Managers of Wealth

Patsies by Tim Price, Director of Investment at PFP Wealth Management

So the OBR reckons that the PPI repayments have done more to help the economy than all the other stuff the chancellor is trying to do put together!

Getting real value out of the Royal Mail

Certain stockbrokers will be licking their lips at such potential volumes of trades if the Royal Mail privatisation actually goes ahead

Goodbye to the end of the world by Chris Darbyshire, 7IM

The investor habitat is changing.

China’s Curbs on Bank Lending - Pioneer Investments

Are there any real implications for the world economy?

China Wealth Eluding Foreigners as Equities Earn 1% for 20 Years

China is a case in point that great GDP doesn’t mean a great stock market

The Credit Crisis May Not Be China's Biggest Problem

The best investment ideas rarely come from the latest news item or brokerage research report

CLO activity up more than 300% since 2011 - Appleby

Collateralised Loan Obligation (CLO) deals increased by a dramatic 151% in the first half of 2013 when compared to the first six months of 2012, according to Appleby.

Have tax havens had their day in the sun?

Daniel Ben-Ami examines the moral offensive against tax avoidance and the part played by offshore centres.

Fed's Potential Tapering Tempers Investment Managers' Outlook - Northern Trust

The survey of approximately 100 investment managers was taken June 6-21

Campervan fame for fund manager

EADERS may remember Seven Investment Management co-founder Justin Urquhart Stewart as the fund manager who chatted sock colours with the new Bank of England boss Mark Carney on the central line last week

The Chart That Has Everyone Freaked Out About A Chinese Credit Crisis

Shibor is more or less the China’s version of LIBOR

Thinking About Buying a Bank? Consider Canada

When American investors consider buying stock of a bank, the first ones that usually come to mind are the dominant forces in American banking

Carney: a roar not a whimper - St. James's Place

Carney: a roar not a whimper Words, as central bankers and markets know, can have a devastating effect.

Enter the Guv’nor by Tim Price, director of investment, PFP Wealth Management

It is difficult to know quite where to start in extolling the virtues of this semi-mythical godlike being who has just descended to earth to take up his new position at the central bank of the United Kingdom.

Great Freight by Justin Urquhart Stewart

For those who know me, they will understand that I am a big fan of trains and am often to be found enjoying an afternoon’s heavy shunting somewhere outside Newark

“Forward guidance”, Spending Round 2013 and some better economic news

In this Perspective Ruth Lea, Economic Adviser to the Arbuthnot Banking Group, discusses “forward guidance”, the “Spending Round 2013” and some encouraging economic news.

Assets of top 100 alternative investment managers hit $3 trillion

Towers Watson survey shows total global alternative assets under management exceed $5 trillion.

The smart money is quietly buying more gold

The herd is selling gold – so should you be buying, asks Richard Dyson.

Chinese banking: a Wild West in the Far East?

China’s banks are now the biggest in the world but fears are growing they are very unstable, writes Harry Wilson.

Joint purchases by charities and non-charities

Charities are exempt from SDLT on purchases of property which they are to use either in their charitable work

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