01/08/2021
Swiss National Bank Profit Slumps
The profit for 2020 is significantly lower than in 2019, when the SNB had reported a net profit of just under 49 billion francs.
Comment & Analysis
01/08/2021
NS&I rate cut drives savers into investments
Government-backed provider latest to join the race to the bottom for savings rates
01/08/2021
Why Real Estate Is One Asset That Builds Generational Wealth
For more average Americans, the numbers may be different, but the outcomes are similar.
01/08/2021
Are You Keeping Too Much Cash?
And while I know all of this to be true, there’s a certain comfort in cash, isn’t there?
01/07/2021
Quarterly market update: St. James’s Place
For investors in global stocks, the final three months of the year were broadly positive; the MSCI World index of large global companies rose in the quarter to end the year on a high.
01/06/2021
Opinion: It’s time for our industry to grow up
From the perspective of the client, customers can be confident that the service they’ll receive will be consistent whether their accountant is in San Francisco, New York or Hong Kong.
01/06/2021
Investment Insights Q1 2021 - Rathbones
The US dollar looks like it may be flying too high against most major currencies on a longer-term basis.
01/06/2021
UBS and Credit Suisse: Investment Banking Riddles
The figure is 18 percent above the like-for-like figure of 2019, which means that 2020 was a fantastic year for traders and dealmakers.
01/06/2021
Wealth managers cannot ignore best execution obligations
Every country has a regulatory body that examines firms’ abilities to provide best execution.
01/06/2021
Guernsey Funds Industry Emerges Resilient And Revitalised
With this latest phase of the 'digital revolution' gathering pace during the pandemic, Zoom alone has increased the number of users of its online communications platform from 10 million to over 300 million.
01/06/2021
January's Good Resolutions are Marked by Behavioural Biases at Work in Behavioural Finance
January's good resolutions are an opportunity to draw parallels with behavioural finance.
01/06/2021
EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement: Implications for Data Transfers to the UK
While the situation should be kept under review, the temporary arrangement preserves the status quo, such that it is not currently necessary to implement data transfer mechanisms such as Standard Contractual Clauses in respect of data transfers to the UK.
01/06/2021
The Exponential Pull of Innovation: Googlization 2.0
As the global data ecosystem evolves and becomes more complex, there is a veritable flood of new players offering to help companies and individuals navigate an often confusing environment rife with opportunities and challenges.
01/06/2021
The Drive for a Data-driven Global Subsidiary Services by Kariem Abdellatif
One does not have to look far to see the evidence of this.
01/05/2021
Wien and Joe Zidle Announce the Ten Surprises of 2021
The economy develops momentum on its own because of pent-up demand, and depressed hospitality and airline stocks become strong performers.
01/05/2021
The end of the annual report?
Stakeholder expectations of companies have changed; reporting is expected to be more than a compliance exercise.
01/05/2021
£800,000,000,000 missing in official data on UK’s wealthiest 1%
The Resolution Foundation is now calling for higher taxes on the wealthiest ahead of a ‘decade of mounting fiscal pressure’.
01/05/2021
Five investment trusts to watch in 2021
The trust has the flexibility to use gearing (borrowing to invest), but hasn’t at any point as the manager believes it goes against the core principle of sheltering assets.
01/05/2021
Review of Asset Market Returns for 2020
There were wide disparities at the sector and regional level as the combined effect of policy support and virus damage made for some big winners and big losers alike.
01/05/2021
Barometer: A recovery we can believe in - Pictet Asset Management
As the rollout of Covid-19 vaccines continues apace, equity markets look set to enjoy strong support in 2021.