09/14/2022
Abrdn looks to bolster balance sheet with £262m Indian insurer sale
The asset manager’s stake now sits at around 1.66 per cent, based on the paid-up, issued equity share capital.
Comment, Analysis & Research
09/14/2022
Are the markets stressing you out? How to manage...
Over the last few years, many of us have been impacted by stress from unprecedented or unanticipated sources or series of events.
09/14/2022
Capgemini launches its ninth Employee Share Ownership Plan
As the 2017 ESOP reaches its term at the end of the year, this ninth plan will help maintain employee shareholding at around 8% of capital.
09/14/2022
Italian High Yield and Leveraged Finance Distinct in Europe
The report highlights trends in yields, issuance, sector composition and fundamental credit metrics on Italian issuers and instruments.
09/14/2022
Fundsmith Emerging to fold after Terry Smith’s group quits
Fundsmith Emerging Equities trust plans to liquidate and return shareholders’ money after star fund manager Terry Smith’s Fundsmith said it would resign as manager of the poorly-performing fund.
09/13/2022
Chart of the week: Finding potential outperformance with macro hedge funds
Hedge funds have broadly outperformed global equities and bonds this year, driven mainly by the strong performance of macro strategy funds.
09/13/2022
Ruffer warns of turbulence ahead as it cuts equity to historic low
Ruffer has dialled its equity exposure down to a historical low of 16% as it braces for more ‘turbulence ahead’.
09/13/2022
Damned lies
This money was turned over to the big banks, and in turn loaned by them to the big industries whose securities they held and must protect.
09/13/2022
ONS labour market data: UK workers suffer 2.8% hit to their wages
While growth in regular pay, excluding bonuses, was 5.2% in the May to July period, this was no match for inflation which hit a 40-year-high of 10.1% in July
09/13/2022
Hitting the gas: avoiding a deeper European crisis
Europe faces some severe energy challenges. At the end of August, Russia halted gas deliveries through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline.
09/13/2022
New labour statistics show UK far from an economic nirvana
Businesses just last week were facing the prospect of having to shut up shop due to eye watering energy bills which would have seen lots of people become unemployed.
09/12/2022
Fragile state of UK economy scrutinised as nation mourns
GDP, inflation and retail sales figures due to be released over next few days
09/12/2022
PERILS adds European floods to market coverage
The expanded coverage means that data for industry-wide property sums insured exposed to flood in the listed countries are available in the PERILS database.
09/12/2022
ONS GDP data: Economy expands 0.2% in July despite deepening cost-of-living squeeze
Looking at the broader picture, GDP was flat in the three months to July compared with the previous three months.
09/12/2022
Immediate recession concerns ease, but challenges remain for UK economy
The BoE continues to face the incredibly difficult task of guiding the country through this uncertain period, and all eyes will be keenly watching as it makes its next move.
09/09/2022
Liz Truss as PM – What can we expect?
The new Prime Minister is talking lower energy bills and, potentially, tax cuts. But will it all come at a price for investors further down the line?
09/09/2022
Heroes Work Here: Tom McKenna
Almost four years ago, Associate Director Tom McKenna spearheaded an environmental committee from our Jersey office, which soon expanded to form ZEDRA’s Global Green Team.
09/09/2022
Why mediation can work well in trust and estate disputes in England & Wales
Those which may be most intractable arise on succession, whether in the context of a trust or an estate, and the difficulties of finding resolution are exacerbated by the grief or bitterness, disappointment or unfairness felt by one or more parties.
09/09/2022
Finance Firms Pay Tribute to 'Much-Loved' Monarch
Coutts Bank, which counts the Royal Family as one of its private banking clients, has set up a book of condolences at its Strand offices
09/09/2022
UBS Raises Questions About Credit Suisse
European banks' loan losses averaged 1.8 percent, which was below the level before the Corona crisis.