12/12/2016
Ahead of the UK interest rate decision (15th December), Ausaf Abbas, non-executive director of Multrees Investor Services, answers the question: how will this year’s ‘black swan’ events and changes to interest rates affect investors?
12/09/2016
By Marie Austenaa, VP and Head of Personal Data & Mobile Identity Programme at GSMA
12/09/2016
The universal banking model of old is diminishing and many players are stepping back from investment banking.
12/08/2016
The Economy Resuscitates, Stocks Gain, Rates Rise, Inflation Grows; Heightened Volatility and Potential for Big Market Swings Likely
12/08/2016
Prime minister Lee Hsien Loong admits low growth may be the "new normal".
12/08/2016
Investors continue to pull money citing poor performance and fees
12/07/2016
The investors, who have made headway on pay disparity with tech giants including Amazon and Apple, are trying to do the same in the finance sector.
12/07/2016
Luxembourg has long been strategic in developing particular products and services for specific elements of the investment industry
12/07/2016
Within a decade, growth in the US at Switzerland’s expense has knocked the Alpine country from third position in 2005
12/07/2016
Europe's wealthy elite is worried: political stability and a generous tax regime are rarely the hallmarks of populist government
12/06/2016
There are many challenges in front of the global economy but the emerging markets are now better positioned to deal with all of those challenges.
12/06/2016
As with Brexit and the US election, voters treated the referendum as a vote of confidence in the political elite. Once again, the message from the comprehensive rejection of the proposed amendment was “extraordinarily clear”, as described by a
12/06/2016
In a year beset by global political risk, Italians voted decisively in a referendum to reject Matteo Renzi’s reform package.
12/06/2016
Asset allocation: closing overweight in euro inflation-linked bonds
12/05/2016
Far from reducing crime and corruption, it boosted both. Al Capone, one of the most infamous beneficiaries of prohibition, was by 1927 earning $60 million a year from alcohol sales alone. As he conceded, “all I do is satisfy a public demand.”
12/05/2016
Philanthropy has always been important to us here at Close Brothers. In today’s world, it is necessary to do more than simply giving and it is expected that the AUM dedicated to impact investing will reach between $400 billion and $3 trillion by 202
12/02/2016
Australia has some of the most expensive defensive stocks globally
12/02/2016
Retail investors are important stakeholders in wealth management. Indeed, they form the basis of the wealth management industry.
12/02/2016
We strongly believe incorporating FinTech solutions will visibly strengthen their market position.
12/01/2016
What should investors look at instead?