09/15/2021
Banca Generali writes down pandemic-hit healthcare bonds
Decision unrelated to small amount of Mafia-linked invoices, says bank
Comment & Analysis
09/14/2021
Ralph Hamers' Freshman Year at UBS
His countanance as a confident leader of transformation slipped, only briefly, when asked about the possibility that criminal charges in a revived money laundering investigation might be levied against him.
09/14/2021
Investors turn bearish on global economy though positioning upbeat
Rare disconnect between asset prices, fundamentals
09/14/2021
China: the landscape has changed bu UBP
As seen in other economies, rapid change in the financial sector has the potential to create financial system instability, a challenge which China has frequently grappled with in its own history.
09/14/2021
Hunt for small asset management deals hottest since 2007
Groups eschew big complicated acquisitions that come with integration problems and risks
09/14/2021
Switzerland trails France, Spain and Chile for percentage of female fund managers
The country has not seen an increase in the number of women managing assets since last year.
09/13/2021
8 Key Steps to Prevent Failure in Implementing Decisions or in Managing Projects and Processes
For instance, Microsoft’s CEO Steve Ballmer left in large part due to the tensions around his push to acquire Nokia, which eventually led to Microsoft writing off $8.4 billion.
09/13/2021
BlackRock Director Rick Rieder: Bitcoin Price Could Go Up Significantly
The managing director of the world’s largest asset manager, BlackRock, thinks that Bitcoin can go much higher in price.
09/13/2021
Trending Sentiment Another Boon for M&A Bonanza
Eighty-four percent of respondents say they plan to focus primarily on new acquisitions, up 72 percent from the autumn and 41 percent from the year prior.
09/13/2021
Bigger, broader, faster, stronger? by Andrew Hauser
It’s actually reassuring to see in that crystal ball that central banks have a role at all.
09/13/2021
How to Create Gallery-Worthy Storage for Your Wine Collection
Savvy wine collectors are turning their storage options into eye-catching designs, with art installation-like solutions transforming cellars around the world
09/13/2021
Almost half of charities sell property and assets amid Covid cash crunch
Over half of the charities we surveyed reported a drop in income of over a third since the start of the pandemic.
09/13/2021
Morning Coffee: Credit Suisse decides some executives may be incompetent too. How to raise a child when you work in finance
The Financial Times suggests that he has already discovered various issues in Credit Suisse's most senior ranks.
09/13/2021
Credit Suisse CEO Emerges Enfeebled
The characterization enfeebles Gottstein, who was plunged into the job 19 months ago during a corporate espionage scandal, at a time when Credit Suisse is grappling with Greensill as well as Archegos.
09/12/2021
The Impact of Fintech Companies on Investment Planning
FinTech’s success is due to the unique experience they have provided to wealth management, which has made it more accessible, easy, and transparent.
09/12/2021
Central bank digital currency: the future starts today
Speech by Benoît Cœuré, Head of the BIS Innovation Hub, at The Eurofi Financial Forum, Ljubljana, Friday 10 September 2021.
09/12/2021
Why regulators are so concerned about ‘stablecoins’: crypto wrap
One of the imminent concerns regulators have about stablecoins is that they are actually used as money.
09/11/2021
Basel III and global cooperation: where do we go from here?
Protecting the health and financial stability of our countries necessarily requires us to think of these values as global public goods, and therefore to think past our own borders.
09/11/2021
How stellar earnings are leading to rapidly improving corporate fundamentals
Corporate fundamentals are improving markedly, on the back of fast ear
09/11/2021
It’s harder to be fair when your family’s spread around the world – Johan van Zyl
From a South African perspective, there have also been substantial changes in the tax system over the last 20 years.