10/24/2016
Money can really, really buy happiness, UK study finds
UK’s Office for National Statistics have come to the conclusion that money can indeed buy happiness
Comment & Analysis
10/24/2016
The 18 Most Memorable Golf Movie Scenes of All Time
There are good ones, and bad ones.
10/24/2016
Finland’s Millionaire Premier Freezes Pay in Bid to Save Economy
Prime Minister wants to freeze pay, but boost productivity
10/24/2016
Trade-off by Tim Price
“Gentlemen, you are trying to negotiate something you will never be able to negotiate. But if negotiated, it will not be ratified. And if ratified, it will not work.”
10/21/2016
What do millennial travellers really want?
Hotel Brand Accor Group Are Developing Properties Specifically Targeting Millennial Travellers
10/21/2016
Changes, and Challenges, in Fund Distribution
A dozen executives from asset management firms gathered to discuss the changes and challenges in third party intermediary distribution of investment funds
10/21/2016
The struggles of audit leadership hiring in asset management - Leathwaite
Stuart Higson, a consultant within Leathwaite's CFO & Audit practice, explores the current challenges of audit leadership hiring faced by asset management companies.
10/19/2016
3 reasons the emerging market rally is not over yet
First, emerging markets' macro recovery appears to be gaining strength. This time the boost to growth is not just com¬ing from stimulus in China.
10/19/2016
The private banking environment is very competitive, says LGT's Peter Schaer
Three of the world’s biggest airlines are now from the Gulf Region.
10/19/2016
Gulf Sovereigns’ funding needs could be USD 560 billion
They estimate that, in nominal terms, GCC sovereigns’ combined fiscal deficit will reach $150 billion (12.8% of combined GDP) in 2016 alone.
10/19/2016
Deal Flow Readjusts Following Record 2015 - Appleby
Similar to nearly all other major world regions, deal volume offshore has moved away from last year’s frantic activity and dropped back to levels seen before 2015
10/19/2016
Tesla, Apple and Uber Push Lithium Prices Even Higher by James Stafford, Oilprice.com
The tight supply picture emerging as electric cars, mega-batteries and massive energy storage solutions become the cornerstones of our lives could be on the edge of turning new lithium explorers into the next barons.
10/19/2016
Ironic Turn of Fate for Thiam?
Volatility on the markets was very high in the past months, making trading particularly lucrative for banks.
10/19/2016
The central banks have gone too far in massaging their economies - Quilter Cheviot
Need to take remedial action to kickstart them, according to Alan McIntosh, our Chief Investment Strategist.
10/19/2016
Investing for value - Coutts
The father of value investing, Benjamin Graham, explained this concept by saying that over the short term, the market is like a voting machine
10/18/2016
If Billionaires Fund Your Research, Don’t Take Public Money
The spoils of publicly funded research were quickly claimed by private interests
10/18/2016
Marmite this be the start of Inflation in the UK? James Klempster, head of portfolio management at Momentum
Consumer goods producer Unilever and retailer Tesco had a very public spat last week over the suggestion that the former’s prices needed to go up to reflect the impact of a weakened sterling on input costs.
10/18/2016
St. James’s Place – “Currencies, central banks and politics exert their pull on markets”
Sterling falls to its lowest ever level, as the governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, warns that food prices are likely to rise as a knock-on effect.
10/18/2016
UBS: Gold is setting up for a big comeback
http://uk.businessinsider.com/buy-gold-ubs-says-2016-10?r=US&IR=T
10/18/2016
Investec’s new head of asset finance plans to build on 10-year success with innovation
The business has built a network of some 280 brokers and has won numerous industry awards.