07/10/2013
Barry Norris, Argonaut Capital Partners makes the case for Absolute Return Funds
"You never truly appreciate the value of a properly hedged Absolute Return fund until a market puke, the like of which we witnessed in June"
Comment, Analysis & Research
07/10/2013
Campervan fame for fund manager
READERS may remember Seven Investment Management co-founder Justin Urquhart Stewart as the fund manager who chatted sock colours with the new Bank of England boss Mark Carney on the central line last week
07/09/2013
Have tax havens had their day in the sun?
Daniel Ben-Ami examines the moral offensive against tax avoidance and the part played by offshore centres.
07/09/2013
Wealth gap narrows as richest feel squeeze on earnings
The gap between rich and poor has narrowed over the past year, according to a long-running survey tracking the issue.
07/08/2013
Labour brand Osborne and Cable 'weak' as key reforms to banking system are thrown out
Ministers reject several recommendations of the commission set up to prevent future bailouts
07/08/2013
Carney: a roar not a whimper - St. James's Place
Carney: a roar not a whimper Words, as central bankers and markets know, can have a devastating effect.
07/08/2013
Interview with Ingo Bleier, Head of Investment Banking, Erste Group and Manfred Burdis, Head of DCM Origination, Erste Group
Our aim is not to be a separate investment bank from Erste Group
07/07/2013
Enter the Guv’nor
It is difficult to know quite where to start in extolling the virtues of this semi-mythical godlike being who has just descended to earth to take up his new position at the central bank of the United Kingdom.
07/07/2013
Great Freight by Justin Urquhart Stewart
For those who know me, they will understand that I am a big fan of trains and am often to be found enjoying an afternoon’s heavy shunting somewhere outside Newark
07/07/2013
“Forward guidance”, Spending Round 2013 and some better economic news
In this Perspective Ruth Lea, Economic Adviser to the Arbuthnot Banking Group, discusses “forward guidance”, the “Spending Round 2013” and some encouraging economic news.
07/06/2013
The smart money is quietly buying more gold
The herd is selling gold – so should you be buying, asks Richard Dyson.
07/04/2013
Joint purchases by charities and non-charities
Charities are exempt from SDLT on purchases of property which they are to use either in their charitable work
07/03/2013
FCA targets wealth managers and private banks with new division
Speech by Clive Adamson, Director of Supervision, the FCA, at the APCIMS Compliance Conference, London.
07/02/2013
PCI and Charity Estimates – Q2
The Q2 2013 performance estimates for the ARC Private Client Indices and ARC Charity Indices are now available.
07/02/2013
S&P Cuts Ratings of Credit Suisse, Barclays, Deutsche Bank
Standard & Poor's announced that it is cutting the credit ratings of three major European banks: Credit Suisse, Barclays and Deutsche Bank.
06/30/2013
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse? -
The major central banks have made small policy mistakes over the past month, but the good news is that they are reminding investors they are in no rush to head for the exits.
06/30/2013
Summer slump or Summer sale?
Well what a week.
06/30/2013
That deflating feeling by Tim Price, director of investment, PFP
“For all its problems and excesses,” he writes, “the credit-boom era was still better than the current nightmare of having asset prices effectively set by governments.”
06/30/2013
Fewer International Buyers of French Property; but They're Spending More
"This is the 5th edition of this invaluable research which allows us to fully understand the actions and desires of international buyers.
06/30/2013
investment manager profit soars to 24-year high - RESEARCH
The 95th CBI/PwC Financial Services Survey shows that the industry’s recovery is gaining momentum.