If the anticipated population growth of China’s capital, Beijing, is any indication of future prospects in the country then US investment banks Credit Suisse and Morgan Stanley will be smiling this week.
The two groups have secured tie-ups with Chinese securities firms in moves that position them well …
London can be an expensive city to go for a drink in, particularly if you ever find yourself in a trendy nightclub.
But reports that an establishment called Movida, popular with hedge fund managers and other so-called ‘masters of the universe’, is to sell a cocktail at £35,000 …
The Australian financial services industry is waging an increasingly fierce war on it itself, however it is a war, like so many in the world, that is lost on the average consumer.
The primary issue for most consumers when making a purchase is ‘what do I get for …
The retail and institutional investment markets in the UK have something in common; in both intermediaries play a key role in the distribution of pensions and investments.
In the retail market, independent financial advisers (IFAs) are the dominant route for financial services companies to distribute products such as …
Cashed up Chinese banks are taking full advantage of their new found bounty of post-listed funds by embarking on a global shopping spree of depressed financial assets.
Yet locally things are more sinister it seems with head of UK spy agency MI5, Jonathan Evans, issuing a confidential warning …
The US and its beloved Greenback are facing a bleak 2008 and beyond with the writing on the wall for what has long been the global currency of preference.
A meeting in the small Arab emirate of Qatar of the Gulf Co-operation Council this week is likely to …
