06/08/2020
Investing: take a trip down memory lane in search of better returns
Memorabilia and antiques sales are booming for people with spare cash and plenty of time on their hands
Comment & Analysis
06/08/2020
Does that change everything? by Gary Dugan
Emerging markets may be due a serious further rebound.
06/08/2020
Revisiting industry predictions: Were Vistra 2020’s forecasts on the money or off the mark?
Which of them have borne out as expected?
06/08/2020
How is the COVID-19 pandemic impacting on the global economy?
Will the economic reality reflect the gloomy picture painted by numerous surveys? Early data suggests that the decline in activity has indeed been sharp.
06/08/2020
Fidelity chief warns of global corporate solvency crisis
Her comments come as investors grapple with big questions over which companies to back and which to let fail, after the pandemic left businesses ranging from travel to retail struggling to survive.
06/08/2020
We are all Ozymandias by Tim Price
The English poet Percy Bysshe Shelley wrote the sonnet Ozymandias in a good-natured contest with rival Horace Smith.
06/08/2020
Ka-boom by Rathbones
Stock markets are soaring higher as the developed world starts to relax lockdowns. Yet the virus is spreading rapidly in the emerging world, notes chief investment officer Julian Chillingworth, and there’s still a chance of a second wave in the West
06/07/2020
Trustees & Private Wealth Practitioners: Time to Review, Reset & Reload
As such, there is no time like the present to review governing documents, corporate governance procedures and succession planning to ensure that it is fit for purpose in light of the current crisis and those to come.
06/06/2020
The Death of a Black Swan
A right to obtain an interlocutory injunction is not a cause of action.
06/06/2020
Divergence in Reality
Global reopening, a ray of hope
06/06/2020
Women’s wealth to exceed $1tn by 2023
One of the reasons cited by BCG for the increase in women’s wealth is the improvement in women’s access to education.
06/05/2020
Regulator working on how to avoid ‘lumpy bills’ for firms in future, FCA Executive Director of Supervision, Megan Butler, tells PIMFA’s Virtual Fest
Wealth managers and financial advisers had responded well during the crisis and firms were adapting well to the new normal, she said. But she cautioned the regulator could not “overlook financial resilience”.
06/05/2020
Lessons in successful shareholder engagement
Liontrust's Harriet Parker details how the sustainable investment team practise shareholder engagement
06/05/2020
Four steps your company can take to reduce global mobility risks
This blog post describes some important steps your organization can take to reduce its global mobility risks.
06/05/2020
Pandemic will accelerate digital change
Crisis brings welcome chance to promote technology without losing personal touch
06/04/2020
Comment: The parallels between covid-19 and climate change
It has also shown with terrifying clarity that the fall-out cost can far exceed the upfront, protective investment.
06/04/2020
The good, the bad and the opportunities: three tiers of high yield issuers emerge as pandemic hits home
Amidst the significant risk off move over March, it was the actions of these institutions that prevented a more serious market calamity.
06/04/2020
Rebounding business sentiment in services
Sentiment has strongly rebounded in all major countries from highly depressed levels the prior month.
06/04/2020
Don't fight the old, build the new
You’ve made a shift towards a more digital and data-driven way of working and have experienced the advantages of it.
06/04/2020
How To Buy Art That Benefits COVID Causes
These artists and institutions are selling limited-edition works to raise funds for Coronavirus-related causes.