07/13/2013
China Wealth Eluding Foreigners as Equities Earn 1% for 20 Years
China is a case in point that great GDP doesn’t mean a great stock market
Comment, Analysis & Research
07/10/2013
Have tax havens had their day in the sun?
Daniel Ben-Ami examines the moral offensive against tax avoidance and the part played by offshore centres.
07/09/2013
Thinking About Buying a Bank? Consider Canada
When American investors consider buying stock of a bank, the first ones that usually come to mind are the dominant forces in American banking
07/08/2013
Carney: a roar not a whimper - St. James's Place
Carney: a roar not a whimper Words, as central bankers and markets know, can have a devastating effect.
07/07/2013
Enter the Guv’nor by Tim Price, director of investment, PFP Wealth Management
It is difficult to know quite where to start in extolling the virtues of this semi-mythical godlike being who has just descended to earth to take up his new position at the central bank of the United Kingdom.
07/07/2013
“Forward guidance”, Spending Round 2013 and some better economic news
In this Perspective Ruth Lea, Economic Adviser to the Arbuthnot Banking Group, discusses “forward guidance”, the “Spending Round 2013” and some encouraging economic news.
07/07/2013
Assets of top 100 alternative investment managers hit $3 trillion
Towers Watson survey shows total global alternative assets under management exceed $5 trillion.
07/06/2013
The smart money is quietly buying more gold
The herd is selling gold – so should you be buying, asks Richard Dyson.
07/05/2013
Chinese banking: a Wild West in the Far East?
China’s banks are now the biggest in the world but fears are growing they are very unstable, writes Harry Wilson.
07/04/2013
Joint purchases by charities and non-charities
Charities are exempt from SDLT on purchases of property which they are to use either in their charitable work
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
Tree-shaking stirs up a hornets' nest in emerging markets - Schroders
Keith Wade comments on the effects of potential QE tapering on emerging markets
06/30/2013
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse? -
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
We all know markets don't carry on up in a straight line
Summer slump or Summer sale?
06/30/2013
That deflating feeling by Tim Price, director of investment, PFP
“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
Fewer International Buyers of French Property; but They're Spending More
"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
investment manager profit soars to 24-year high - RESEARCH
The 95th CBI/PwC Financial Services Survey shows that the industry’s recovery is gaining momentum.
06/30/2013
BNP Paribas Securities Services launches the Spring edition of its corporate magazine Quintessence
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
Coutts' latest Global Markets Weekly
Central banks soothe uneasy markets
06/30/2013
The false economy of the 'million dollar spreadsheet'
The financial crisis of 2008 threw the banking markets into a frenzy from which they have yet to fully recover.