07/03/2013
FCA launches private client division and warns of further thematic reviews
Speech by Clive Adamson, Director of Supervision, the FCA, at the APCIMS Compliance Conference, London.
07/02/2013
Keith Wade comments on the effects of potential QE tapering on emerging markets
06/30/2013
The major central banks have made small policy mistakes over the past month, but the good news is that they are reminding investors they are in no rush to head for the exits.
06/30/2013
Summer slump or Summer sale?
06/30/2013
“For all its problems and excesses,” he writes, “the credit-boom era was still better than the current nightmare of having asset prices effectively set by governments.”
06/30/2013
"This is the 5th edition of this invaluable research which allows us to fully understand the actions and desires of international buyers.
06/30/2013
The 95th CBI/PwC Financial Services Survey shows that the industry’s recovery is gaining momentum.
06/30/2013
BNP Paribas’ latest edition of Quintessence addresses a number of ‘hot topics’ ranging from regulation challenges, collateral management and outsourcing, as well as new perspectives on global developments in the financial world.
06/30/2013
Central banks soothe uneasy markets
06/30/2013
The financial crisis of 2008 threw the banking markets into a frenzy from which they have yet to fully recover.
06/30/2013
The euro ceases to exist the moment that France leaves, and that is our incredible strength
06/27/2013
Mixed messages and double standards – how the protracted debate over taxing the multinationals is creating uncertainty and confusion for business.
06/26/2013
29% of senior banking executives see their biggest challenge as retaining the loyalty of more demanding and better informed customers
06/26/2013
How does the Queen’s bank assess the current health of the UK’s residential property market?
06/25/2013
Financial imperialism has been far more efficient than the military variety allowing developed countries to source cheap commodities for decades.
06/24/2013
The outcome of the latest Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting was very clear.
06/24/2013
As the sell-off in gold continued into Monday morning, analysts told CNBC that investors need to re-examine their expectations of the gold market
06/23/2013
China's slower-than-expected economic growth could continue to affect commodity prices in Canada - a trend that will likely cause a softening of the Canadian dollar, according to BMO Harris Private Banking's June Market Commentary.
06/19/2013
Whilst the region is still plagued by some deep-seated problems, the markets seem to have factored them in and risk premiums on some assets have dropped.
06/18/2013
When you give up the search for certainty, an enormous burden is lifted from your shoulders.