Analysis

Products | analysis 8 Dec 15

Structured notes continue to remain a popular alternative investment among offshore investors, although it remains increasingly difficult to decide between which ones to choose given the complexity of how they can be constructed, says Harpreet Sajjan, managing director of S7 Capital Management.

Macro Views | analysis 3 Dec 15

ECB President Mario Draghi disappointed markets on Thursday. While the Bank delivered a 10 basis point cut to the deposit rate to an historic -0.3%, and extended the deadline of its asset purchase programme by six months, it kept the main refinancing and marginal lending rates steady at 5 and 30 basis points respectively.

Tax & Regulation | analysis 25 Nov 15

Chancellor George Osborne showed a steely determination to tackle some of the cosier aspects of the lives of the wealthy in this year’s Autumn Statement. Tax evasion, capital gains tax and second homes came under scrutiny in an otherwise relatively benign budget.

United Kingdom | analysis 23 Nov 15

As we enter winter there are clouds on the horizon for the United Kingdom economy and Chancellor George Osborne has to deliver his Autumn Statement against an increasingly murky backdrop.

United Kingdom | analysis 19 Nov 15

Break a mirror, and you’ll get seven years of bad luck. Break the banking system, and it’ll take that long just for regulators to work out who’s to blame.