04/21/2015
Will Brokers Bow to Higher Fiduciary Standard?
U.S. regulators’ push to make stockbrokers more accountable to clients could end brokerages’ sales of proprietary or high-fee products.
04/21/2015
CNBC Interview: Chairman of UBS, Axel Weber
Following is the unofficial transcript of a CNBC interview with Axel Weber, Chairman of UBS, by Julia Chatterley
04/21/2015
Opinion: James Bailey, Barclays wealth and investment manager
Research found that globally 40 per cent of high net worth individuals cited entrepreneurship as one of their main sources of wealth
04/21/2015
Weekly Close Up - Close Brothers
In his 10-day stay in Athens, he observed 5 riots, far-right party assault squads and the completely unhindered 3-week occupation of a university in downtown Athens, with the sole demand to abolish prisons.
04/20/2015
Eight burgers, 100 shots of vodka: is the Wolf of Wall Street alive in the City of London?
Video footage of a young City broker being "forced" to eat 8 cheese burgers at his desk has emerged.
04/20/2015
The embattled boss of Alliance Trust has been handed a potential lifeline by the publisher of the Beano comic.
04/20/2015
"Do not trust the horse, Trojans. Whatever it is, I fear the Greeks even when they bring gifts." Virgil's Aeneid, Book 2, 19 BC:
04/20/2015
Speech by Mr Vítor Constâncio, Vice-President of the European Central Bank, at the 24th Annual Hyman P. Minsky Conference "Is financial reregulation holding back finance for the global recovery?", Washington DC, 16 April 2015.
04/20/2015
Craig Botham, Emerging Markets Economist at Schroders, comments on the Chinese data announced over the weekend
04/20/2015
We have maintained a positive view on the outlook for continued recovery in the eurozone economy. The one potential game-changer would be a disorderly outcome to the negotiations on Greek debt.
04/17/2015
Anthony Rayner, co-manager of Miton’s multi asset fund range, discusses central bank credibility since the Great Financial Crisis.
04/17/2015
Report highlights accelerating shift from relatively self-contained corporations to co-creative business ecosystems
04/17/2015
The Challenge aims to look at wealth and capital from a wider lens than the limited approach that finance and money can offer.
04/16/2015
Cautious investors need to rethink their asset allocation - Psigma
We live in extraordinary times.
04/16/2015
The water revolution is here, according to Stanley Weiner
04/16/2015
Since 2013 there has been a steady introduction of newly designed European bank notes featuring Europa, a Phoenician princess from Greek mythology.
04/14/2015
How Will Bitcoin 2.0 Change The World?
The notion of a digital money has been around for decades, however Bitcoin was the first to solve the major problem that faced its predecessors: the double-spending problem.
04/13/2015
Are we Overheating Yet? How can we tell? by Justin Urquhart Stewart
the rear view mirror and to try and see if the last problem is about to repeat itself - again.
04/13/2015
Beware the risks before investing in the booming art market
The global art market is booming, but investing in art comes with considerable risks. Should you take the plunge?
04/12/2015
FOCUS ON International Private Client by Hugh Nineham, McDermott Will & Emery
Our Focus on International Private Client starts with tax arrangements. Recent tax legislation generating automatic information exchange will render the concepts of “tax havens” and “banking secrecy” meaningless.