04/16/2013
Security over Art
A number of particular issues and difficulties arise for lenders in taking security over art as opposed to other assets, especially in relation to art owned by natural persons.
Comment, Analysis & Research
04/16/2013
FATCA: better news for Lenders
FATCA was introduced by the US legislators to counter tax evasion by US tax payers holding assets outside the US
04/16/2013
Gold, What’s happened? - Rothschild Wealth Management
Gold is now dramatically underperforming other assets and it is one of the few with negative performance (in US dollar terms) over the past twelve months.
04/15/2013
An early start to the summer lull? - Coutts
Key data and events this week (15 April 2013)
04/15/2013
An early start to the summer lull? - Coutts
Emerging markets, commodities sentiment take a hit
04/15/2013
Gold in reverse while China stalls, China needs stimulus to boost momentum - Coutts
China needs stimulus to boost momentum
04/14/2013
Treasuring our Treasure
Learning to treasure our successful industries has never been a great trait in the United Kingdom.
04/14/2013
Triple deleveraging and schizophrenic regulation by Eric Chaney, AXA Group Chief Economist
The 2013 Eurofi Seminar took place in Dublin on "Building financial regulation to foster stability and growth", in association with the Irish EU presidency.
04/14/2013
We're living in interesting times -Mark Burgess, CIO, Threadneedle Investments
In the five years since the onset of the global financial crisis, markets, economies, and the authorities have taken many opportunities to surprise and confuse investors
04/14/2013
RTI – Really Totally Insignificant or Ready To Implode?
It was introduced only six days ago, but has RTI lived up to the hype?
04/14/2013
A Wall Street legend's firm dissipates
Chairman of New York-based Gleacher & Co. resigned in January.
04/14/2013
Financial crisis caused by too many bankers taking cocaine, says former drugs tsar
David Nutt, the former Government drugs tsar sacked after claiming that horse riding was as safe as taking ecstasy
04/14/2013
Gold digging a deeper hole - Coutts
While there is certainly room for a technical bounce, the risks still seem weighed toward the downside in the short term.
04/11/2013
Investing in diamonds - Undertapped, Underappreciated and Undervalued
Polished diamonds make a compelling case as a hard asset investment.
04/11/2013
St Valentine’s Day Massacre by Tim Gregory, Head of Global Equities, Psigma Investment Management
If I’d told you a year ago that global stock markets could go materially higher
04/07/2013
"The last thing to collapse is the surface."
Don't Get Hit by a Falling BRIC
04/07/2013
Boutiques stage fightback
Boutique asset managers from Europe, Latin America and Asia have launched a self-help group to lead a fightback against the growing dominance of “powerful, well-resourced, global players”.
04/07/2013
Time to scotch the myth around bankers' bonuses
I was pleased to hear the City grandee lawyer Anthony Salz, right, in his independent review of Barclays' corporate culture last week, echo a point that I've been making for some time about bankers' pay.
04/07/2013
Australians unhappier than 'whingeing Pom' Brits
Australians have been forced to abandon their traditional taunting of Britons as “whingeing Poms” after a survey found they were less happy despite enjoying growing wealth and a much stronger economy.
04/07/2013
£7trillion Britain is better off than ever
The best-off 10 per cent of households have an estimated average per household of £1.82million