01/25/2012

Bonham Carter: Industry must get back to basics

He says the lesson the industry should learn from the sovereign debt crisis is that there are no risk-free assets and that the resilient business models are often large-cap equities, with strong balance sheets and where the dividend payout and dividends i

01/25/2012

SunGard’s Valdi To Support Trading On BETa, New European MTF

SunGard’s Valdi includes a range of execution tools such as algorithmic trading and smart order routing that help customers navigate the fragmentation in European markets resulting from the introduction of the European Union’s MiFID directive.

01/25/2012

Charles Stanley third quarter revenues down 15.5 pct

Total client funds at £14.48 billion have demonstrated underlying organic growth over the nine months of the financial year to date despite difficult trading conditions, and remain comparable to March 2011 levels (£14.50 billion).

01/25/2012

LGT Cracks Into Eastern Europe With New Business Deal

The alliance is expected to result in substantial benefits for both partners, with LGT Capital Management gaining access to new markets, and QUANTIS Investment Management enhancing its product offering.

01/24/2012

Gap between rich and poor UK cities grow

London, Cambridge, Edinburgh and Aberdeen are bucking the trend because of their high skill levels and large numbers of jobs in private companies.

01/24/2012

Axa Wealth restructure puts 50 jobs at risk

“While Axa Wealth has experienced unprecedented growth, it has resulted in us being unable, at times, to devote the specialist support that we feel we need to give to different adviser segments.

01/23/2012

Brooks Macdonald hits £3 billion

Brooks Macdonald saw discretionary assets under management jump by 11% in the final quarter of 2011 and pass the £3 billion mark.