12/16/2013
Another FTSE Fad Goes – Annuity Warnings & Pay by Justin Urquhart Stewart
The FTSE100 is a remarkably unreliable friend.
Comment, Analysis & Research
12/16/2013
2013 Christmas party season for London's financiers is about decency over debauchery
London financiers plan low key Christmas parties
12/16/2013
Erste details sovereign exposure at end-H1
Erste detailsErste Group Bank said on Monday its largest sovereign exposure at the end of the first half was to home country Austria.
12/16/2013
Hargreaves Lansdown: Five themes to watch in 2014
This year has contained some surprises that have caught both markets and investors off guard - the burst of activity from Abenomics, slowing growth numbers in China and the ‘tapergate’ inspired volatility in the US and markets around the world
12/16/2013
“There is never a bargain in glamour”
Europe has been the last place many people have wanted to invest for the past few years, with the sovereign debt crisis, the future of the euro, austerity and recession all raising concerns about the viability of the region.
12/15/2013
The old banks are returning but without their managers
The public face of an industry in desperate need of a reputational makeover will live on
12/15/2013
How a canny hire turned Old Mutual from a £160m straggler to a £1bn heavyweight
The group has been catapulted to the seventh biggest in net retail sales – last year, it wasn’t even in the top 20.
12/15/2013
Why Bitcoin Will Never Be a Currency—in 2 Charts
Bitcoin could be Paypal 2.0, but it will never be the dollar 2.0. Not when prices would have had to fall 98.5 percent the past year if they'd been set in terms of Bitcoin.
12/12/2013
Death of a Lloyds Salesman
The perverse world of sales incentives created by Lloyds Banking Group's controversial staff pay schemes saw some employees resort to desperate measures to avoid taking a salary cut
12/12/2013
Black Swans and the Global Financial Crisis
One of the more interesting recent economic metaphors is that of the 'black swan'.
12/12/2013
Standard Life denies low-client advisers full wrap access
Standard declined to give Barrett access to the platform to make changes to the portfolio and required him to go through a Standard Life agent via telephone if he wanted to transact or make changes.
12/12/2013
Argonauts return to Greece
‘Grecovery’ is likely to be the most important European economic and political event of 2014.
12/12/2013
Luis M Linde: Reflections on the road and challenges ahead – regulatory changes affecting banking activity
Closing address by Mr Luis M Linde, Governor of the Bank of Spain, at the IX IESE (Instituto de Estudios Superiores de la Empresa/Business School of the University of Navarra) Banking Sector Meeting “Banks – beyond the crisis”
12/11/2013
High net worth individuals and trustees – time to breathe easy? by Gary Heynes
Some expected and unexpected changes for individuals and trustees – but was it smiles all round, or tears and frowns?
12/11/2013
The Ions Age at Liontrust
Liontrust has seen a surge in assets under management in the last three years since chief executive John Ions took the reigns and he says the capacity is there to continue growing
12/11/2013
Coutts Views - investment outlook for 2014
Potential opportunities for hedge funds and for UK commercial property
12/11/2013
Ten Capital Market Themes for 2014 - Raiffeisen Centrobank
Growth outlook: advanced economies take the lead
12/11/2013
European banking union moves a step closer to reality
The fundamental principle underpinning banking union’s three-pillar approach – the Single Supervisory Mechanism, Single Resolution Authority and Deposit Guarantee Scheme – is to end the kind of taxpayer bailouts of banks that occurred in
12/10/2013
The Yellen Put 'Spread'- Neil Staines, ECU
"Wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit” - Elbert Hubbard
12/10/2013
Looking ahead to 2014 by Martin Wheatley, FCA
Speech by Martin Wheatley, Chief Executive of the FCA, at the ICI Global Trading and Market Structure Conference. This is the text of the speech as drafted, which may differ from the delivered version.