Israel proves countries must innovate to accumulate
Rather than worry at a time of political change, I recently took a few days away from the screens to visit Israel for the first time, meeting innovative companies and soaking up the atmosphere.
Analysis
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Analysis: New investment landscape for 2017
Markets have displayed an uncanny ability to take political bombshells in their stride but the same may not be true in 2017.
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ANALYSIS: US equities the ultimate refuge as 2016 winds downs?
As 2016 draws to a close money managers will be putting the last of their ducks in a row before everybody takes their eye off the ball for the Christmas holidays, but this year is the right move more obvious than usual?
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Analysis: The absolute return conundrum
There is a long line of asset managers rolling out funds aimed to “balance” and “diversify” returns, but is the multi-asset universe about to be turned on its head?
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ANALYSIS: Out-of-step Alliance Trust divides analysts with review
Rumblings of restructure have been ongoing at Alliance Trust for many years. But those looking for seismic shifts from the investment trust’s much anticipated strategic review, are liable to have been disappointed on Thursday.
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ANALYSIS: Are the bulls about to charge?
If the fund managers surveyed on a monthly basis by Bank of America Merrill Lynch are any indication, animal spirits have returned.
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Analysis: Why policy makers are passing the buck to politicians
A few years ago, it was de rigueur to talk up a supposed decoupling of developed and emerging markets, but for central banks there is now a more disconcerting separation at play.
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Analysis: What if Trump succeeds?
Last year at about this time I wrote a piece titled: What if the Fed is wrong and other scary thoughts for 2016?
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Analysis: ECB acts but Japan lesson looms large
While EU leaders unveiled plans for a new €321m state-of-the-art ‘Europa’ Brussels HQ, over in Frankfurt the ECB was building its own foundations for change.
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ANALYSIS: Time to put an end to rip-off passive funds
Active managers are under pressure like never before to either justify or cut their fees, but have passive funds been getting an easier ride than they deserve as a consequence?
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Key action points for US citizens facing up to Fatca
Compliance with the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (Fatca) by those institutions affected by it is now well advanced, but the picture is much less clear for individuals affected by the new rules, says David Andrews, executive director (international private clients) at HFM Columbus.
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Forces impacting on survival rate of financial services firms
Aspects of the international retail financial services market are perceived to lag behind several more mature domestic financial services markets, or certainly those in leading European economies, such as the UK, Germany and France, says Guy Vanner, managing director of AKG Financial Analytics.