Investment

Europe | 3 Feb 16

Asset managers with an anchor in Europe most likely won’t be losing too much sleep over the prospect of the UK leaving the EU, but they should still be preparing for the coming uncertainty, says ALFI.

Equities | 3 Feb 16

Money has flooded into benchmark-tracking exchange traded funds as investors chase low-cost access to major asset markets.

Equities | 3 Feb 16

The bears have gone back into hibernation, and European equities will return in excess of 5% in the remainder of the year. That’s the almost unanimous opinion of international asset managers.

Equities | 2 Feb 16

“Secrets are lies, sharing is caring, privacy is theft,” a chilling extract from Dave Eggers’ ‘The Circle’, a superb dystopian novel on the logical outcome of our addiction to the internet and social media. Alphabet’s crowning as the world’s most valuable company suggests the future is already here.

Investment | 2 Feb 16

One of the two defendants involved in a long-running financial mis-selling case in Dubai has failed to comply with a Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) court demand to deposit its share of a damages award pending an appeal.