09/11/2013
A recent Court of Justice of the European Union tax appeal could see HMRC repaying several billion pounds to UK taxpayers. Now that could put the kibosh on the taxman’s Christmas party….
09/10/2013
In the latest edition of Global Horizons Standard Life Investments, the global investment manager, examines how investors can use behavioural finance to improve their understanding of markets and enhance decision making.
09/10/2013
The Aberdeen Asset Management RIA Survey found that six in ten RIAs plan to increase their allocation to international equities over the next year
09/08/2013
As an investment rhyme it is about as reliable as trying to bet on the winner itself.
09/08/2013
“We have to turn the page on the bubble-and-bust mentality that created this mess. - President Obama, weekly radio address, August 10, 2013.
09/08/2013
Since May/June 2013, many emerging market currencies have fallen against the dollar, some dramatically so (source: Bloomberg):
09/06/2013
The past week or so has seen the pressure on emerging market (EM) assets, notably currencies, turn into a bit of rout.
09/05/2013
They face tougher regulations than their smaller competitors because of the greater damage their failure could cause
09/05/2013
O'Neill, a former chairman at Goldman Sachs Asset Management, rose to fame after proclaiming in 2001 that Brazil, Russia, India and China were emerging investment magnets that would drive global markets for a decade.
09/05/2013
The way these firms are managed, the amount of capital that they have, the amount of liquidity that they have, the changes in their business mix.
09/04/2013
With Italy introducing a tax on High Frequency Trading this week, the EU has moved one step closer to a Financial Transactions Tax. Despite the new levy being very highly targeted and not raising much in terms of tax, it’s the effect on market effic
09/04/2013
Who are some of the big movers in Chinese business we are looking at that are poised to make the list for the first time this year?
09/04/2013
It is all too easy in modernity to sneer at our apparently simplistic ancestors for utilising such an odd medium of exchange.
09/04/2013
Richard Buxton, Schroders’ head of UK equities who quit to join Old Mutual Global Investors this year.
09/04/2013
Jeffree was quick to make his own mark on the bank’s investment process, introducing a new method of exactly mapping investment strategies to individual fund selection.
09/03/2013
Although its economy is slowing, fundamental data from China has been better than expected. Meanwhile, we are prepared to give Japan the benefit of the doubt and believe its economy should continue to recover.
09/02/2013
Patrick Odier, Chairman of the Swiss Bankers Association, emphasised that the industry had to improve the way it lives up to its responsibilities to all stakeholders.
09/02/2013
Schroders’ Chief Economist, Keith Wade, gives his growth outlook for the BRIC markets following weaker data across emerging markets in Q2 of 2013:
09/02/2013
The $10m-revenge of Paul Taubman, the man Morgan Stanley didn’t choose
It was an impossibly tough decision to make: both men were highly regarded.
09/01/2013
It was James Mackintosh in the FT 'Short view' column who quite rightly reminded us of that wonderful Motown ditty by Edwin Starr - "War, huh. What is it good for? Absolutely nuttin."