02/03/2013
Ethics at Barclays Went Into the Shredder
There are two ways to look at the news that Antony Jenkins, the chief executive officer of Barclays Plc, will turn down his $1.6 million bonus this year.
02/03/2013
There are two ways to look at the news that Antony Jenkins, the chief executive officer of Barclays Plc, will turn down his $1.6 million bonus this year.
02/03/2013
As the first month of the year comes to an end, a couple of questions are coming to mind.
02/03/2013
We currently believe that the global economy has started a cyclical improvement and confidence is generally improving, meaning that we should have a higher tolerance for equities.
02/03/2013
Since the creation of the OMT (Outright Monetary Transactions) the marked fall in peripheral yields suggests that the risk the euro area posed to the global economy has decreased.
02/02/2013
He notes that Asia has had a good run in the property market
01/31/2013
Wealth-management products—short-term investments that offer some of the security of a bank deposit with higher returns—have grown rapidly in importance in China’s financial sector. Some analysts estimate the total outstanding at more th
01/31/2013
The New Year has seen a deal to avoid the fiscal cliff in the US, an easing of bank regulations and the adoption of a more aggressive inflation target in Japan. Policymakers have continued where they left off in 2012: prioritising growth and dampening vol
01/30/2013
European fourth-quarter earnings are set to disappoint but we expect the pace of earnings downgrades to slow in 2013. Earnings could even turn positive given most of the bad news
01/29/2013
HMRC has suddenly – and very quietly - announced changes to offshore trusts. But these changes will mean that many people will suddenly find themselves in a taxable position with no consultation, no explanation for the change, and no opportunity to
01/29/2013
M&A has long been considered an enabler to jump start growth at wealth management firms across the globe.
01/28/2013
This article is by Alex Pigliucci, the global managing director of Accenture Wealth and Asset Management Services.
01/28/2013
Everyone knows that overall hedge fund performance has been lackluster since the financial crisis, but there are differing explanations as to why.
01/28/2013
Financial advisers come in for a lot of stick these days. So do fund managers.
01/27/2013
UBS Chairman Axel Weber raised the possibility of an industry-wide settlement for the rest of the banks involved in the Libor rate fixing scandal at a meeting of top bankers in Davos, sources familiar with the matter said.
01/27/2013
A total of $111.7 billion of foreign direct investment (FDI) flew into China in 2012.
01/27/2013
There has definitely been a change in the air, and I am not talking about that strange pong emanating from that French company plant near Rouen or those noxious niffs floating around the gloomy tunnels of the London Underground.
01/27/2013
The new trend is towards a fee for service model.
01/27/2013
No sooner has the US economy averted one precipice, the “fiscal cliff”, than it faces another – the “spending cliff”. While we remain cautious near term, we don’t believe this undermines the case for equities. We view r
01/27/2013
The theme remains the same. Long-dated government bonds suffer modest declines while equities rise. Yet, at the same time, support for high yield bonds continues to be strong, further compressing yields.
01/24/2013
Making the office your home