headed up as a Strategic Report and that the information required by certain SORP requirements as noted in the table will be presented in
05/12/2014
Responding to the global challenge of distributing financial products
Delivering the Goods
05/12/2014
Leicestershire's richest Asians see wealth soar by £54m in past year
Ten of the 50 names featured the 2014 Midlands Asian Rich List are from the county and worth a combined £606 million, up from £552 million in 2013.
05/12/2014
There was a 67% uplift in financial services jobs in April 2014, compared to the same month last year.
05/12/2014
Around one in five small businesses also indicated that they would consider moving to an alternative provider for banking services
05/09/2014
Wealth managers recover appetite for EM risk
Micro cap UK/Europe, and EM equity should be the big surprises,’ of 2014
05/08/2014
A gathering of fund managers cast a spotlight on which markets are flavour of the month and which are likely to be a wise bet long-term
05/08/2014
There will be further expansion of mergers and acquisition (M&A) activity into 2015, according to Standard Life, the global investments manager.
05/08/2014
According to a study released by SEI, NPG Wealth Management, and Scorpio Partnership, the world’s millionaires increase assets held at a wealth manager by 18% over a 20 year relationship.
05/08/2014
Nancy Curtin, CIO, Close Brothers Asset Management comments on today’s ECB Interest Rate announcement:
05/07/2014
Goldman Sachs Asset Management has released its third annual insurance survey with results indicating that insurers are looking to increase risk to combat low yields.
05/07/2014
FX is ready to call Draghi’s bluff, and it will need a very, very good reason to not do so this week
05/06/2014
This award recognised the outstanding growth from the company that is nearly five years old, along with unprecedented client satisfaction from the marketplace.
05/06/2014
London may pride itself on being a financial hub but the wealth management industry is busy branching out into the regions
05/05/2014
Top British investors bumped up their equity bets in April, preferring developed stock markets to volatile emerging markets, while pulling money out of safer assets such as cash and bonds.
05/05/2014
So when should rates rise?
05/05/2014
Wealth creation, not wealth distribution, should top the list of economic priorities of a society.
05/02/2014
Ex-UBS trader Hughes has repositioned himself as a hot shot technologist
As the boss of Kweku Adoboli, who was at the centre of the 2011 rogue trading scandal that cost UBS $2.3bn, Hughes “should have been a role model to others”, the FCA said in a statement explaining why it has banned him from performing any regu
05/01/2014
A battle of nerves