03/28/2013
Speirs has ambitious growth targets for Sanlam and he views the model adopted by SJP and Towry, which combines restricted advice with in-house products, as his best means of achieving it.
03/27/2013
"China has seen an explosive growth of wealth management products, which could turn out to be its very own subprime."
03/27/2013
As the problems in Cyprus continue to make the headlines on a daily basis, we ask whether the sun could soon be setting on its reputation as a tax-favoured holding company location for international groups.
03/27/2013
Patrick Colle kicked-off the event by providing a brief company update, focusing on key 2012 achievements.
03/25/2013
A relentless diet of pessimism fails to reflect the prospect of better times ahead
03/25/2013
Whichever crisis we are talking about, it is far from over
03/25/2013
Bank of Cyprus will become a shadow of its former self
03/25/2013
The world may not be firing on all cylinders, but a combination of good US growth and an increasingly confident Japan should provide a solid backdrop for higher-risk securities to move higher.
03/25/2013
"As a result, we expect Saudi Banks to have lower profit growth that is also due to reduced income from brokerage," said Mahmood Akbar, the equity research analyst at NCB Capital .
03/25/2013
“There’s a shift in power from the traditional to the emerging world. There is a lot of geo-political concern about this shift in the western world.”
03/25/2013
Tax is indeed proving to be taxing for many inhabitants of France – including British expats
03/24/2013
It’s been a bad week for hastily conceived notions – draft one of the Cyprus bank rescue package and the UK Help-To-Buy scheme to name but two.
03/24/2013
Just how important is the Financial Services Industry to the UK?
03/24/2013
Failure to rescue the US bank will be borne in mind, but the European precedent to current woes is also worth consideration
03/24/2013
Hope for equities as Cyprus agrees bailout deal?
03/24/2013
Italian GDP is 8% below its pre-crisis peak, whereas Spain and the UK are 5% and 3.3% below respectively.
03/21/2013
More than 700 companies or stakes in companies were sold in Germany in 2012 with a total volume of $65 billion.
03/21/2013
Over the past three years, at around this time, market sentiment has softened amid worries about rising tensions in Europe, slowing US growth and moderating Chinese activity. These themes have returned to the forefront, but with less intensity and with a
03/21/2013
George Osborne delivered a politically adept speech against a backdrop of grim economic news, introducing tax cuts for business, a boost for home buyers and help for the ‘squeezed middle’ at a net cost of £140m, avoiding the cardinal sin
03/21/2013
A tax hike could be the tipping point for many high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth individuals, who are the most mobile in society due to their abundant resources.