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
05/11/2016
As Lewis brings his impeccable American accent back as gazillionaire Bobby Axelrod in new show Billions, he talks Tony Blair, megalomania and megabucks
05/10/2016
Over 50% of all European deals in 2015 took place in the UK, as the UK M&A market re-established itself as one of the most dynamic markets for domestic and cross-border transactions.
05/10/2016
More a case of ‘be careful what you wish for’?
05/10/2016
Although most companies have perfected the art of managing analysts’ expectations, the corporate earnings season is producing fewer surprises although the general trend of a slowdown in profits seems to be continuing.
05/10/2016
The US economy is showing mixed signs with another 160,000 unemployed and the dollar hitting a 15-month low last week but factory orders rising faster than expected.
05/09/2016
30 Years of Radical Change in Fintech
The world has changed so radically and at the same time, so has financial services. In this day and age, you might not carry cash because you might not need cash.
05/09/2016
Africa faces challenges as global banks pull out, says Bob Diamond
The fast-growing economies of Africa face headwinds from the pull-back of international banks from the continent, Barclays' erstwhile-chief executive told CNBC, as the bank moves to sell down its business in Africa.
05/09/2016
Leicester City - don't leave financial success down to luck by Penny lovell
As a Leicester girl, I was ecstatic when The Foxes won the Premiership earlier this week - so much so that I spent more time than I should have singing in the office on Tuesday morning (this did not go down well with the Tottenham supporters!). I also enj
05/09/2016
It's May again! by Justin Urquhart Stewart
Oh dear…another one of those tiresome annual market phrases again: "Sell in May and go away, and don't come back until St Leger Day".
05/09/2016
With superlatives coming thick and fast, we might conclude that this is one of the most striking moments in the history of British sport.