10/01/2013
New draconian controls on bank bosses will scare off the talent
Who would want to be a bank boss?
Comment & Analysis
10/01/2013
Rothschild Market Perspective October 2013
Despite limits to potential upside, equities remain preferred asset class as markets enjoy abundant liquidity
10/01/2013
Private Banking Special: Daniel Savary, Julius Baer
Faced with such regional wealth growth, Dubai is increasingly emerging into a regional hub for private banking services
09/30/2013
Self-Servicing for Investment Reporting
The Future of Investment Reporting
09/30/2013
Global Markets Weekly 30 September 2013 - Coutts
Economic trends will be clouded by politics this week
09/30/2013
High net worth investors fight off GFC hangovers
Individuals and families have still felt comfortable because it has not been worth risking the loss to get the return
09/30/2013
Office of Financial Research Delivers Report on Asset Management Industry
Office of Financial Research (OFR) Delivers Report on Asset Management Industry
09/30/2013
Foreign funds pour into UK
Flows of money from overseas investors boosted funds at British asset managers to a record £5.4trn last year, it has emerged.
09/30/2013
Crispin Odey on Recovery, Regulation and Skin in the Game
Crispin Odey, probably the only hedge fund manager who's had a sausage named after him
09/30/2013
Simon Chamberlain: Succession is Perfect mix of Hargreaves and SJP
'Like Hargreaves we own our own open architecture platform and [we] both use fund management as an outsourced commodity.
09/29/2013
Here Are The 50 Most Innovative Companies In The World
In its new report, The Most Innovative Companies 2013: Lessons from Leaders, the firm reveals the 50 companies that this year's sample of over 1,500 international executives ranked as the most innovative.
09/29/2013
UK fund association rejects ‘index clones’ claims
SCM said its analysis had exposed “a giant con”. Investors could have saved around £3bn in fees over the past five years if they had chosen low-cost passive funds over index clones.
09/29/2013
Party Politicking in Power by Justin Urquhart Stewart
One of the things I really hate about this season is the party conferences where all the politicians seem to take it in turn to show off their latest sound bites.
09/29/2013
Financial crisis ‘led to the loss of 7m jobs’
The human cost of the financial crisis was the obliteration of 7m jobs across the developed world since the second quarter of 2008
09/29/2013
Boutique Asset Managers Need to Clear ‘Institutionalization’ hurdle to Achieve Agile Growth - RESEARCH
This is defined as the growing list of operational and organizational minimum requirements an asset manager must meet in order to attract assets.
09/29/2013
Horlick Looks North for EIS Opportunities
Horlick is highly regarded in the finance industry - in the 1990s she balanced a high-flying finance career with bringing up a large family. Today she manages investments for Rockpool Investments, produces films and sits on the board of an NHS trust.
09/26/2013
"Global Regulatory Reforms: What’s Done, What To Watch For" - Ravi Menon, Managing Director, MAS
The crisis exposed deep fault lines in the global financial system and spurred far-reaching financial regulatory reforms, aimed at building a more resilient financial industry that better serves the needs of the real economy.
09/25/2013
Nicola Horlick: "Crowdfunding is a drug going straight into the lifeblood of the economy"
City Superwoman Nicola Horlick is a crowdfunding convert following the success of her recent project on Seedrs, raising £150,000
09/25/2013
Chief Secretary announces Government action on tax avoidance by George Bull
Danny Alexander’s surprise announcement last week, and why it’s about time the Government acknowledged that once again, it’s got to the wrong place but for some of the right reasons.
09/25/2013
It is the regulators who now pose the biggest threats to financial stability
Try as you might, it’s hard to feel any sympathy for Britain’s banks.