10/15/2013
Senior employees at corporate headquarters seek to exert more control across all the firm's offices, while local teams hold on tight to their autonomy
10/15/2013
The pressure on small and medium-sized wealth management firms to invest in compliance is driven firstly by the need to meet regulatory requirements
10/14/2013
Three market scenarios are proposed at each Cyclical Market Forum and are debated by UBS Global Asset Management investment teams covering equities
10/14/2013
The problems in the US are only symptomatic of the trials and tribulations being seen in many G-7 countries as they attempt to cut the burden of government debt.
10/14/2013
History is not a guide to future performance, but that rarely stops financial markets and investors from glancing back in the hope of gleaning what might lie ahead.
10/14/2013
Market timing, although scoffed at by many as impossible or pointless, has taken on far greater importance in the last few years
10/14/2013
"We estimate that only 15% of advisors tailor their business to a unique clientele, such as institutions, retirement plans, or high-net-worth investors."
10/14/2013
28% have seen an increase in active clients post RDR
10/14/2013
The latest high-profile victim of stress and exhaustion comes just days after the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development /Simplyhealth annual absence survey
10/13/2013
Bravo start ups
10/13/2013
THIS year's IMF and World Bank annual meetings closed at the weekend in a Washington that was partly shut down by the US Congressional deadlock over government funding. But despite the long shadow cast by the US crisis
10/13/2013
Credit Suisse has been among the most aggressive banks in paring back its fixed income, currency and commodities trading business after the financial crisis.
10/13/2013
Less than half of all finance professionals at UK companies think the forecasts they rely on are reliable
10/13/2013
The Chinese used to be the savers of the world – holding onto their yuans with a tight fist – but that’s changing.
10/10/2013
Stock and fixed-income ETFs have made this relatively easy.
10/09/2013
They stay away from shoddy chit funds and phoney plantation schemes.
10/09/2013
With the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development now working on plans to tackle international tax avoidance by multi-national corporations, and summer rapidly turning to autumn in the UK, we expect to see a change in emphasis in the Great Ta
10/09/2013
The IMF has confirmed what much of the economic news in the past few months has been telling us. In the ebb and flow of global economics, the developed world has been riding up the crest of a wave. But emerging markets, to continue the maritime analogy, h
10/09/2013
New reporting obligations for trusts in Italy
10/09/2013
Africa, the No.2 fastest growing economy only behind Asia-Pacific, has seen a rise in the fortunes of several of its citizens, nurturing a higher taste for the ‘finer things’.