12/09/2014
We believe that what John Maynard Keynes referred to as “animal spirits” - a spontaneous urge to action rather than inaction, and not the outcome of a weighted average of quantitative benefits multiplied by quantitative probabilities - are wha
12/08/2014
These outlook pieces usually start with is set to be an eventful year for the industry’.
12/07/2014
The Human Cost for Economic Failure
12/07/2014
We need to stop the insanity
12/05/2014
The 2015 Investment Outlook provides insight from Arne Hassel, Head of Investments at Coutts and his senior team: Alan Higgins, Chief Investment Officer for the UK; Norman Villamin, Chief Investment Officer for Europe, Terence Moll, Head of Asset Allocati
12/04/2014
On The Record: PUBLICA, Switzerland Stefan Beiner Head of asset management and deputy CEO
The major concern remains the low interest rate environment. We do not believe rates will increase as fast as in other cycles.
12/04/2014
Low oil prices are not just a problem for oil companies. Investment funds, hungry for yield in a low interest rate environment, have poured money into oil and gas. To be sure, we are far from a crisis at this point, but if oil prices don't rebound, a
12/03/2014
CIO Year Ahead, the annual outlook published by UBS Wealth Management's CIO, forecasts investors facing a diverging world in 2015.
12/02/2014
In the African tax sphere, the trend remains for headline tax rates to continue to remain stable or decrease.
12/02/2014
They're bullish on the economy.
11/30/2014
Herds can be dangerous. Stand in the way of one and you can get trampled
11/30/2014
We believe the Federal Reserve’s large-scale asset purchase plan (so-called “quantitative easing”) should be reconsidered and discontinued.
11/27/2014
London ‘could be city state by 2035’
London could become a city state like Singapore by 2035 because of its economic dominance over the rest of Britain
11/27/2014
Last week I had the opportunity to attend the 2014 Government-Business Forum on Small Business Capital Formation in Washington D.C. where Commissioner Daniel M. Gallagher gave his opening remarks after the first panel.
11/27/2014
The Wealth Management Client Experience - Scorpio Partnership
“Put the customer at the heart of the service experience”
11/27/2014
Who set up Atlas Merchant Capital to invest in financial firms, sees opportunities as banks shrink
11/26/2014
What is there not to like? Well, Rob Taylor, the man at the Financial Conduct Authority with responsibility for the wealth management industry, thought of a few things yesterday.
11/24/2014
Market trends, hot investment funds and new sophisticated financial tools are being made available at the touch of a few buttons as banks add bells and whistles to attract investors and advisers.
11/24/2014
While Europe fiddles with the pay cap, other economic hubs are dividing the spoils
11/23/2014
Dodgy dashboards
Given the fact that I drive a 1964 Morris Traveller, I think she is entitled to have the occasional flashing light on her vintage dashboard.