01/28/2014
The SEC, having feasted upon the flesh of Swiss bankers, stood upright, wiped its blood-stained mouth on the back of its hand, cleared its throat, spat, pulled up its collar against the bitter north wind, and chuckling softly under its breath, slipped uns
01/28/2014
Discussions with HMRC reveal key issues
01/28/2014
Advisers need to understand distinctions between women and men investors
01/27/2014
Good in theory - poor in execution
01/27/2014
So farewell then, forward guidance. We barely knew you. We were never fans of this policy and said as much. Here, for example, is what we wrote in ‘The Spectator’ last October:
01/27/2014
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01/27/2014
It was like the 1980s and the fictional world of Gordon Gekko all over again.
01/27/2014
UBS Chief Sergio Ermotti Says Banks' Woes Don't Reflect Broader Cultural Problems
01/27/2014
A former lawyer-turned-fundraiser and adventurer from Oxford who says his body often feels as though it is "encased in concrete" due to Parkinson's Disease, has completed the final stage of an epic, four-year challenge.
01/27/2014
Rather than shift the goal posts on “forward guidance”, the Bank of England may be dropping it in its current form, just six months after its introduction
01/24/2014
While Hoey believes that inflation will rise eventually, he thinks it will drift higher only gradually over the coming years and that governments and central banks will be tolerant of that gradual upward drift in inflation.
01/24/2014
Digitization, automation, and other advances are transforming industries, labor markets, and the global economy. In this interview, MIT’s Andrew McAfee and McKinsey’s James Manyika discuss how executives and policy makers can respond.
01/24/2014
To ensure that corporate culture supports—not hinders—the ability of women to reach top management, companies must address mind-sets and develop a more inclusive, holistic diversity agenda.
01/24/2014
Last week a group of free-thinkers gathered in Guernsey with the simple brief of making the island the best place to live on the earth.
01/23/2014
Switzerland to demolish their secrecy walls that have historically
01/23/2014
Top bank executives are struggling to convince the world’s business elite in Davos the financial system is safer, more than five years since it fell into crisis.
01/23/2014
Davos: global economy not safe until 2020, says Barclays chief Antony Jenkin
Barclays chief Antony Jenkins says that despite increased regulation across the banking system, there was still much work to be done
01/22/2014
Ongoing Rise in Optimism for 2014 Growth - BofA Merrill Lynch
Rising Overvaluations No Bar to Overweighting Equities
01/22/2014
But finding that growth has gotten tougher.
01/22/2014
Wealth-X speaks to Simon Smiles, the global chief investment officer of the ultra wealthy segment at UBS, about how he keeps the bank’s UHNW clientele happy