It’s Fight Club but for the thinking man (or woman). Financial services is facing the Ben Hur of challenges after near implosion, yet groups still only receive imperfect information on what is really happening in the market.
With this in mind CoreData Pulse is launching Thought Club – …
The public persona of National Australia Bank has been giving a good impression of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde over the past few weeks.
One side of the bank is trying to position the group as an institution at the grassroots level and playing a positive role in the …
It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to appreciate that attempts to time stock market movements stand any better chance of reaping long term rewards than any variety of other gambling forms.
A chart sourced from SG Markets has illustrated this poetically by suggesting the psychological thought processes investors tend …
News that global insurance and consulting firm, Aon, and the UK insurer, Aviva, have reined in their staff pension contributions is another blow the UK’s battered pensions industry.
These two companies are high-profile examples of a widespread trend for employers to save money in a recession by cutting …
Those placing funds in cash are still spooked by how close the financial system came to meltdown in 2008 with institutional security the core driver behind the destination of where placements go.
Safety remains the biggest influence with interest rates paid on deposits a distant second in importance, …
The pension buyout market in the UK has the potential for staggering future growth with an estimated £1.3 trillion held in defined benefit (DB) liabilities against £8bn of buyout business being written in 2008.
The surface has only just been scratched for those seeking to manage these assets, …
