02/03/2023
Swift transition to a weaker dollar
These included far better news, faster than expected, on Chinese growth, receding risks from the natural gas shock on a six to nine-month view and a slowdown in the pace of Fed tightening.
Comment & Analysis
02/03/2023
EY’s Advice to Asset Managers Under ‘Acute Financial Pressure’
Everything should be on the table — but it always was, said Mike Lee, the global leader of wealth & asset management at EY.
02/03/2023
Asset and wealth management sector is struggling with digital transformation
This finding is in stark contrast to other industries, where digital transformation and a focus on digital experience as a differentiator has become paramount to customer happiness and business survival.
02/03/2023
Falling prices for investment properties expected
Top and good locations proved to be more stable in value than peripheral locations.
02/02/2023
Will First Boston Get a Chunk of Credit Suisse's Fund Unit?
Specifically, this is assumed to be the Private Funds Group, wholly owned by Credit Suisse and part of the fund business.
02/02/2023
Geopolitical tensions creating challenges for Swiss firms – though high proportion moving into new business areas despite crises
Credit Suisse publishes 2023 SME study on how geopolitical tensions are creating challenges for Swiss firms
02/02/2023
Citigroup wealth unit stops margin loans against India Adani's securities - source
Citi's wealth unit decided to cut the loan-to-value ratio for credit against Adani securities to zero on Thursday
02/02/2023
Nimesh Shah on bringing accountancy into the 21st century
‘Clients are really receptive about my role as CEO… they’re facing a lot of the same things that we’re going through as a firm as well: the great resignation, the battle for talent, what Covid has done to our profession as well.&a
02/01/2023
Central Banks Buy the Most Gold in Over 50 Years
On Tuesday, the WGC also celebrated the 30th anniversary of its study on gold demand trends, which examines the cornerstones of physical gold market demand.
02/01/2023
Hampden & Co’s Jeremy Vaughan: ‘Most private banks aren’t banks at all’
Jeremy Vaughan, managing director of banking, puts the company’s success down to its focus on core banking activity, rather than diversifying into other products.
02/01/2023
UK gambling with £5.5trn inheritance as more than half don’t have a will
Of those that do have a will, the majority (53%) have not updated it within the last five years, with a further 14% never having updated it at all.
02/01/2023
Zug consolidator takes majority stake in Top 50 IAM
Cinerius Financial Partners takes a majority stake in Swiss wealth management firm but, as with previous acquisitions, will allow it to keep its name and business model.
02/01/2023
Edmond de Rothschild Corporate Finance confirms its position among the leaders in Small & Mid Caps with 60 transactions carried out in 2022
Based on a long-term view, the team specialised very early on in developing strong verticals in promising sectors that showed resilience in a context of crisis and inflation.
02/01/2023
Spotlight on Growth Momentum in Asia
Asian economies have proved resilient, underpinned by factors such as increasing domestic demand, moderate inflation and renewed long-term capital inflows
02/01/2023
Value’s resurgence: flash in the pan or here to stay?
With investors wondering whether value’s outperformance of the last two years can be sustained, Ben Arnold looks at three key questions at the heart of the debate.
01/31/2023
Japan’s path to normalising monetary policy
Japan’s economy is looking relatively healthy.
01/30/2023
Export industry defies challenging environment
Due to the numerous global challenges, SMEs are focusing on securing what they have already achieved, with penetration of additional markets receding into the background.
01/30/2023
Is now the right time for alternatives?
A balanced approach that benefits from both beta and alpha strategies, and uses a full set of available instruments, while taking risks into account, can improve outcomes.
01/27/2023
Investing in Credit Suisse Rights Offering Pays Off
Almost all of them, some 98.2 percent of the share capital, took advantage of the opportunity.
01/27/2023
Aviva Investors, Invesco, Abrdn to hire in growth areas, shun ‘sweeping’ job cuts
Despite mass layoffs in other sectors, some of the City’s largest asset managers are still selectively hiring