05/18/2016
Contrary to much we’ve heard in the last week, not everyone who uses a “tax haven structure” does so to evade tax or to conceal the proceeds of crime - as a recent court ruling has recognised. While the temptation to name and shame may b
05/18/2016
There are strong rumours that Prime Minister Abe is looking to postpone the next hike in the consumption tax scheduled for April next year.
05/18/2016
Bitcoin has often been touted as a Ponzi Scheme- although it clearly is not – but the world of traditional finance is filled with similar pitfalls.
05/17/2016
Joël Reuland, manager of the BL-Global wealth management mixed funds, presents its fund BL-Global 50, the neutral profile within the range.
05/17/2016
They’ve come a long way from their origins as convenient vehicles in which to combine equities, fixed income and property.
05/16/2016
While I’m not entirely certain that Ben Franklin ever did say "a penny saved is a penny earned", I do know that Woody Allen said “money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons."
05/16/2016
Size isn’t just a barrier to efficiency in asset management. Beyond a certain limit, size threatens operational performance in just about every facet of life. In the words of the late Dr. Albert Bartlett, emeritus professor of physics at the Univers
05/16/2016
Losses will be directed to insurance companies, pension funds and private investors – bailing them out may prove to be politically necessary
05/16/2016
In Ang's opinion, the development of custom, factor-tailored products is going to usher in a whole different age of investing.
05/16/2016
On its website, Oraxy is described as “the world’s first private global marketplace reserved exclusively for UHNWI, which translates to Ultra High Net Worth Individuals.
05/15/2016
With the Olympic men's golf competition to be played from August 11-14, the year's final major, the PGA Championship, has been brought forward to late July from its traditional date in the second week of August.
05/13/2016
This makes us feel that currency risk is elevated and also that short term interest rates will remain low for an extended period, even if the US has begun putting rates up.
05/12/2016
GAM's Larry Hatheway on Markets - Dollar weakness and outlook for US interest rates
Higher US growth or inflation could reverse dollar sentiment
05/12/2016
China: "Not as badly broken as some would suggest" - Matt Sheldon, Kleinwort Benson Investors
“Having visited those driving change in China, I am less confused and increasingly of the belief that the next few years will be stronger than the market currently predicts.”
05/12/2016
Looking beyond the disappointment in US employment growth
05/12/2016
As a result individuals rightly worry about the likely outcome of general elections and referenda.
05/12/2016
On Friday, you may still wish to keep a hold of a rabbit’s foot and treat mirrors with extra care, but it really shouldn’t be a day to avoid the stock markets
05/12/2016
As voters up and down the country prepare to go to the polls on 23 June, Richard Carter, fixed interest specialist at Quilter Cheviot, assesses the potential impact on key asset classes.
05/11/2016
The economy will likely improve and the market will have to rerate
05/11/2016
In the US, last week’s monthly payrolls report was weaker than expected, which received some negative attention. But job numbers are lagging indicators and April may have been little more than a subdued afterthought of the seasonally low-key winter