04/12/2016
This is the view of Guy Wagner, Chief Investment Officer at Banque de Luxembourg, and his team, published in their monthly analysis, ‘Highlights’.
04/11/2016
“I will call a monetary system the Bitcoin standard, because such a monetary system will very likely be similar to the gold standard,” the author suggests.
04/11/2016
Effective philanthropy requires a lot of time and creativity - the same kind of focus and skills that building a business requires. – Bill Gates
04/11/2016
Well it may not be exactly a great cause for celebration, but it is still a vital date for us all to be aware of - from remembering to wrap up our tax papers for the past year
04/11/2016
After a 50 percent rally in oil prices between February and March, crude has retreated a bit as of late.
04/11/2016
“We don’t see a recession coming in the United States.” - Abby Joseph Cohen in a recent Bloomberg interview.
04/11/2016
History has many examples of extended periods of economic weakness leading to the popularity of extreme political parties or the introduction of extreme policy.
04/11/2016
Our key messages this week are presented by James Fairweather, Senior Portfolio Manager, Coutts UK.
04/08/2016
Deutsche Bank's supervisory board chairman is under fire for decisions some say steered Germany's largest bank into one of its biggest crises ever. In an exclusive interview with WirtschaftsWoche magazine, he takes on his critics.
04/08/2016
Saint-Georges said monetary policy alone could not solve the current problems and expectations of rate rises, notably in the US, were not the encouraging signs many investors believed them to be.
04/08/2016
Can you really think and behave your way into wealth? Yes!
04/07/2016
Going forward we will need to see greater evidence of stronger activity for the rally to continue; however, this is also likely to bring the Federal Reserve back into play, posing a challenge for investors.
04/07/2016
The comments were the latest highlighting the gulf between senior bankers and the investor fears that gave world markets their worst-ever start to the year.
04/07/2016
Panama should be applauded for its “pro-active approach to enhance its effectiveness and credibility” as an offshore financial centre
04/06/2016
Sharov seems to have confused the Bank of England with R3 blockchain consortium which now has over 40 member banks.
04/05/2016
St. James’s Place - “The majority of companies have seen their profits improving and their balance sheets are in really great shape”
Figures released last week for UK GDP showed stronger than expected growth in the last three months of 2015. “The majority of companies we see have seen their profits improving and their balance sheets are in really great shape,” said Richard
04/05/2016
Managing an offshore disclosure – what to do next? by Andrew Hubbard
The revelations emerging from Panama and the threat of further leaks will almost certainly mean sleepless nights for some. So what should you do if you’re worried that the taxman might come knocking?
04/05/2016
The Panama Papers allegations are not representative of the offshore financial industry
The comments from Nigel Green, founder and chief executive of deVere Group, follow a major leak of confidential documents from Panamanian law firm, Mossack Fonseca.
04/05/2016
A ceiling wasn't enough -- see what women face with the 'glass cliff'
So, the glass cliff says that when the going gets tough, women first.
04/04/2016
To take another obvious example from history, the development of internal combustion engines in the 20th century