05/14/2020
“Savers in particular will no doubt be shocked to find how little the industry has done to build in safeguards that could prevent their money from being used to fund weapons manufacturers and governments involved in human rights abuses.
05/14/2020
Australia had 13m carats followed by Congo at 12m carats. Botswana, Zimbabwe, and South Africa produced six, three, and 2m carats respectively.
05/13/2020
Financial institutions are reluctant to give up control when it comes to their own processes.
05/13/2020
Tokyo is playing the national security card against activist foreign investors. They shouldn’t come back.
05/13/2020
Expat buy to let mortgage brokers Offshoreonline has seen smaller lenders switch smoothly to home working, and desktop valuations, with only minor interruptions to some aspects of service.
05/13/2020
When it comes to adopting emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, Cloud and Digital, CEOs agree that these technologies can provide immense value across their enterprises.
05/13/2020
The news flow was all too often universally bad, as these industries staggered on for years with varying levels of support.
05/12/2020
You and your team moved to B. Riley Wealth Management from another firm in February, just prior to the COVID-19 crisis.
05/12/2020
On the earnings front, the first quarter reporting season is now drawing to a close in the US and last week did see estimates revised up marginally.
05/12/2020
The big unknown here is the exact nature of the COVID-19 crisis itself.
05/12/2020
Soros expressed his doubts about the EU's survival as it is an 'incomplete union'
05/12/2020
Under the leadership of Christine Lagarde, the European Central Bank has been much bolder and has moved much faster than we have seen in prior crises,” said Michael Power of Ninety One
05/12/2020
The ability to influence pricing is another benefit of owning a captive in the current market where successive health, environmental and climate disasters are affecting the balance sheets of insurers and reinsurers, driving up rates.
05/12/2020
The government has unveiled its lockdown exit plan to mixed reception. Our chief investment officer Julian Chillingworth thinks attention is best paid elsewhere.
05/12/2020
Its special effects, courtesy of Rob Bottin, have lost none of their power to shock over the ensuing four decades.
05/11/2020
The world’s wealthy are largely optimistic about the long-term economic outlook for their region despite Covid-19, according to the findings of a survey by the Swiss bank
05/11/2020
Emerging markets are set to contract by 1% in 2020 before rebounding 6.6% next year, according to IMF projections published in April.
05/11/2020
The headlines don't read well, but some economists do point to some good news.
05/11/2020
Just as other deals struck pre-crisis are called off or brought back to the negotiating table, the telecoms sector saw a massive international M&A announcement last week.
05/11/2020
It is as much about the vast array of technologies without which electrification would be impossible.