04/23/2013
Europe's TARP moment is approaching - Coutts Investor Insights
The strength of the euro is a new headwind for the beleaguered eurozone
Comment, Analysis & Research
04/22/2013
Bring In The Old: London’s New-Builds Stagnate
With February alone seeing over £300m spent on London new-builds, are overseas buyers making sound investment choices?
04/22/2013
The currency wars are over
Loose monetary policy is no longer viewed suspiciously as part of a “currency war” .
04/21/2013
A tax on tax? It sounds like the stuff of nightmares!
A tax on tax? It sounds like the stuff of nightmares, but it does happen where Stamp Duty Land Tax is charged on the purchase price of a commercial property.
04/21/2013
Gold's Plunge Is Cause For Optimism
It signals strength in the dollar that could reorient investment away from hedges and toward economic growth
04/21/2013
Majority of Germans consider gold a safe investment
Savings accounts are the most popular form of investment
04/21/2013
Swiss-British Round Table calls for open, consistently regulated
Given the challenging economic environment, investors and businesses need reliable access to liquid markets, products and services.
04/21/2013
1979 the Leadership Changes
Time to remember and respect a great leader who came to power in 1979, and changed the economy of their country irrevocably, reasserting its political strength and overseeing the radical adjustment in domestic society.
04/20/2013
Angela Merkel rejects ECB findings on German wealth
"Be careful: Statistics are misleading"
04/20/2013
Wealth reaches new peaks
The Rich List celebrates its 25th year at a record £450bn high
04/18/2013
Barclays tries out trendy joint rule
Forget the predictable departures of Mr Ricci and the former head of Barclays Wealth, Tom Kalaris.
04/17/2013
Do you work in bed? Almost a third of Brits do!
Over 1 in 5 people who work in bed spend 14 hours a week doing so and admit to checking their emails before kissing their partner!
04/16/2013
Security over Art
A number of particular issues and difficulties arise for lenders in taking security over art as opposed to other assets, especially in relation to art owned by natural persons.
04/16/2013
FATCA: better news for Lenders
FATCA was introduced by the US legislators to counter tax evasion by US tax payers holding assets outside the US
04/16/2013
Gold, What’s happened? - Rothschild Wealth Management
Gold is now dramatically underperforming other assets and it is one of the few with negative performance (in US dollar terms) over the past twelve months.
04/15/2013
Global Markets Weekly
Key data and events this week (15 April 2013)
04/14/2013
Death of the Dinosaurs by Toby Birch
For those expecting a blog about Raquel Welch I can only apologise.
04/14/2013
Treasuring our Treasure
Learning to treasure our successful industries has never been a great trait in the United Kingdom.
04/14/2013
Triple deleveraging and schizophrenic regulation by Eric Chaney, AXA Group Chief Economist
The 2013 Eurofi Seminar took place in Dublin on "Building financial regulation to foster stability and growth", in association with the Irish EU presidency.
04/14/2013
We're living in interesting times -Mark Burgess, CIO, Threadneedle Investments
In the five years since the onset of the global financial crisis, markets, economies, and the authorities have taken many opportunities to surprise and confuse investors