11/24/2015
New research from Aberdeen Asset Management today reveals the integral part that governance plays in the investments asset managers make and what clients expect of them.
11/24/2015
The five ASEAN nations have all performed poorly this year, ranging from Indonesian equities’ 22% slump in dollar terms to the Philippines’ more benign 9% fall.
11/24/2015
Deutsche Bank co-chief executive doubts whether people work that much harder for the promise of a bonus, including himself
11/24/2015
The Federal Reserve continued to indicate that a December rate rise was likely, meanwhile UK rates are likely to be frozen at the current level until 2017.
11/23/2015
One way of trying to get an idea of the wealth of a nation is to take its Gross Domestic Product (GDP), which is generally agreed as a sensible measure of economic value, and then divide it by the number in the country's population.
11/23/2015
Finance it seems, is a largely unsung subject.
11/23/2015
“There is little doubt, to my mind, that we are now at a defining moment in financial history, a time that, once it has passed will be referred by economic and market historians in much the same way as the Wall Street Crash of 1929 or the credit and
11/23/2015
Having been on Wall Street for over 30 years now, and having survived the 1987 crash, the Drexel Burnham bankruptcy, the 1990 credit crunch, the 2000 Internet crash, the real estate meltdown of 2006 and the 2008 Wall Street financial crisis, I think I hav
11/23/2015
Automation only works well when humans are highly involved.
11/20/2015
The problem is they can’t wait for me to retire to inherit a book of clients.
11/20/2015
Break a mirror, and you’ll get seven years of bad luck. Break the banking system, and it’ll take that long just for regulators to work out who’s to blame.
11/20/2015
Highlights of the bank’s tumultuous history
11/20/2015
Credit Suisse is in the midst of root-and-branch reform
11/19/2015
This does not represent a hard landing, although it does signify that prospects for China will remain dull unless there is significant stimulus.
11/19/2015
Fast wind to 2015, and although the threat has changed, the spectre of…..well, Spectre remains.
11/18/2015
Equity market volatility was not boosted by the Paris attacks
11/18/2015
With the Chancellor unable to raise funds through the tax credit system as planned, it’s likely that he’ll look to the high-earners to make up some of the shortfall. Wealthy individuals have already been hit hard by tax changes over the years,
11/16/2015
Family firms, where values really count - launching Scottish Family Business Week by Penny Lovell
“Dare to be honest and fear no labour” Robert Burns
11/16/2015
I recently had an interesting conversation with my father about investing, saving, and general financial management which absolutely opened my eyes.
11/16/2015
The more governments and central banks want to smooth the business cycle, the more risk and debt people and businesses are willing to accept,