06/02/2015
How to invest in wine from scratch?
Investing in wine is the type of deal that needs time to materialize. It must be regarded as a long-term proposition otherwise it will be impossible for the investor to see any returns
06/02/2015
In a week of eye-catching headlines, disappointing data and further uncertainty, there was very little movement for the major global equity markets.
06/02/2015
deVere: Presidential candidates owe it to America to explain their stance on controversial FATCA
Presidential candidates must come clean on America’s highly controversial global tax law - and more must urgently be done to repeal it, not least because it is “a blue print for worse to come”, warns the boss of one of the world’s
06/02/2015
Oliver Stone says America’s big banking bosses should have been jailed
Greed, says three-time Oscar-winning filmmaker Oliver Stone, is not good.
06/01/2015
The New Imperial China? by Justin Urquhart-Stewart
Chinese President Xi Jinping and the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi sat down last week for a vital meeting to try and develop the tense relationship between these two giants.
06/01/2015
The greatest puzzle today is that since the global crisis financial markets see so little risk, with asset prices rising everywhere in response to zero interest rates and quantitative easing, while companies that invest in the real economy appear to see s
06/01/2015
Building concerns by Tim Price
As for the rest of the billions, it’s not clear precisely where that money went.
06/01/2015
Kleinwort Benson Investors highlight drivers of outperformance
06/01/2015
Buyers were adding to larger diversified bond portfolios
05/29/2015
Warren Buffett spent his late teens consuming as many books on stocks and investing as possible
05/29/2015
Just as the ATM did not displace the bank teller, robo advisors are unlikely to replace all wealth managers
05/29/2015
HSBC Holdings is once again assessing whether to shift its headquarters from the U.K. But one of the options — moving bank to Hong Kong — “is certainly the wrong answer,” according to analysts at UBS AG
05/29/2015
Despite an overnight correction following the recent run-up, China remains the world’s best performing equity market since the start of the year.
05/28/2015
While banks have traditionally been the guardians of financial transactions, in the last decade and a half, nontraditional players have begun to pose a threat to their business, putting pressure on banks to evolve.
05/28/2015
Close Brothers - Weekly Close Up
05/28/2015
Eurozone economy reaching cruising altitude
05/28/2015
Amazon may be the first of many multinational corporations to recognise UK profits in the UK, rather than in overseas tax-haven operations.
05/28/2015
A condotel near the beach in Bali, eco-friendly commercial space in Dhaka and affordable luxury living in Addis Ababa.
05/27/2015
BFSB targets Swiss and Latin American events
Mexico will be the focal point for BFSB in June
05/27/2015
On not adding, but taking away by Tim Price
“Our job is to find a few intelligent things to do, not to keep up with every damn thing in the world.” - Charlie Munger.