11/15/2012
A central question of both the book and the film was: how could a small-market, small-budget baseball team like the Oakland A’s compete against teams from larger markets that had the resources to pay top dollar for superstar players?
11/15/2012
The tally of nearly 160,000 job cut plans, meanwhile, is likely to be a conservative estimate as smaller banks and brokers are also cutting staff or shutting up shop, and bigger banks have not always disclosed target numbers of layoffs.
11/14/2012
Giving evidence to the House of Lords economic affairs committee, the RBS chairman said both the UK and Scottish Governments needed to “give clarity” on what would happen should Scotland leave the UK.
11/14/2012
Skandia International has published a new study into consumer confidence and sentiment towards wealth which was carried out across the territories relevant to Skandia International / Old Mutual Wealth.
11/14/2012
The price of happiness is US$162,000
The research, conducted with 5000 people across 13 territories
11/13/2012
Study calls for a new definition of performance to deliver sustainable returns; one size no longer fits all
11/13/2012
As the net closes in even further on offshore tax evasion, surely the time is right now for HMRC to introduce a general amnesty?
11/13/2012
God met Mammon at the Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards, set up in the wake of the Libor-rigging scandal, and the result was much heat but very little light.
11/12/2012
Highly skilled accounting and finance professionals remain in high demand despite more stagnant general job growth.
11/12/2012
Emerging market bonds and currencies are benefitting from a more benign risk environment, according to Baring Asset Management.
11/12/2012
Marc Farror TEP, Director, Vistra (Jersey) Limited looks at strategies for successfully targeting the high net worth female client
11/11/2012
“I was reminded of the advertising slogan for the launch of a new credit card, Access: Access takes the waiting out of wanting.
11/11/2012
Bunting or black suits? Take your choice.
11/11/2012
TOUGHER European regulatory rules are likely to prompt a new wave of takeovers
11/11/2012
Last year was tough year to be rich
11/11/2012
Hong Kong set to overtake shrinking City
Hong Kong’s finance workers will outnumber those employed in London within three years as City job cuts shrink London to third place in the global rankings of financial centres.
11/11/2012
In the current environment attendees were asked if they ‘would consider looking to global and more unconstrained fixed income investing in the future’. Almost 60% of respondents said that they would consider this
11/11/2012
We are increasingly likely to suggest that investors use the weakness in the markets as a buying opportunity for risk assets.
11/11/2012
59% say it is hard to walk away entirely from being involved with business
11/08/2012
Is "pay for performance" losing its allure? What do you think?