08/20/2012
Phil Oxenham, marketing manager for Skandia International, the offshore business of Old Mutual Wealth Management, said based on returns alone, most investment decisions would have paid off during the first half of 2012.
08/20/2012
The backlash, dubbed the "shareholder spring", has cost the jobs of executives such as Aviva boss Andrew Moss, and Sly Bailey, head of newspaper group Trinity Mirror.
08/19/2012
The two decided to go it alone when accountant Arthur Andersen began its merger talks with D&W in 1997, as questions were raised over how private clients would fit into the business.
08/19/2012
Liquidators personally chased him for £100m and he was limited to earning less than £3,000 a month to stop them taking a cut.
08/16/2012
Try exchange-traded funds and mutual funds. The money is flowing in, and Turkey-based indexes are outperforming.
08/16/2012
Ramanan rounded up some pretty incredible Nicholas Kaldor quotes on Europe from the early 70′s. It’s really remarkable commentary given the time it was written.
08/15/2012
The Asia-focused bank agreed to a fine of $340m and to allow monitors and examiners of his choice reporting to the New York State department of financial services to be installed in its New York branch to ensure it is abiding by anti-money laundering legi
08/15/2012
In the Soviet era, children were recruited to inform on their parents. While we support HMRC in its reasonable efforts to manage the tax system, recruiting children in to a Stasi-style venture might, we suggest, be going a little too far.
08/14/2012
Shave off £5.8bn and set to bake for one week. Take out of oven right before courtroom hearing. Serve cold to investors.
08/13/2012
There is a no-holds-barred offensive to run each other down, accusing the other side of bias and conspiracies
08/13/2012
It’s become received wisdom that China has to feature prominently in the plans of investment banks that describe themselves as or which aspire to be global these days.
08/13/2012
It is quite a consensus call to have an overweight position on developed market credit, but we think this still makes a lot of sense.
08/12/2012
Until recently most of the torrent of bad headlines concerned the venality and greed of bankers, and how the ills of a world in recession are mostly their fault.
08/12/2012
Peter Sands, the chief executive of Standard Chartered and until last week the High Priest of banking virtue, must be wondering what he's done in a previous life to deserve the attentions of Benjamin Lawsky.
08/12/2012
The former chairman of Morgan Stanley and ex-deputy chairman of Lloyds TSB may tick boxes that cover requisite experience in investment and retail banking.
08/12/2012
In this Perspective Ruth Lea, Economic Adviser to the Arbuthnot Banking Group, discusses, firstly, the Bank of England’s latest, gloomy, downgrades to their GDP forecasts and, secondly, trends in Britain’s trade figures.
08/09/2012
Sir David’s appointment is also a surprise, given his age.
08/09/2012
The new reality for wealth managers will be characterised by lower margins, increased costs and client caution.
08/09/2012
Offshore arrangements are increasingly in the spotlight as the Government looks to block tax leakages.
08/09/2012
‘$upercapitalist,’ Hedge Fund Trader in Hong Kong