Investors in wait-and-see mode as data give few hints
Financial markets have lacked direction in recent months, with the main equity indices all very close to where they were at the start of the year. Macroeconomic data are not strong enough to reinvigorate the bull market, yet not sufficiently weak to stoke fears of recession.
Ex-Irish Life chief executive guilty of conspiracy to defraud
Former Irish Life and Permanent chief executive Denis Casey has been convicted of conspiracy to defraud in the run-up to the 2008 banking crisis.
Singapore to overtake London as second largest offshore hub
Singapore is expected to overtake London as the world’s second largest offshore financial centre by 2020, a new report suggests.
Alternatives | 9 Jun 16
Generali Germany folded into Generali Investments
Generali Investments Deutschland (GID) has been merged into Generali Investments, as part of the group’s strategy to streamline its global asset management operations.
Best Practice | 9 Jun 16
How to use professional connections to do succession planning
In the first of a series looking at wealth and succession planning from a legal perspective, Edward Stone, partner at Irwin Mitchell Private Wealth, explains how lawyers and investment advisers can work together to ensure their clients’ wealth and succession objectives are fully met.