02/08/2016
Year of the Fire Monkey
2016 is the year of the Fire Monkey and with that institutional investors need to be aware of hidden risks and signals.
Comment & Analysis
02/08/2016
Happy New Year! by Justin Urquhart Stewart
Gong Xi Fa Cai - well Happy New Year and welcome to the year of the Red Fire Monkey.
02/08/2016
The Dark Side of Sport
Can sport be made resistant to corruption in the Middle East?
02/08/2016
It goes on. And on. And on by Tim Price
The following commentary was first published in July 2013. Current events would seem to justify republishing it, in somewhat modified form, today.
02/08/2016
Coutts Global Markets Weekly: Global growth continues
Meanwhile, accommodative central bank policies should keep interest rate risk low
02/08/2016
Schroders' Keith Wade: "Time to hit the panic button?"
The first is the further fall in the oil price, which appears to have led global equity markets down over the past year.
02/04/2016
Oil Prices Could Jump 50% by the End of 2016
Analysts are projecting prices will climb more than $15 by the end of 2016.
02/04/2016
The looming Stamp Duty surcharge for landlords
Consultation on the Government’s proposal to introduce higher rates of Stamp Duty Land Tax has just closed, and we wait to see what, if any, changes there may be. If the proposals stay the same, the higher rates will be three percentage points above
02/03/2016
Schroders: Where we are seeing market opportunities and risks
At Schroder's annual investment dinner, held in London, fund managers exchanged views on the current and future potential opportunities in markets around the world. Here, we round-up their insights on a challenging market environment.
02/03/2016
Private investigations: why investment banking and wealth management don't fit together
It’s been an axiom of recent bank restructurings that more private banking and wealth management is better.
02/03/2016
Japan’s policy shift alone cannot brighten the global outlook by Mikio Kumada, CIIA, Global Strategist LGT Capital Partners
Japanese banks will continue to receive interest for keeping excess reserves idle
02/02/2016
OMGI's Tonkinson: 2016 is the year to turn our 'ambitious plans' into reality
Developments for Asia market
02/02/2016
Regulation of banks "part of the problem"
Professor Kay proposed that governments force banks to separate their retail and investment banking activities, and even require investment banks to be further broken up into smaller businesses that would house single activities, such as bond trading or m
02/02/2016
How OMGI Generation funds are making use of their new investment approach
Anthony Gillham shows how the specialist at-retirement funds are achieving the necessary balance between group and downside protection.
02/01/2016
Wealth, good business, and oysters to celebrate Chinese New Year
"Hou means wealth, rich, good business," said Yu.
02/01/2016
Update from BNP Paribas Investment Partners - Japanese monetary easing
In the following note, Joost van Leenders, Chief Economist of Multi Asset Solutions at BNP Paribas Investment Partners, looks at the timing of the BoJ’s move, discusses the implications of the decision and concludes that the asset allocation implica
02/01/2016
Well you really could not make it up! by Justin Urquhart Stewart
Life in the Oil Vortex
02/01/2016
Sometimes, the wisdom of life can be found “in a grain of sand” by Penny Lovell
Take control of your financial future
02/01/2016
China the elephant in the room: Julius Baer CEO
If you look at China, the elephant in the room in the last 12 months, we've had a lot of volatility and that makes people nervous
02/01/2016
Coutts Global Markets Weekly: BoJ goes to new extremes
While the Fed indicated it would take a gradual approach in light of slower-than-anticipated global growth and market jitters, it expects US growth to continue.