02/19/2014
People do not much like paying taxes, yet there is rising demand for welfare and state services, and politicians fear taking the tough decisions needed to reallocate spending.
02/19/2014
With Budget Day exactly a month away, what’s likely to be in the Chancellor’s Red Box? Will the Chancellor make a single, dramatic gesture to win middle-income voter support?
02/18/2014
"When you can measure what you are talking about and express it in numbers, you know something about it.” Lord Kelvin
02/17/2014
On Tuesday we suggested that the core focus of the market was likely to be the testimony of Janet Yellen and the UK Quarterly Inflation Report (QIR), presented by Mark Carney.
02/17/2014
It seems everything about pensions is nearly always negative.
02/17/2014
Advertising industry leaders debate the value of awards
The word that underpinned most of the comments and discussions during the debate was 'integrity' - something that every client, agency and judge must operate with. [Only then can we] experience the true value of winning awards."
02/17/2014
Big demands and high expectations summarize the results of this year's Deloitte third annual Millennial Survey just released.
02/17/2014
Developed Equities Market positions move from neutral to modest overweight
02/14/2014
The study of philanthropy is an imprecise science and there is no formula that can predict why a wealthy individual would decide to give and to which causes, much less why they would decide it’s time to stop.
02/14/2014
Aberdeen CEO wants UK banks to become "boring"
Britain's banks should scale back investment banking, focus on domestic markets, hold more in deposits than they lend and pay bigger dividends
02/14/2014
UBS Wealth Management forecasts suggest corporate spend likely to create more balanced economic growth
02/14/2014
Quarter by quarter offshore deal volumes rose steadily throughout 2013, resulting in a cumulative 12-month deal value topped only three times in the last decade, according to a report released today by Appleby, one of the world’s largest providers o
02/14/2014
The nuclear and banking industries share a common feature.
02/14/2014
The rankings cover all areas of banking business and all categories of clients, from private individuals to large corporates and institutional clients.
02/14/2014
Nicholas Fitzgerald, Head of Financial Planning for wealth manager Brewin Dolphin, commented: “It is no surprise that the FCA’s review has concluded that the annuities market is not working.
02/13/2014
While women have risen to lead companies in other industries, including at Hewlett-Packard Co. and General Motors Co., there are no female chief executive officers at the biggest Wall Street banks.
02/12/2014
Benz tipped to drive change at StanChart private bank
Long-time UBS hand Michael Benz joins Standard Chartered private bank next week as CEO. If he has a strong mandate, change is forecast and major hires could be on the way.
02/11/2014
Swiss multi-asset manager goes East
Independent alternative multi-asset management firm headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland, has been going through many transformations since the crisis of 2008.
02/11/2014
Many people are suggesting that the recent volatility in emerging markets will trigger a repeat of the 1994 or 1998 crises. We don’t think this is the case. This is not an emerging world in huge debt to the rest of the world – and in fact some
02/11/2014
Overall, 91% of IFAs are either 'very' or 'quite' favourable towards European equities, up from 63% 12 months ago. For the UK, 93% are favourable, up from 79%.