03/01/2016
Figures released last week show a major contraction in the value of goods crossing international borders in 2015. As ever, investors held out little hope that such issues would be meaningfully addressed, even though there had been talk of potential coordi
03/01/2016
Speech by Ms Lael Brainard, Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, at the 2016 U.S. Monetary Policy Forum, New York, New York City, 26 February 2016.
03/01/2016
A sizable majority of advisors (61%) we surveyed in 2007 said their five best new clients came from referrals from other professionals.
02/29/2016
“You can’t create a successful business unless you have an inclusive culture, which encourages a workplace where people can thrive,” Broderick says. And when he talks about diversity and inclusion, he doesn’t just think about gende
02/29/2016
“The future belongs to those who prepare for it today.” Malcolm X
02/29/2016
It has often been said that we are living in the 'knowledge society' where we all have access to stupendous amounts of information.
02/29/2016
To date, the global Islamic fund and wealth management sector is on the rise, supported by strong demand from Muslim and non-Muslim investors.
02/29/2016
Can the blockchain avert the next financial meltdown?
02/29/2016
The yachting enthusiast and former JPMorgan Chase executive has the task of trying to steer Barclays back to calmer waters.
02/29/2016
He has also claimed that the 2008 crisis was the fault of the financial system, not individual greedy bankers
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.