Economic and social upheaval plus the collapse of oil prices have pushed responsible and impactful investing further into mainstream finance, affirms the CEO of one of the world’s largest independent financial advisory organisations. The comments ...
The rationale behind setting up a trust is often to protect assets and beneficiaries against turbulent times. Offshore trustees have a challenging role when it comes to preserving capital in uncertain markets and balancing the ...
As a long term investor our efforts are focused on finding companies capable of increasing their intrinsic values through their own efforts. Ideally, we are trying to identify high quality businesses facing short term, but ...
The rebound in equity markets resumed in force. Global equities gained as much as 10% in local currency terms and as of Friday were up 21% from their March low. The US has led the rebound ...
One of the reasons the market is “cheering” any hint of a potential end to the lockdown is the hope of limiting the damage to the real economy caused by COVID-19. Developed world governments decided to ...
Norwegian banks look well placed to deal with the twin challenge of falling oil prices and a Covid-19 related contraction of GDP, thanks to their solid earnings capabilities and sound solvency positions. “With their solid ...
In response to the developing coronavirus pandemic, Professor Miltos Makris of the University of Kent’s School of Economics explains the current and potential implications for the world economy. Explainer: covid-19 and Worldwide Recession ‘The almost ...
Coronavirus-triggered social distancing, isolation and lockdowns have driven-up the use of financial apps in Europe by 72 per cent in a week, reveals deVere Group, one of the world’s largest independent financial advisory organisations. The ...
UK Finance is warning consumers to be on the lookout for “smishing” text message scams from criminals exploiting the coronavirus outbreak. Smishing is when criminals use text messages impersonating other organisations to trick people into ...
Banking and finance are undergoing fast digital transformation, the replacement of legacy systems and novel tools for back-end and customer-facing tasks. The concept of a fully digital bank is one of the major paths envisioned ...
Equities have finally succumbed. Until Friday, global markets were still hovering around their January highs. But markets fell back 1% or so on Friday and the UK and European markets are down more than 3% ...
Environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing will be “the new norm in less than five years”, affirms the CEO of one of the world’s largest independent financial services and advisory organisations. The bold prediction from Nigel ...
Fintech expert calls for a reevaluation of a Digital Bank concept claiming it should not have more than 10 employees if fully digitalized The rise of innovative technologies in finance naturally sparked an interest in digital banking. ...
Markets have adapted to better price discovery even on days of extreme price volatility, making arbitrage strategies no longer the ‘go-to’. A report into the liquidity of Bitcoin, published today by digital assets derivatives exchange ...
Global food production as we know it is being transformed by a new crop of agriculture technology start-ups that are disrupting the processes of traditional agriculture. Indoor farming, or vertical farming, involves growing produce in ...
Interview with Thomas Nägele, Managing Partner of NÄGELE Attorneys at Law, LLC CEO Insight: Nowadays, tokenised securities are the hottest crypto topic, coinciding with the recent publication of the thinkBLOCKtank paper “The Regulation of Tokens ...
Alan Taylor, CEO of the Cook Islands Financial Services Development Authority (FSDA), talks to CEO Insight about the jurisdiction’s unique credentials, as well as the most noteworthy products and recent developments. CEO Insight: What do ...
We sit down with Graham Bright Head – Compliance and Operations to discuss the successes and the forwards trajectory of Euro Exim Bank’s innovation into new markets. CEO Insight: Euro Exim Bank has joined Ripple. ...