07/07/2013
It is difficult to know quite where to start in extolling the virtues of this semi-mythical godlike being who has just descended to earth to take up his new position at the central bank of the United Kingdom.
07/07/2013
For those who know me, they will understand that I am a big fan of trains and am often to be found enjoying an afternoon’s heavy shunting somewhere outside Newark
07/07/2013
In this Perspective Ruth Lea, Economic Adviser to the Arbuthnot Banking Group, discusses “forward guidance”, the “Spending Round 2013” and some encouraging economic news.
07/07/2013
Towers Watson survey shows total global alternative assets under management exceed $5 trillion.
07/06/2013
The herd is selling gold – so should you be buying, asks Richard Dyson.
07/05/2013
China’s banks are now the biggest in the world but fears are growing they are very unstable, writes Harry Wilson.
07/04/2013
Charities are exempt from SDLT on purchases of property which they are to use either in their charitable work
07/03/2013
FCA launches private client division and warns of further thematic reviews
Speech by Clive Adamson, Director of Supervision, the FCA, at the APCIMS Compliance Conference, London.
07/02/2013
Keith Wade comments on the effects of potential QE tapering on emerging markets
06/30/2013
The major central banks have made small policy mistakes over the past month, but the good news is that they are reminding investors they are in no rush to head for the exits.
06/30/2013
Summer slump or Summer sale?
06/30/2013
“For all its problems and excesses,” he writes, “the credit-boom era was still better than the current nightmare of having asset prices effectively set by governments.”
06/30/2013
"This is the 5th edition of this invaluable research which allows us to fully understand the actions and desires of international buyers.
06/30/2013
The 95th CBI/PwC Financial Services Survey shows that the industry’s recovery is gaining momentum.
06/30/2013
BNP Paribas’ latest edition of Quintessence addresses a number of ‘hot topics’ ranging from regulation challenges, collateral management and outsourcing, as well as new perspectives on global developments in the financial world.
06/30/2013
Central banks soothe uneasy markets
06/30/2013
The financial crisis of 2008 threw the banking markets into a frenzy from which they have yet to fully recover.
06/30/2013
The euro ceases to exist the moment that France leaves, and that is our incredible strength
06/27/2013
Mixed messages and double standards – how the protracted debate over taxing the multinationals is creating uncertainty and confusion for business.
06/26/2013
29% of senior banking executives see their biggest challenge as retaining the loyalty of more demanding and better informed customers