12/27/2016
Looking ahead to 2017 and the inauguration of US President-elect Donald Trump, CIO of Tavistock Investments, Christopher Peel, compares US and UK bond markets and gives his insight into how investors should be re-positioning their portfolios:
12/27/2016
“Robo-advice as a term is everywhere. Over time, it will undoubtedly help firms offer services at lower fees or in higher volumes. However, using algorithms to drive client solutions for higher value or more complex and sophisticated client needs is
12/27/2016
Barclays said to balk at $5 billion penalty for mortgage bonds.
12/26/2016
The city feels noticeably subdued in the final few days before Christmas. The tubes and roads are quieter, shops almost appear more bearable and for sure the sensible souls amongst us have already clocked off for Christmas.
12/26/2016
The structural reforms that include strengthening of public finances, diversification of economies, building of industrial bases and greater private sector participation across GCC comes with huge demand for funding.
12/26/2016
The paradox in raising funds, as any banker will tell you, is that famous investors love the company of other famous investors. Billionaires like to network with other billionaires. The actual returns really don’t matter.
12/26/2016
How did it happen?
12/26/2016
Some of the largest falls in staff registrations at London hedge funds came at CQS,
12/26/2016
Within their global equity portfolios, asset managers added to their US as well as UK holdings, raising the former by two percentage points to 32.8 percent and the latter by one percentage point to 25.4 percent. Trevor Greetham, head of multi-asset at Roy
12/26/2016
Here are some of the top trends from the report:
12/26/2016
But let’s examine more closely Berkshire Hathaway’s recent investments.
12/23/2016
Productivity must increase in order to drive global economic growth in 2017 and in 2018.
12/23/2016
What a selection of UK chief executives want for Christmas
12/22/2016
A growing number of retail investors, whether by preference or because they consider the services of traditional intermediaries too expensive or extensive for their needs, also prefer to manage their own portfolios using online tools.
12/22/2016
It particularly stresses the importance of the English courts remaining a hub for global businesses seeking to resolve international commercial disputes and of reasserting the value of choosing English law in commercial contracts.
12/22/2016
John Redwood, Charles Stanley’s Chief Global Strategist, argued that trends seen in 2016 could become more pronounced in 2017.
12/22/2016
Gulf investors are lining up alongside US and European ‘angels’ with their eyes on the potential of orbital returns, he added.
12/22/2016
Having said that, for the 35th America’s Cup, I was disappointed that (defense owner) Larry Ellison is taking it to Bermuda.
12/22/2016
In today's Schroders 2017 Investment Outlook Series article we look at the outlook for Asia ex Japan equities. Schroders' Asian Equity team comments that select long-term opportunities are still present in the region as they prepare to "exp
12/21/2016
While most people would prefer to close the door on 2016 and never look back, the reality is that the drama of last year is yet to fully unfold.