05/05/2016
Following weak corporate earnings in the Eurozone, notably at Deutsche Bank whose pre-tax profits have fallen 60%, the European Central Bank plans to extend its asset-buying programme to corporate bonds in July, a move that may well encourage an increase
05/05/2016
We would not rule this out completely but it is possible that monetisation arrives through a different route.
05/04/2016
While the world was speculating about oil prices plunging to $20 and $10 per barrel, China was busy stockpiling its reserves
05/03/2016
In this week's update, Alan Higgins, Chief Investment Officer, Coutts, gives an asset allocation update plus our view on the winners and losers from Corporate earnings season and central-bank policy.
05/03/2016
In their efforts to jam the square peg of financial theory into the round hole of human nature, economists have perpetrated some pretty stupid things.
05/02/2016
It is time for regulators to investigate sales practices at banks, says Madison Marriage
05/02/2016
Theoretically, defragmentation of a super-fragmented system (there are 30,000 banks in the world) is possible with two systems only, vertical or horizontal, namely payment systems or Bitcoin respectively
05/01/2016
FDI increases by 25% in 2015, with restructuring playing a large role
05/01/2016
Sabine Heubner, in The Family in Roman Egypt*, describes how parents in second and third century Roman Egypt were expected to “feed and clothe their children, watch over their moral development, celebrate their coming of age, provide their sons with
05/01/2016
However do they actually feel it?
04/28/2016
Hatred of taxes by the wealthy has had real consequences.
04/28/2016
John Cryan and Jürgen Fitschen, Co-CEOs of Deutsche Bank, sent out the following message to the Bank’s employees on April 28, 2016
04/28/2016
The year is proving challenging for those that seek to second guess the market
04/28/2016
For decades, banking in Europe has been a one-size-fits-all solution – if you wanted banking services you went to one of the handful of large mainstream banks.
04/27/2016
The plan has been pioneered by the 30-year-old Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the second in line to the King, who has emerged as one of the most powerful figures in the Saudi government.
04/27/2016
Call me sad, but news that the OECD would today issue a statement on tax and Brexit gave me a sense of eager anticipation. We even delayed publication of this Tax Brief to study and interpret the results of the OECD’s work. So much anticipation&hell
04/26/2016
With the start of May just days away, should investors heed the old adage to ‘Sell in May and go away, don’t come back till St. Leger Day’, which advocates selling out of the stock market for the summer months?
04/26/2016
John Wood of J O Hambro, and fund manager of the St. James’s Place’s General Progressive fund believes that large multinational companies may have their headquarters in London but “their performance is not driven necessarily by what happ
04/25/2016
This particular intern is a millennial, a generation that some have suggested is entitled, self-centred and adverse to hard-work.
04/25/2016
What is the primary purpose of a stock exchange?