11/19/2012
Income investing is not new. What is new are the challenges faced by investors in creating a portfolio with the right level both of income and risk in this low yield, low growth, more uncertain world.
11/19/2012
ECB buys time for improvement in Eurozone periphery
11/19/2012
I guess it's almost that time of the year; 'out with the old and in with the new'. Maybe 'out with the old and in with the booze' might be more appropriate as we approach 'trifle season'.
11/19/2012
The US is guilty of behaving like a bully on FATCA and the UK government should have the courage to say so, says CISI
11/18/2012
In our view, Dutch banks are exposed to increased economic risks
11/18/2012
Bankers looking for a career boost are facing up to a clear choice: go East.
11/18/2012
Is this another classic British example of being by-passed by technology and innovation, as well as blended with poor management and archaic trade unions?
11/18/2012
*Europa, in Greek mythology, after whom the continent of Europe was ultimately named, was abducted by Zeus in the form of a white bull. Apparently.
11/18/2012
Last week was a sea of challenging news. We believe the markets have over-discounted some of the more pessimistic headlines.
11/18/2012
The 2012 "shareholder spring" over executive pay was an illusion, with the real battles likely to come over the next two years, according to a report.
11/18/2012
France has suffered a serious blow to its economic credentials after being stripped of its prized AAA credit rating by Moody’s.
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.