04/01/2013
Time bomb to the next crash is ticking as debt sales surge
After every crash there will always be a handful of experts pointing out that they had seen it all coming years before.
Comment, Analysis & Research
03/31/2013
Off target
POLITICIANS need a pretty good reason for interfering in the way that a business pays its employees
03/31/2013
Schroders ‘set for the premier league’
Hollands says that the acquisition is first and foremost about private banking and wealth management, giving Schroders a “pretty significant market share” within the UK.
03/31/2013
Banks still being too risky, say executives
Just 43pc of executives said they were completely confident their banks were taking acceptable risks
03/28/2013
Sanlam’s Speirs looks to follow in footsteps of SJP and Towry
Speirs has ambitious growth targets for Sanlam and he views the model adopted by SJP and Towry, which combines restricted advice with in-house products, as his best means of achieving it.
03/27/2013
Cyprus – is the sun setting for companies seeking tax breaks?
As the problems in Cyprus continue to make the headlines on a daily basis, we ask whether the sun could soon be setting on its reputation as a tax-favoured holding company location for international groups.
03/27/2013
BNP Paribas Securities Services: Patrick Colle soundbites from his UK Press Conference
Patrick Colle kicked-off the event by providing a brief company update, focusing on key 2012 achievements.
03/27/2013
High return on equity as crucial to the dividend income investor as the growth investor by Barry Norris, Argonaut Capital Partners
Ryanair is a great example of the way in which a company with a superior business model can generate consistent compound earnings growth
03/26/2013
Wider powers could damage BoE, warns UBS head
I refused it flat… I thought this was too high a price to pay
03/25/2013
Economic reality confounds the gloomsters
A relentless diet of pessimism fails to reflect the prospect of better times ahead
03/25/2013
Cyprus's banks have been tamed – are Malta and Luxembourg next?
Bank of Cyprus will become a shadow of its former self
03/25/2013
‘Industrialisation Imperative’ for Global Financial Services - RESEARCH
Focus totally on product and service innovation. Maximise delivery efficiency.
03/24/2013
Rich Ricci profile: most of those blamed for the credit crisis have gone to ground, but not this Barclays investment banker
He's become the poster child for the excesses of the investment banking industry
03/24/2013
Bad week for hastily conceived notions
It’s been a bad week for hastily conceived notions – draft one of the Cyprus bank rescue package and the UK Help-To-Buy scheme to name but two.
03/24/2013
Stop Blaming Our Financial Industry And Start Feting Our Financial Industry
Just how important is the Financial Services Industry to the UK?
03/24/2013
Lehman lessons weigh on Cyprus talks but 1920s slump must not be ignored
Failure to rescue the US bank will be borne in mind, but the European precedent to current woes is also worth consideration
03/24/2013
Coutts Global Markets Weekly - 25 March 2013
Hope for equities as Cyprus agrees bailout deal?
03/24/2013
How do you solve a problem like Italy? - Andrea Williams, Manager of the Royal London European Equity Income Fund
Italian GDP is 8% below its pre-crisis peak, whereas Spain and the UK are 5% and 3.3% below respectively.
03/21/2013
Rothschild Sees Several ‘Big’ German IPOs After Equities Rally
More than 700 companies or stakes in companies were sold in Germany in 2012 with a total volume of $65 billion.
03/21/2013
Cyprus May Become Europe’s Lehman, Billionaire Potanin Says
Cyprus is undermining trust in European banks and can be likened to Lehman Brothers Inc.