09/05/2012
“After months of delay and inaction, the President of the European Central Bank (ECB) Mario Draghi has today announced the restarting of sovereign bond buying after earlier announcing no change in interest rates (0.75%).
09/03/2012
Mr Browne said the BBA, the leading trade body for the bank sector, would work to regain public trust.
09/03/2012
ROTHSCHILD WEALTH MANAGEMENT’S ASSET ALLOCATION REPORT SEPTEMBER 2012
09/02/2012
Last week the Deputy Prime Minister said that “people of very considerable personal wealth have got to make a bit of an extra contribution” towards what he describes as the “national effort”.
09/02/2012
Let's be clear here. This is the manifesto of a person who Tony Abbott has pledged in blood to give a massive tax cut to as one of his first actions if he's elected.
09/02/2012
Well unlike last summer, it seemed that the world decided not to fall apart and stock markets did not collapse by 20% on the basis of useless comments from a credit rating agency
09/02/2012
North American funds have certainly not been immune from tough markets, and tough investors, over the years.
09/02/2012
Gulf Arab investors are also targeting options closer to home as they look for places to park their cash.
08/30/2012
The announcement that the Liberal Democrat Party is considering the introduction of a wealth tax will be welcomed by many.
08/29/2012
SocGen said investors should still keep an eye out for good investment opportunities in Europe.
08/29/2012
The imposition of a wealth tax could well lead to a drop in yields from other taxes.
08/29/2012
But Mr Clegg's demands are not just ideologically at odds with the aims of his Coalition partners, they are also economically illiterate.
08/29/2012
A career banker who started at Barclays almost 30 years ago
08/28/2012
The reported 13% fall in jewellery demand over the past year does not explain gold price weakness in this period. Instead, the key has been flat demand from investors, especially from China and India.
08/28/2012
Mario Draghi is proving to be a surprising friend of global markets, with world equities up by around 10% since his appointment to the ECB in November 2011.
08/27/2012
A growing litany of scandals is challenging London's position as never before. With capital fast building up in Asia itself, what role does The City have in the future?
08/27/2012
The annual private school fee in Scotland rose from an average £6,039 in 2002 to £9,816 in 2012.
08/26/2012
Report included an analysis of data of 52 main conventional banks and 20 Islamic Shariah-compliant banking institutions in the GCC countries
08/26/2012
Demand will be driven by a number of categories of potential customers who have been "waiting patiently" for Islamic financial services
08/26/2012
We are living in challenging times, characterised by fundamental social, economic and political experiments.