Opinion
20 May 2013
While the eurozone economies remained mired by the currency and debt crisis, the UK appears to be breaking free, with a string of more encouraging economics releases. But this has yet to show through in most economists’ forecasts.
17 May 2013
Demographic types get terribly excited about epochal moments. The good news is this year is, apparently, one of these important moments, as it is the year in which the average baby boomer turns 55.
17 May 2013
Much has been said about the future of smaller, independent advisers, and maybe even some of the larger firms, but what about the fate of fund management companies? If RDR is proving a challenge to the adviser part of the market, the same can only be true for fund managers.
13 May 2013
Thinking about India from an entertainment perspective, two characteristics rooted in its culture immediately spring to mind.
13 May 2013
Psychologists have long known we are more likely to react to a perceived risk than a perceived good.
13 May 2013
Have you come across many financial assets that strike you as cheap...as in “must fill my boots with that stuff because the price is a bit bonkers”?
08 May 2013
The recent all-singing, all-dancing platform regulations from the FCA were something of a landmark for the industry.
03 May 2013
The stock markets do enjoy a bit of money printing. The news of aggressive monetary policies from Japan has boosted Japanese share prices dramatically in recent months.
03 May 2013
All investment bankers and, arguably, most fund managers, are still woefully overpaid, but the rest of the financial services industry is beginning to feel a collective chill when it comes to costs.
03 May 2013
I wonder if the way the FCA and HMRC have dealt with the platform market offers a template for the way the industry is going to be regulated in the future?
29 April 2013
Only in our industry could we start with something called factory gate pricing, move onto full fat and skinny, before arriving at clean and super clean.
29 April 2013
Financial markets love to throw us a curve ball – just when you thought it was safe to start worrying about inflation in the future, up pops the evil deflationary gremlin of yesteryear.
29 April 2013
The revelation of some sloppy analysis by austerity academics Reinhart and Rogoff has thrown open the old division between the US administration and Europe over the wisdom of front-loaded spending cuts.
29 April 2013
With banks and brokers under pressure to raise capital levels and reduce risk in the aftermath of the credit crisis, many trading activities have been substantially (and permanently) cut back.
22 April 2013
I am now officially an orphan – an orphan client. My adviser rang me a few weeks ago and said he has had enough.
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