02/03/2013
FX update from J.P. Morgan Private Bank
Since the creation of the OMT (Outright Monetary Transactions) the marked fall in peripheral yields suggests that the risk the euro area posed to the global economy has decreased.
02/03/2013
Since the creation of the OMT (Outright Monetary Transactions) the marked fall in peripheral yields suggests that the risk the euro area posed to the global economy has decreased.
01/31/2013
The New Year has seen a deal to avoid the fiscal cliff in the US, an easing of bank regulations and the adoption of a more aggressive inflation target in Japan. Policymakers have continued where they left off in 2012: prioritising growth and dampening vol
01/30/2013
European fourth-quarter earnings are set to disappoint but we expect the pace of earnings downgrades to slow in 2013. Earnings could even turn positive given most of the bad news
01/29/2013
HMRC has suddenly – and very quietly - announced changes to offshore trusts. But these changes will mean that many people will suddenly find themselves in a taxable position with no consultation, no explanation for the change, and no opportunity to
01/29/2013
M&A has long been considered an enabler to jump start growth at wealth management firms across the globe.
01/28/2013
Everyone knows that overall hedge fund performance has been lackluster since the financial crisis, but there are differing explanations as to why.
01/28/2013
Ashburton’s head of Asset Allocation, Tristan Hanson gives his views on UK’s current economic performance and its effect on sterling:
01/28/2013
Financial advisers come in for a lot of stick these days. So do fund managers.
01/27/2013
UBS Chairman Axel Weber raised the possibility of an industry-wide settlement for the rest of the banks involved in the Libor rate fixing scandal at a meeting of top bankers in Davos, sources familiar with the matter said.
01/27/2013
There has definitely been a change in the air, and I am not talking about that strange pong emanating from that French company plant near Rouen or those noxious niffs floating around the gloomy tunnels of the London Underground.
01/27/2013
The new trend is towards a fee for service model.
01/27/2013
European fixed income fund managers believe that the recession in the Eurozone will deepen in 2013, says S&P Capital IQ’s Fund Research in its latest sector trends paper, available at www.marketscope.com.
01/24/2013
Making the office your home
01/23/2013
The cover up is often worse than the crime.
01/23/2013
The Crown Prosecution Service has announced it will dramatically increase the number of tax evasion cases it takes on over the next two years.
01/22/2013
When it comes to watching asset classes year by year it is always amusing to see how this year’s hot tip can so easily become next year’s embarrassment.
01/22/2013
When it comes to watching asset classes year by year it is always amusing to see how this year’s hot tip can so easily become next year’s embarrassment.
01/22/2013
Greater representation of women in leadership roles will be influential
01/21/2013
There’s a party going on in the credit markets, but the real economy does not seem to have been invited.
01/20/2013
With trust in bankers at a low level they prefer to invest in property