05/22/2012
The combined wealth of the richest 1,000 people in the UK rose 4.7 per cent last year, surpassing a previous high set before the 2008 financial crisis. The result is a new global elite, living lives of luxury and privilege the rest of us can hardly fathom
05/22/2012
Incentives have become so complex and volatile that they no longer motivate the executives they are aimed at
05/21/2012
Mark Twain once said that "history doesn't repeat itself, but it rhymes".
05/18/2012
The word on the street is that HMRC’s High Net Worth Unit (HNWU) is gaining favour in high places at HM Treasury.
05/17/2012
Different images of dragons shape Eastern and Western mythology: the connotation is one of strength and confidence in the East, but threat and chaos in the West.
05/16/2012
Indeed since 2008-09 and since the depths of the crisis, the recovery that we have had has been driven by massive fiscal and monetary stimulus which cannot be sustained.
05/16/2012
Political rather than economic considerations are increasingly pushing Greece towards a euro exit.
05/15/2012
This “east-east” corridor, named after ancient trade routes linking Asia with the Middle East, saw trade volumes quadruple over the past decade.
05/14/2012
To give credit where credit is due, in their first two years the Coalition Government has seen through some tax changes which were already in the pipeline.
05/14/2012
Imagine you are one of two people playing 'Monopoly'. While you follow the rules religiously, the other player – who also happens to be the banker – does not.
05/14/2012
Maybe the changes of last weekend might just be the catalyst for change that we have been waiting for to finally get things moving in Euroland and to try and break this seemingly intractable euro impasse.
05/11/2012
“Do more with less,” is the mantra of consultants and the marching orders of senior executives. In today’s world of increased competition and compressed margins, companies want methods to improve efficiency. Automation is the “lo
05/11/2012
In early April, global debt market traders first learnt of a Big Money trader who had been singlehandedly moving the debt markets in previous weeks with his bullish derivative bets linked to corporate bonds.
05/10/2012
How quaint, muse many of our 21st-century super rich.
05/08/2012
In the midst of one of the more unusual droughts, it may seem odd to be giving a storm warning
05/07/2012
Bankers battle regulatory pressures from the US and beyond
05/07/2012
In a recent interview with CNBC, Berkshire Hathaway's Charlie Munger stated, "Civilized people don't buy gold. They invest in productive businesses."
05/07/2012
Think of powerful, multi-billion dollar corporations, and many come readily to mind. Wal-Mart. General Electric. Exxon Mobil. Bank of America. McDonald's. Apple. We recognize their logos, know what they sell and how to buy it -- or how to not buy it
05/04/2012
The old stock-market adage – “sell in May and stay away until St Ledger Day” – is coming up against what we believe is a compelling case for equities this year.
05/03/2012
The European Commission have still not approved the annual investment, gross assets and employee limits proposed in the Finance Bill 2012 to be effective for issues after 5 April 2012.