06/25/2012
In 2012’s second half, investors will face “a rocky road” compared with the year’s first few months, with the potential “fiscal cliff” in the U.S. as well as Europe’s ongoing turmoil both posing risk to a still we
06/25/2012
There were plenty of reminders of the gravity of the underlying situation during the past week, for anyone that cared to look.
06/25/2012
In this Perspective Ruth Lea, Economic Adviser to the Arbuthnot Banking Group, discusses the latest developments in the Eurozone and the actions of the British Authorities to stimulate the British economy and prepare for, in Sir Mervyn King’s words,
06/25/2012
The Eurozone debt crisis is considered by the overwhelming majority of financial advisers and investment intermediaries in the UK to be the most significant threat to global growth over the next six months.
06/24/2012
As the summer of sport continues with Wimbledon and the thoughts of hopeful executives turn to corporate hospitality, budget holders might wish to consider the full cost of the swing tags, dining vouchers and ground passes that they hand out. What is the
06/24/2012
The past week has highlighted the efforts that some high profile characters go to in order to avoid - and possibly evade - their tax responsibilities.
06/24/2012
A great deal has been written about the advantages of cloud-based systems, but what about the disadvantages?
06/24/2012
Moral judgements about tax have been flying around the media like a virus.
06/21/2012
He said that the austerity measures currently in place were insufficient as there had to be a "balance between austerity and growth", and that the focus should be on "fiscal discipline", not austerity alone.
06/20/2012
Some onlookers are already dubbing its capital ‘Ulan-Qatar’ in oblique reference to the Middle Eastern nation that enjoyed a stellar rise off the back of a commodities-fuelled boom in the 1990s.
06/19/2012
China: The World’s Best Opportunity for Asset Managers?, is the latest installment of Citi’s emerging market thought leadership program.
06/19/2012
Strategic planning is back. With so much uncertainty, bank CEOs need to rethink where their institution adds value to customers, who those customers are today and who they might be in the future.
06/18/2012
The sums as yet may seem small when compared to the leviathan banks that we are all so much more familiar with, but there is a vibrant and growing deposit and lending service which I believe has the opportunity of creating a very exciting and timely alter
06/18/2012
At a press briefing in New York, Katie Nixon, the firm's chief investment officer for personal financial services, spelled out “windows of opportunity” for investors.
06/17/2012
According to Statistics Canada, 1.7 million Canadian men are self-employed in Canada - accounting for 65 per cent of total - 82 percent of men would like to start their own business - 83 per cent of Canadian men say having access to role models or mentors
06/14/2012
The government is intent on deterring ownership of high value properties, worth over £2 million, via companies (or any other ‘non-natural’ person), by taxing them more
06/14/2012
“Since the disastrous failure of Icelandic bank Landsbanki in 2008, UK savers have been more nervous about holding money with overseas banks.
06/14/2012
By engaging in conversations, role playing and other interactive methods, Dr. Myers promises the conference participants will go deeper than they normally do when they discuss development and fundraising.
06/14/2012
We had also spent lazy afternoons enviously looking at bargain property prices in estate agents’ windows, so we knew that our British pounds would buy a lot more house and land in rural France.
06/13/2012
Structured notes, hedge funds, hedge fund of funds and other high risk investment products lack transparency and liquidity and are hard-to-value assets.