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.
Comment, Analysis & Research
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.
03/21/2013
Spring showers again? - BofA Merrill Lynch Research
Over the past three years, at around this time, market sentiment has softened amid worries about rising tensions in Europe, slowing US growth and moderating Chinese activity. These themes have returned to the forefront, but with less intensity and with a
03/21/2013
The Budget 2013 – What happened? by Geoff Cook, CEO of Jersey Finance
George Osborne delivered a politically adept speech against a backdrop of grim economic news, introducing tax cuts for business, a boost for home buyers and help for the ‘squeezed middle’ at a net cost of £140m, avoiding the cardinal sin
03/20/2013
Outlook on Cyprus: J.P. Morgan Private Bank
César Pérez, Chief Investment Strategist for Europe, Middle-East and Africa at J.P. Morgan Private Bank comments on the outlook for Cyprus
03/20/2013
Budget 2013 | An intervention to change behaviour - Withers
"Britain is moving to low and competitive taxes. But we should insist people and businesses pay those taxes, not aggressively avoid them or evade them."
03/19/2013
BDO: Looming transaction tax is bad news for European fund management
The EU FTT is going to hit the European fund management industry hard.
03/19/2013
Gold: a temporary correction or the end of a bull cycle?
"While nature essentially controls the quantity of gold in existence, it is men who assign it values in terms of dollars and pounds and rubles."
03/19/2013
Cyprus needs carrot and stick to get Russian help - Coutts
Parliament’s complete rejection of Cyprus’ bailout plan has sent policymakers back to the drawing board
03/19/2013
BlackRock CEO Fink Says Cyprus Instability Will Be Resolved
It has some symbolism impact on Europe, but it’s not a really major economic issue
03/19/2013
RBC Wealth Management - Budget 2013 commentary
Commentary on the Budget 2013 from Louise Somerset, Tax Director, RBC Wealth Management
03/18/2013
ABN Amro Boosts Equity Holdings to 2009 Level
ABN AMRO Private Banking builds on its previous overweight equities position in Staying the course – its new investment outlook for the second quarter of 2013 – published today.
03/18/2013
The Cyprus Deposit Debacle - Dr Daniel Murray, Chief Economist, EFG Asset Management
Dr Daniel Murray states, “The small size of the amounts involved with the Cypriot bailout suggest that, if the spill-over to the rest of Europe remains contained, then any sell off will be relatively short lived.”
03/17/2013
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“Inspiration” – to stimulate (a person) to activity or creativity.
03/17/2013
Ask Vince Cable
“We admit that we doubted the zimbabweconomists who said “this will work, trust us, we’ve never been wrong theoretically,” but the wealth effect is working.