Arbuthnot to expand into commercial banking
Arbuthnot Banking Group announced a 65% jump in pre-tax profit for the first half of 2015 to £15.7m and plans to expand into commercial banking.
Author: Geoff Candy
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Asian exports flash amber for Fed hike hawks
The recent fall in Asian exports should raise a few alarm bells for market watchers, say UBS economists Joshua McCullum and Gianluca Moretti.
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ETF assets eclipse hedge funds as post-crisis investors shift focus
Assets invested in exchange traded funds eclipsed that in hedge funds for the first time in the second quarter ETFGI said on Monday.
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PA ANALYSIS: Fool’s gold, or the golden ticket?
Gold fell through the psychological $1,100 per ounce level on Monday as prices plunged more than 4% in morning trade.
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Financials boost UK’s Q2 dividend payout to record
A 33.3% year-on-year rise in financial sector dividends helped push the total dividend paid by UK companies to a record £29.2bn for the second quarter.
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Shale and the importance of face to face meetings, especially offshore
We are often asked how much value we really get from meeting with companies face to face that you can’t achieve by reading a conference call transcript or annual report.
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Ashes Investment Blog: Funds, runs and the quest for balance
As with markets, so with cricket. After the variable bounce infused contest that saw Australia comprehensively beaten in Cardiff, the second test has started much more poorly for England on a road of a pitch at Lords – an indication of just how quickly things can change.
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Laser-focused on wealth management – Abberley
Charles Stanley’s recently approved strategy to focus with laser-like precision on wealth management is based on three things, says CEO Paul Abberley.
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PA ANALYSIS: Volatility, bad omens and the dangers of central bank intervention
It is probably a good thing that most investors don’t tend to believe in bad omens.
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Chinese equity rout slows but at what cost?
Chinese markets rose on Thursday, bringing relief from the frenzied selling that had characterised markets over the past few days and hope that the authorities increasingly heavy-handed measures to stop the rout had finally begun to work.
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‘Radical’ budget a double edged sword for business
Consensus is that George Osborne’s first majority budget was a radical one, announcing, among other things new dividend allowances, the abolishment of ‘non-dom’ status and £12bn in welfare cuts. For business, however, it seems it was something of a mixed bag.
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Passives, specialty fund growth to continue at expense of core – BCG
Assets under management by the global asset management industry rose to a record $74 trn in 2014, The Boston Consulting Group said.
