05/10/2016
St. James's Place - The US economy continues to show mixed signs
The US economy is showing mixed signs with another 160,000 unemployed and the dollar hitting a 15-month low last week but factory orders rising faster than expected.
Comment & Analysis
05/09/2016
30 Years of Radical Change in Fintech
The world has changed so radically and at the same time, so has financial services. In this day and age, you might not carry cash because you might not need cash.
05/09/2016
Africa faces challenges as global banks pull out, says Bob Diamond
The fast-growing economies of Africa face headwinds from the pull-back of international banks from the continent, Barclays' erstwhile-chief executive told CNBC, as the bank moves to sell down its business in Africa.
05/09/2016
Leicester City - don't leave financial success down to luck by Penny lovell
As a Leicester girl, I was ecstatic when The Foxes won the Premiership earlier this week - so much so that I spent more time than I should have singing in the office on Tuesday morning (this did not go down well with the Tottenham supporters!). I also enj
05/09/2016
It's May again! by Justin Urquhart Stewart
Oh dear…another one of those tiresome annual market phrases again: "Sell in May and go away, and don't come back until St Leger Day".
05/09/2016
Three investment conclusions from Leicester City's first Premier League title
With superlatives coming thick and fast, we might conclude that this is one of the most striking moments in the history of British sport.
05/09/2016
Small is beautiful; unpopular helps by Tim Price
The shareholders of Berkshire Hathaway have just celebrated their latest ‘Woodstock for capitalists’ in the form of the company’s annual general meeting. Fund manager Jeffrey Miller of Eight Bridges Capital Management made the following
05/06/2016
Miton’s Anthony Rayner: Poor visibility, drive carefully
The sector and geographic reflection of these moves has been fairly clear.
05/05/2016
‘Wealthy Will Still Find A Way’ To Shelter Money Offshore
Panama has been the focus of relentless critical attention since the leak of documents from the law firm Mossack Fonseca.
05/05/2016
Quilter Cheviot's international boss on taking the firm global
Students of obscure business cycle indicators might note its visibility in Google Trends spiked last year, having risen steadily since 2008.
05/05/2016
Stanley Druckenmiller Laments ‘Reckless’ Corporate Financial Behavior
In particular, Druckenmiller argued that stock buybacks and other rewards for financiers and shareholders have far outpaced research, development and capital expenditures such as plant improvements.
05/05/2016
What the heck with FinTech: Is Wealth Management ready to seize the moment?
(…said someone famous in 2016)
05/05/2016
St. James’s Place – ECB plans extension of its asset-buying programme to corporate bonds in July
Following weak corporate earnings in the Eurozone, notably at Deutsche Bank whose pre-tax profits have fallen 60%, the European Central Bank plans to extend its asset-buying programme to corporate bonds in July, a move that may well encourage an increase
05/05/2016
Global growth and monetary issues continue to persist - Schroders
We would not rule this out completely but it is possible that monetisation arrives through a different route.
05/04/2016
Why China Is Really Dictating the Oil Supply Glut by Rakesh Upadhyay for Oilprice.com
While the world was speculating about oil prices plunging to $20 and $10 per barrel, China was busy stockpiling its reserves
05/03/2016
Investment Update - Couts
In this week's update, Alan Higgins, Chief Investment Officer, Coutts, gives an asset allocation update plus our view on the winners and losers from Corporate earnings season and central-bank policy.
05/03/2016
When the game changes by Tim Price
In their efforts to jam the square peg of financial theory into the round hole of human nature, economists have perpetrated some pretty stupid things.
05/02/2016
Banks’ self-serving fund sales must be stopped
It is time for regulators to investigate sales practices at banks, says Madison Marriage
05/02/2016
Bitcoin and Banks Can Work Together, Interview With PrivatBank’s Alexander Vityaz
Theoretically, defragmentation of a super-fragmented system (there are 30,000 banks in the world) is possible with two systems only, vertical or horizontal, namely payment systems or Bitcoin respectively
05/01/2016
Finance and investment news from the OECD
FDI increases by 25% in 2015, with restructuring playing a large role