12/09/2012
CEOs of Australia’s financial services industry believe that the cost and complexity of regulation is crippling productivity growth at a national and industry level according to the Financial Services Council-DST Global Solutions CEO Report, release
12/09/2012
Check that you are not overexposed to bonds
12/06/2012
Wealth Manager Fleming Family & Partners (FF&P) has picked what it calls five winning and five losing strategies for 2013. Notably, the firm sees opportunities in US mortgaged-backed securities, emerging markets debt and gold.
12/06/2012
Katherine Nixon is chief investment officer for the personal financial services business at Northern Trust.
12/06/2012
Luca Paolini, Chief Strategist at Pictet Asset Management provides a summary of his key market and asset allocation views.
12/05/2012
HMRC surprised us all with the announcement earlier this week that more funding had been found for additional resources to clamp down on the tax dodgers.
12/05/2012
Wealth Management Survey Reveals Financial Firms Can Avoid Significant Wealth Attrition by Courting Younger Investors With Preferred Technology and Services
12/05/2012
We believe Wednesday’s Autumn Statement from UK Chancellor George Osborne leaves the UK on the right path, although with the economy stuck in the doldrums, a credit-rating downgrade remains a threat.
12/05/2012
The financial services sector scores lowest on both counts in the Right Management survey that reviewed performance in three key sectors
12/05/2012
This year has been a record in terms of Asian bond issuance as more investors buy into the long-term story, and we see no reason why this can’t continue.”
12/05/2012
The Government’s mission to create a safe financial system is “unrealistic” and is making the banks “uninvestable”, a group of Britain’s biggest investors has warned.
12/04/2012
New research shows that awareness of ethical investments is growing, and almost half of us are likely to opt for them in the future
12/03/2012
"We're not against some business being done in London, but the bulk of the business should be under our control. That's the consequence of the choice by the UK to remain outside the euro area."
12/03/2012
“What many investors currently perceive as safe haven assets could turn out to be the snake lurking in the grass next year.”
12/03/2012
According to the latest Adviser Barometer research from Aviva, in the final quarter before the Retail Distribution Review is implemented in January 2013, over a third of advisers (34%) say they are contemplating changing their main platform in the next 1
12/03/2012
“Investors head into 2013 knowing that few of the fundamental economic problems in the developed world have been solved – and many of them could remain unresolved throughout the year.
12/02/2012
The Retail Distribution Review (RDR) in the UK and the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) Act in Australia are examples of a new regulatory regime that embraces the fee-for-service business model in wealth management.
12/02/2012
But below the underlying good news there are still gaps in the boardroom.
12/02/2012
A slightly stronger world recovery in 2013 and 2014 should lead to a slight drop in gold demand, ABN Amro said in a note.
12/02/2012
Will it be a little snowy elf from No11, or an old bank cracker about to go bang?