02/29/2016
Bank of England Governor Mark Carney has received some negative press for seeming to back down from previous suggestions that UK rates were more likely to go up than down. But his rebuttal that monetary policy is not on a pre-set course echoes our approac
02/29/2016
“My interest is in the future because I am going to spend the rest of my life there.” - Charles Kettering.
02/29/2016
Economists have long pondered the so-called skyscraper curse, the uncanny correlation between construction of the world’s tallest building and an accompanying financial crash.
02/29/2016
By Jade Fu, Investment Manager at Heartwood Investment Management
02/29/2016
The UK is second only to the USA in terms of the stock of outward investment (investment abroad) and inward investment (foreign investment in the UK).
02/26/2016
Caribbean countries, particularly Antigua and Barbuda and Barbados, were in the forefront of the resistance to the stance of the majority of the OECD countries, which had no basis in international law and could only be implemented by bullying. Fortunately
02/26/2016
Richard Carter, Fixed Income Specialist, Quilter Cheviot discusses what a possible Brexit could mean for the UK.
02/26/2016
Signs of economic slowdown are increasing worldwide. Apart from weakness in the manufacturing sector, services activities are also starting to be affected, despite the favourable effects of falling oil prices on consumer purchasing powe
02/25/2016
Although the phenomenal growth in index management since the 1990s had already begun to shake up the fund management industry, the crisis of 2008 triggered a much more profound reform process.
02/25/2016
Worse still: diversification won't be of much use.
02/23/2016
To understand current market volatility investors should focus instead on key signals in the bank sector.
02/23/2016
Concerns persisted that central banks have already done a great deal to boost growth and spending without yet achieving significant outcomes. Central banks have cut rates 637 times since March 2008 and have bought a combined $12.3 trillion in asset
02/22/2016
With China’s slowdown roiling markets, there’s less chance the Fed will move again until next year.
02/22/2016
The Giving Pledge is a grouping of the world’s wealthiest individuals and families who commit to giving more than half of their wealth to philanthropy
02/22/2016
With London selected unanimously by its board, the “will they, won’t they” saga that had been rumbling on for ten months is over.
02/22/2016
Then said Jesus, “Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.” - Luke 23:34.
02/22/2016
The jittery start to 2016 for global stock markets has been partly the result of mounting fears that the US economy is on the brink of another recession.
02/21/2016
‘You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.’ Abraham Lincoln
02/21/2016
Do you remember the days when banks used to pay you a reasonable rate on your deposit account?
02/19/2016
The newsletter writer adds that he is “antsy” as this “uneasy calm” descends upon the gold market.