05/07/2013
Boutique advisor or a big bank? Be very careful when choosing a wealth manager
Investors need to remain involved even if they seek professional advice
05/07/2013
Banker-bashing has become a new TV sport
05/07/2013
Barclays was caught in a scheme to rig LIBOR at the expense of much of the global economy.
05/07/2013
Paul Singer, the billionaire founder of hedge fund Elliot Management,
05/01/2013
Rumours of the death quantitative easing (QE) in the US have been greatly exaggerated.
05/01/2013
“Real assets, such as equities and property, could fare reasonably well during the next phase of the economic and market cycle”
04/30/2013
Global economic growth is likely to remain weak. But loose monetary policies, including low interest rates and quantitative easing, should continue to support risk asset prices throughout the rest of the year.
04/30/2013
The many reminiscences on the passing of Margaret Thatcher contrast her decisive radical economic policies with the consensus-building ineffectiveness of today’s political leaders.
04/30/2013
Evidence is building of a slowdown in global growth, repeating the pattern seen in recent years where a strong start to the year fades in the spring.
04/30/2013
You worry about all of it because it's going to be something we don't expect
04/29/2013
“The recent pick-up in the markets has led to an increase in positive sentiment towards equities, which is reflected in the latest Barings Investment Barometer."
04/29/2013
Banking giant predicts gold price collapse
ABN Amro, the Dutch state-owned banking giant, recently revised its global macro and gold outlook
04/28/2013
The question on everyone’s minds is: where does the story go from here?
04/28/2013
Western expatriates working as chief executive officers in Saudi Arabia are the highest paid executives in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, earning on average $ 35,294 a month. Arab CEOs in the Kingdom are the second-highest earners in the GCC, t
04/28/2013
Altius Associates anticipates that institutional investor allocations to private infrastructure funds will grow dramatically over the next decade
04/25/2013
Emerging markets have become the engines of global growth as their global influence increases, leaving developed markets in their shade, according to HSBC Global Asset Management .
04/23/2013
The strength of the euro is a new headwind for the beleaguered eurozone
04/22/2013
Loose monetary policy is no longer viewed suspiciously as part of a “currency war” .
04/21/2013
It signals strength in the dollar that could reorient investment away from hedges and toward economic growth
04/21/2013
To establish a new qualification which appears to run the very real risk of giving credibility to those who do not deserve it, simply exposes the consumer to greater, not reduced, risk.