12/23/2015
In today's Outlook for 2016, Louisa Lo, Head of Greater China Equities, highlights the importance of bottom-up stock selection for 2016 against a backdrop of sluggish economic growth and anaemic earnings
12/23/2015
HMRC has recently been criticised for being too soft on criminal tax investigations. But hold on to your hats because a leaner, meaner taxman is getting ready to take on the serious evaders in 2016…
12/22/2015
The beginning of the new millennium’s first financial crisis is usually dated to the bursting of the housing bubble in the US in 2007; identifying the close of a crisis is a trickier business.
12/21/2015
Well the answer is complicated by a number of factors most importantly, we just don’t know a lot of about Santa’s rounds, the shape of the sleigh, the air speed of the craft, or the weight of all those presents. But, we can take some educated
12/21/2015
In their outlook they see a major turning point occurring in the business cycle at this point.
12/20/2015
The Cayman Islands may offer sleek Ferrari style products but the BVI has packed on some muscle recently and, like the Mustang GT in this YouTube clip, is giving Cayman some competition.
12/20/2015
In the investment world every day is different. Yes, some aspects may seem repetitive but every day, every year, we learn new things. It’s like cooking: the raw materials and the recipes might look the same, but each restaurant is different from the
12/20/2015
“Christmas at my house is always at least six or seven times more pleasant than anywhere else. We start drinking early. And while everyone else is seeing only one Santa Claus, we'll be seeing six or seven.' - W.C. Fields.
12/20/2015
Although it can date part of its roots back to 1771, with the founding of the private bank, Williams Deacon & Co, the bank remained independent before being taken over by Royal Bank of Scotland
12/18/2015
The fund now has “a strong weighting” in property, representing 11 per cent of the portfolio.
12/18/2015
Seven years after the end of one of the worst world recessions, inflation is nowhere to be found
12/18/2015
2016 is set to be a year in which economic growth in the developed economies levels out at around 2%.
12/17/2015
Asian interest in UK residential real estate is building rapidly, and Temple Field is increasingly and strongly of the view that the true impact of Chinese investment into the UK, and in particular the London residential property market, has only just beg
12/17/2015
US interest rate - comment from Nancy Curtin, CIO, Close Brothers
12/17/2015
China is stabilising, but emerging market exports are weak
12/17/2015
There is considerable interest to tap into the increased consumer spending in Asian economies, as the rising salaries of the region’s growing middle class are expected to further drive demand for consumer products.
12/17/2015
Colleagues are encouraged instead to go for low-key lunches or dinners within their teams.
12/16/2015
Some lost so much of their investors’ money this year that they have written apology letters.
12/16/2015
Others with some exposure to the sports and/or political world are very aware that there is an end to every trend which can be surprising and dramatic.
12/16/2015
The report states that High Net Worth respondents have been working with their wealth management firm for 13.6 years on average.