01/20/2012
Anti-avoidance announcements come from all directions
We’re always told to mind the traffic. This is never truer than in the case of speeding tax vehicles.
01/20/2012
We’re always told to mind the traffic. This is never truer than in the case of speeding tax vehicles.
01/19/2012
Risk Appetite Back to Pre-Third Quarter Crisis Levels
01/10/2012
Incentive schemes continue to inflate fat-cat salaries to extraordinary heights. But to what extent do they truly reflect performance?
01/09/2012
Having dyslexia had a big impact on me socially, and it was a challenge to navigate the academic world. Still, I spent my last two years of high school at Phillips Academy in Andover, Mass., graduated magna cum laude from Brown University in 1990, took a
01/09/2012
While the first quarter of 2012 will likely be the weakest for the base metals, prices should improve as the year progresses, the bank added.
01/09/2012
I can only presume that most of the population must have comforted themselves with excessive amounts of alcohol to try and negate the seemingly unremitting gloom that was aired throughout the holiday period.
01/02/2012
The chief executive of Standard Chartered has warned that there is an increasing likelihood of a country falling out of the eurozone because of the inability of politicians to resolve the crisis.
01/02/2012
Some 92 per cent of party believe PM's vetoing of a new EU treaty was his best moment, poll shows
12/30/2011
But looking ahead to 2012, based upon a number of analysts' projections and two surveys -- one from mining executives and another from coin dealers, the next 12 months should be a strong period for gold, silver and platinum prices.
12/30/2011
HSBC’s The Future of Retirement programme is a leading independent study into global retirement trends. It provides authoritative insights into the key issues associated with ageing populations and increasing life expectancy around the world.
12/26/2011
Although there's a perceived high availability of candidates keen to move from management consultancies and strategy houses to in-house teams, attracting and securing top talent with a proven track record of thought leadership is still a challenge.
12/26/2011
International investor Jim Rogers says he is short emerging markets including Singapore, where he now lives.
12/26/2011
International investor Jim Rogers says he is short emerging markets including Singapore, where he now lives.
12/26/2011
Here's a sneak peek inside his bag of goodies, where lumps of coal appear to figure prominently:
12/26/2011
The head of the International Monetary Fund said the world economy was in danger and urged Europeans to speak with one voice on a debt crisis that has rattled the global financial system.
12/20/2011
"2012 will not be 'business as usual'," the bank's chairman Urs Rohner and Chief Executive Brady Dougan said in the memo, which was seen by Reuters.
12/20/2011
We will begin with the Top 10 Surprises issued on December 17th by an analyst at UBS, and what they could foresee in the markets and economy for the coming year.
12/20/2011
In its global outlook for 2012, HSBC Global Asset Management argues that frequent rotations in sentiment in markets reflect the fact that officials have been applying a 'band-aid' approach to addressing fundamental problems
12/20/2011
Gardiner recommends investors take overweight positions in US and Europe ex-UK equities, as he says “the euro is not going to break up” and “the world is probably not going to follow Europe into recession”.
12/20/2011
Barclays Wealth has said it will be entering the new year with an overweight position to Europe ex-UK.