07/16/2014
Contrary to popular belief, the Islamic economy is more than just Islamic finance and halal food. Early emphasis on halal finance and food is progressively transforming into broader commercial activities as users seek sharia-compliant alternatives across
07/15/2014
Don't start with China, because it's too big a jump
07/15/2014
Financial advisers are always saying how much they want to attract higher net worth clients in order to make more money. Perhaps these dreams would be best left unfulfilled.
07/15/2014
It’s not exactly a secret that financial advisers are on the rise on Wall Street.
07/14/2014
Bastille Day is a day for national celebration and pride, and of course the events that followed the original day led to the imprisonment of the head of state and his eventual decapitation.
07/14/2014
Last week we wrote about the divergence in growth prospects, and therefore the path of interest rates, between the US and UK and the weaker eurozone.
07/13/2014
A former banker at Merrill Lynch has given up his lucrative career to launch a radical new business model to save the traditional British pub. Noah Bulkin, 37, has acquired hundreds of struggling pubs and is using detailed, intricate data to turn them aro
07/11/2014
Has the shine worn off Bitcoin?
07/11/2014
There has been much press commentary in recent weeks about the iniquitous effect inheritance tax (IHT) has on property, particularly in London and the South East where the value of an “average” property can easily exceed the nil rate band (or
07/10/2014
The FCA has this morning launched a review of competition in the wholesale sector.
07/09/2014
Switzerland joined 60 nations in signing a treaty intended to unmask wealthy clients.
07/09/2014
Investors should have a “modest” bias towards risk assets over the second half of the year but they should be aware that rates could rise sooner than the market expects
07/07/2014
It is clear that the US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) is far-reaching, but its application to UK trusts with no US assets and no US beneficiaries is extraordinary.
07/07/2014
One of the features of the US recovery from the financial crisis has been the growth in the cash piles amongst many of the corporates.
07/07/2014
“Individuals who cannot master their emotions are ill-suited to profit from the investment process.” - Ben Graham.
07/07/2014
The 2013 Jersey Financial Institutions Survey out this morning shows a return to growth for our fund management and trust sectors up 38% and 4% respectively, on the prior year, with aggregate profits for the industry overall exceeding a billion for the th
07/06/2014
The industry is buzzing with new technology; and with new technology comes new buzzwords and phrases! “Cloud Computing”, “Software on Demand”, “Software as a Service”.
07/04/2014
Processes will be as different from their bureaucratic predecessors as Skype is from “plain old telephone service,” as Amazon is from a strip mall, as Twitter is from a postcard.
07/04/2014
As I approach my ten year anniversary at Psigma I have to admit that markets have rarely been so 'boring' and exciting new ideas have never been as hard to come by as they are now. It is a uniquely difficult investment environment.
07/04/2014
This idea that Wall Street is this sort of great evil is at best simplistic