11/04/2012
In this Perspective Ruth Lea, Economic Adviser to the Arbuthnot Banking Group, takes stock of the latest economic indicators and previews this week’s Monetary Policy Committee meeting.
11/01/2012
Northern Trust has a broad commitment to responsible investing
11/01/2012
Since announcing that the second quarter delivered only the third capital account deficit since the end of 2008, investors’ minds have started to turn to the impact of capital outflows from China.
11/01/2012
There are not many leaders of a large public company who would openly say their largest investor might want to put their money somewhere else, but among them are the chief executives of Britain's taxpayer backed banks, Lloyds Banking Group and Royal
10/31/2012
The State Street Investor Confidence Index was developed by Harvard University professor Kenneth Froot and Paul O'Connell of State Street Associates.
10/31/2012
Taylor said that keeping both parts of a bank within a group structure would also enable the investment banking arm to rescue the high street division if it got into financial difficulties.
10/31/2012
Today many investors hold more faith in the dollar or the Swiss franc….. or if they are diehards perhaps, sterling or the Euro…. than they do gold.
10/30/2012
Although they pay lower taxes across all income brackets than Americans and other Europeans, many Swiss are increasingly critical of the preferential tax treatment their government extends to wealthy foreigners.
10/30/2012
Banks continue to view Asia as the priority market for growth according to responses from an opinion poll carried out at an event held by Barclays at Sibos.
10/29/2012
Has Europe turned a corner? European equities certainly have.
10/28/2012
By 2025 Asia will account for almost half the world's economic output.
10/28/2012
All good libertarians necessarily approve of democracy over oligarchy or dictatorship.
10/28/2012
The rise of Asia has been a game changer. Despite short-term volatility, a massive opportunity exists for Australia to engage in business across Asia, but it doesn’t just follow that successfully seizing this prize will happen of its own accord.
10/28/2012
If the news is confirmed in coming days, it marks the withdrawal from "holistic investment banking" of one of the more hallowed names in the world of banking.
10/28/2012
Financial Markets were mixed last week as investors continue to wait for the US presidential elections on 6th November.
10/28/2012
The overall impact of Quantitative Easing (QE) on pension funds has been exaggerated according to global professional services company Towers Watson.
10/25/2012
This is important for investors as the global economy painfully adjusts to new realities and follows a rocky path to normalisation.
10/25/2012
“The 99% blame the 1%, the 1% blame the 47%, the private sector blames the public sector, the public sector returns the sentiment.. the young blame the old, everyone blames the rich.. yet few question the ideas behind government or central banks.&am
10/23/2012
With our debt soaring, our population aging and our infrastructure crumbling, we stand at a troubling crossroads. And yet politicians sell us low-tax, no-pain fantasies.
10/23/2012
Over the past ten years, the image of hedge fund managers has morphed from being the ultimate money manager with a touch of mystery and a stroke of genius to a rather plain and public figure.