05/01/2015
Digitise or die: why fund houses need to embrace technology
Fund houses need to work in partnership with technology companies in order to attract a new generation of clients and fend off competition from outsiders
05/01/2015
Tesla Could Be Changing The Dynamics Of Global Energy
The big problem with solar and wind right now is that the energy is only useful when it is actually produced and, because a company cannot modify generation to correspond with demand needs, any excess power has to be sold back to the market for immediate
05/01/2015
The Love and Envy of Luxury by Toby Birch
I have also learned not to judge clients on appearance; the truly wealthy have nothing to prove and take great delight in under-statement
04/30/2015
Until the credit crisis of 2008 an estimated one third of all hedge fund assets were allocated via Switzerland
04/30/2015
How Bob Diamond Will Build Africa’s Largest Bank In 3 Years
A lot has been said about former Barclays chief executive Bob Diamond and his style of management since he resigned in July 2012 over the Libor scandal
04/29/2015
“I will have my bond. I will not hear thee speak”
04/29/2015
The Times Rich List was published last weekend, and revealed the names of the 1,000 wealthiest people in Britain. But according to many of the Party manifestos, these are amongst the people most likely to be hardest hit by proposed tax changes. So how imp
04/29/2015
To benefit from the long term opportunities offered by emerging markets, investors need to actively manage a broad spectrum of risks, explains Bruno Taillardat, investment director for equities at Unigestion
04/29/2015
The Nasdaq has finally closed above its historical March 2000 high, becoming the last major US equity index to break through into record territory.
04/28/2015
The emphasis on so-called ‘Modi mania’ and the impact of a falling oil price overlooks the important work India’s chief central banker Raghuram Rajan has done
04/28/2015
The AsiaPacific head of distribution at UBS tells AsianInvestor that the funds industry needs to specialise and streamline. The 30year veteran says he wants to work with managers that have 'something different'.
04/27/2015
Weber is the former head of Germany's central bank
04/27/2015
Now I must remain politically neutral (apparently) but it is not difficult to pick out a consistent theme amongst most of the political leaders and that, of course, has been their spending plans.
04/27/2015
Since the 1980s our lives have grown increasingly digital, and with dizzying speed.
04/27/2015
On March 13th Fanuc, the world’s largest manufacturer of industrial robots, took the market by surprise after announcing that it was moving to increase shareholder returns and intended to set up an investor relations department in an effort to start
04/27/2015
Speech by Mr Thomas Jordan, Chairman of the Governing Board of the Swiss National Bank, at the 107th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders of the Swiss National Bank, Berne, 24 April 2015.
04/24/2015
Pre-Election tax planning used to be a national pastime, but our collective appetite seems to have waned. Why is that, and could people be doing more?
04/24/2015
UBS, Singapore's Temasek Holdings and French bank BNP Paribas are among six preliminary bidders to buy up to a 10 per cent stake in PSBC, people familiar with the matter had earlier told Reuters.
04/24/2015
Credit Suisse's departing chief executive said an ambitious expansion drive following the global financial crisis ranked among his mistakes as CEO.
04/24/2015
The global economy should enjoy a reasonable recovery over the next two years, the report said, helped by the recent falls in energy prices and exchange rate movements.