09/16/2012
“A BOOK advising married women to have affairs has sparked renewed interest in really bad advice. Experts say Catherine Hakim’s The New Rules of Marriage, which claims that having affairs makes relationships stronger, shows a demand for self-h
09/16/2012
In this Perspective Ruth Lea, Economic Adviser to the Arbuthnot Banking Group, discusses, firstly, the dilemma faced by the Chancellor if his fiscal targets are missed and, secondly, the latest developments in the EU and the US.
09/13/2012
Interest in the continent from UK and global firms set to continue with Nigeria tipped as growth hot spot
09/13/2012
The heightened risk of Israel acting unilaterally against the threat of Iranian nuclear weapons has driven the oil price higher.
09/13/2012
Schroders’ Chief Economist, Keith Wade, comments on yesterday’s decision by the Federal Reserve to launch a third round of Quantitative Easing
09/13/2012
UBS' senior economic adviser George Magnus published a lengthy note earlier this week explaining why Asia is slowing down, and what can be done to avoid it.
09/12/2012
Business Secretary Vince Cable has announced cuts to health and safety regulations which will affect thousands of businesses across the United Kingdom. While tax legislation does not fall within Mr Cable’s Cabinet remit, we asked our clients what t
09/12/2012
Progress on this front is increasingly critical as recent data suggested another 5% of deposits left Spain in July.
09/11/2012
GREAT wealth can cause great conflict, according to Barclays specialist Catherine Grum.
09/11/2012
Michael Fallon calls for end to 'politics of envy in this country'
09/10/2012
The FSA’s ban on advising Ucis products means those interested in art have to look further for expertise
09/10/2012
Credit Suisse Private Banking Monday raised its three-month and twelve-month gold forecasts, citing an improved technical outlook for the precious metal.
09/10/2012
The European Central Bank’s new bond-purchase programme could renew investor appetite for Asian risk assets, which we believe would boost Chinese and Korean equities relative to regional peers.
09/09/2012
The best thing that the Government can do for business is to get out of the way
09/09/2012
Just a third of executives believe their organizations manage and develop talent effectively-
09/09/2012
Al Gini, a professor of business ethics at the School of Business Administration at Loyola University in Chicago, has a different perspective. He argues that business is not inherently bad, it just happens to offer many temptations – to counter this
09/09/2012
In this Perspective Ruth Lea, Economic Adviser to the Arbuthnot Banking Group, discusses, firstly, Mario Draghi’s announcement on the ECB’s latest bond-buying programme and, secondly, the latest economic data and analysis on the Eurozone.
09/09/2012
From here on, it seems like the final run up to the end of the year even though there are still four months to go.
09/06/2012
Panic rooms, gun safes and machine-gun-proof doors are appearing in London homes of the super-rich as, foreign newcomers bring their security issues to the UK capital.
09/06/2012
Now, almost 4 years later, evidence of fraud is surfacing that begs the question whether or not these listings were designed solely to systematically transfer billions of dollars into the hands of China’s elite.