03/25/2013
Economic reality confounds the gloomsters
A relentless diet of pessimism fails to reflect the prospect of better times ahead
Comment & Analysis
03/25/2013
Financial crisis far from over, says outgoing Bank of England chief
Whichever crisis we are talking about, it is far from over
03/25/2013
Cyprus's banks have been tamed – are Malta and Luxembourg next?
Bank of Cyprus will become a shadow of its former self
03/25/2013
Coutts' commentary - Global View from Asia - Getting beyond Cyprus
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
Saudi bank profit seen to ease in 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
BRICS Nations Plan New Bank to Bypass World Bank, IMF
“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
British expats caught in drive to boost French taxes
Tax is indeed proving to be taxing for many inhabitants of France – including British expats
03/24/2013
Bad week for hastily conceived notions
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
Stop Blaming Our Financial Industry And Start Feting Our Financial Industry
Just how important is the Financial Services Industry to the UK?
03/24/2013
Lehman lessons weigh on Cyprus talks but 1920s slump must not be ignored
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
Coutts Global Markets Weekly - 25 March 2013
Hope for equities as Cyprus agrees bailout deal?
03/24/2013
How do you solve a problem like Italy? - Andrea Williams, Manager of the Royal London European Equity Income Fund
Italian GDP is 8% below its pre-crisis peak, whereas Spain and the UK are 5% and 3.3% below respectively.
03/21/2013
Rothschild Sees Several ‘Big’ German IPOs After Equities Rally
More than 700 companies or stakes in companies were sold in Germany in 2012 with a total volume of $65 billion.
03/21/2013
Spring showers again? - BofA Merrill Lynch Research
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
The Budget 2013 – What happened? by Geoff Cook, CEO of Jersey Finance
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
UK should prepare for wealth exodus after election
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.
03/20/2013
Outlook on Cyprus: J.P. Morgan Private Bank
César Pérez, Chief Investment Strategist for Europe, Middle-East and Africa at J.P. Morgan Private Bank comments on the outlook for Cyprus
03/20/2013
Budget 2013 | An intervention to change behaviour - Withers
"Britain is moving to low and competitive taxes. But we should insist people and businesses pay those taxes, not aggressively avoid them or evade them."
03/19/2013
BDO: Looming transaction tax is bad news for European fund management
The EU FTT is going to hit the European fund management industry hard.
03/19/2013
Gold: a temporary correction or the end of a bull cycle?
"While nature essentially controls the quantity of gold in existence, it is men who assign it values in terms of dollars and pounds and rubles."