04/05/2016
The Panama Papers allegations are not representative of the offshore financial industry
The comments from Nigel Green, founder and chief executive of deVere Group, follow a major leak of confidential documents from Panamanian law firm, Mossack Fonseca.
04/05/2016
A ceiling wasn't enough -- see what women face with the 'glass cliff'
So, the glass cliff says that when the going gets tough, women first.
04/04/2016
To take another obvious example from history, the development of internal combustion engines in the 20th century
04/04/2016
“By virtue of exchange, one man’s prosperity is beneficial to all others.” - Frédéric Bastiat.
04/03/2016
"I will tell you how to become rich. Close the doors. Be fearful when others are greedy. Be greedy when others are fearful." - Warren Buffett
04/03/2016
It's the Spring ISA season again. Nowadays Spring is not just daffodils and budding trees but also the hectic promotion of the seemingly national institution that is the ISA cut-off date - which, by the way, is midnight Tuesday, 5 April.
04/01/2016
The Australian-born, 57-year-old investment banker is an avid poker player.
03/31/2016
It’s beginning to look as though making public the country-by-country reporting of multinational corporations might be an easy win for those concerned with restoring the credentials of tax systems worldwide.
03/30/2016
Currency complications
03/29/2016
Just over three months after the authorities lifted the four-decade ban on crude oil exports, the U.S. has actually exported less this year than it did over the same period the year before, when the ban was still in place.
03/28/2016
As anyone who has invested money knows, Ariadne’s feeling that she was foolish to risk it all is a common one.
03/28/2016
Consumers are finally revolting against an outdated industry
03/28/2016
Private funds are increasingly popular with international High Net Worth families and investors.
03/28/2016
You put your card in the cash machine but nothing comes out. The bank's IT systems have crashed again.
03/24/2016
The All-Party Parliamentary Group on responsible tax has been examining the OECD’s BEPS recommendations to the G20. So what was the outcome?
03/24/2016
Strategy update from BNP Paribas Investment Partners’ Multi Asset Solutions team.
03/24/2016
Central bank action, inaction or forward guidance has collectively soothed financial market nerves.
03/22/2016
The signals—three downside risks and three potential upside catalysts—are revealed in a blog, “Upside or downside? A look at today’s equity market”, by Vadim Zlotnikov, AB’s Chief Market Strategist.
03/21/2016
Yet most robo-advisors say the personal touch investors historically valued, especially high net-worth clients, are no longer needed.
03/21/2016
“In this world, nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes” Benjamin Franklin