10/10/2016
"In a world of uncertainty, go for quality growth & sensible risk" by Penny Lovell
This week was all about our quarterly investment presentations and great to catch up with so many clients and advisers.
Comment & Analysis
10/10/2016
Opinion: STEP unprepared for existential crisis
There are two problems with this approach. Firstly, as Jersey Finance found, unless you deal with them, these attacks don’t go away, they intensify.
10/10/2016
When Politics And Policy Collide
The system categorises risks as either institutional or cyclical, before identifying the precise factors that create a risk to investments.
10/10/2016
Meet the Investment Influencers: Roddy Buchanan of WH Ireland
The challenges of being a successful asset allocator and fund selector become greater with every market cycle and the way everyone approaches and thinks about these issues is different.
10/10/2016
Why is the FTSE 100 near all-time highs - and can it go higher?
Sterling has hit a 31-year low and the prospect of a “hard” Brexit has reduced expectations for growth in the British economy in the near-term, so why is the stockmarket approaching all-time highs?
10/07/2016
What makes a successful asset manager?
The real test of a successful manager is one who performs over time
10/06/2016
The Missing Link by Dr Walid El Abed
The Data Excellence Management System DEMS to Enable “Govern by Value” for Perpetual Excellence”
10/06/2016
How To Close America's Wealth Gap
Trends are heading in the wrong direction.
10/06/2016
SANNE enters into agreement to acquire established fund administration business in US
There are significant similarities between the services that FAS and SANNE each provide to their respective client bases.
10/06/2016
Fintech's 'Third Wave' Is Coming, And It Will Change Everything
Third wave of innovation will drive the long term change
10/06/2016
Global Britain - a country that works for everyone
London should make its case as Europe’s leading banking centre, contributing to stability, jobs and growth.
10/05/2016
St. James’s Place – “Politics continues to weigh on markets”
As former chancellor Ken Clark warned that “nobody in the government has the first idea of what they’re going to do next on the Brexit front”, Theresa May finally revealed her post-Brexit plans.
10/05/2016
Standard Life Investments - Weekly Economic Briefing - Riding mini cycles
It has been a rotten 18 months for the global trade and production cycle.
10/04/2016
Private bankers, you have worse coming. Don’t fight it
First, there was FATCA, or the U.S. Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, which made it obligatory for financial institutions around the world to monitor the activities of U.S. citizens and report them to the Internal Revenue Service.
10/04/2016
Unleashing China’s Untapped Wealth
Releasing pent-up demand for international assets would raise domestic incomes, but only if the market is free to work.
10/04/2016
Chinese banks sail into uncharted waters as they expand globally
The slap on the wrist comes as domestic Chinese banks are poised to accelerate their overseas expansion over the next five years as they follow their clients abroad.
10/04/2016
How to remove the funds blockage in Asian private banking
It ultimately resulted in interviews with 38 individuals representing 23 private banks in Hong Kong and Singapore
10/04/2016
Singapore luxury property 'cheap' for rich multinational buyers, pros say
Singapore's extremely-high-end properties are now cheap compared with similar luxury properties in other major capital cities
10/03/2016
Top 10 tips, 50 years on by Penny Lovell
"You slaved for your savings – now make them do the same for you" – Money Mail September 28th 1966
10/03/2016
Crisis fatigue by Tm Price
We’re living in an era of fraud in America. Not just in banking. But in government, education, food, religion, journalism, prisons, baseball...