Financial Results
31 July 2023

Standard Chartered Reports Strong H1 Pre-Tax Profit

Income and profits rose at the UK-listed bank, including its wealth management business. ...

Asset Management
31 July 2023

EXCLUSIVE: Japanese Market Attractive Place To Invest – Nomura

With Japan at a key point driven by corporate reform and the expectations of the new Bank of Japan...

ESG
28 July 2023

The ESG Phenomenon: The Diversity Project

The latest developments in the ESG space. ...

People Moves
28 July 2023

Who's Moving Where In Wealth Management? – Indosuez, Switzerland, Rathbones, Others

The latest moves and appointments in wealth management in the UK, the rest of Europe, the Middle...

Technology
28 July 2023

Investment Industry Feels No Love For Central Bank Digital Currencies

There has been a steady rise in commentary about CBDCs in recent years. They worry that privacy...

Financial Results
28 July 2023

BNP Paribas Posts Strong Wealth Results In 2023

Paris-based bank BNP Paribas has just released its financial results for the second quarter of 2023...

Investment Strategies
28 July 2023

OPINION OF THE WEEK: At Last, It Seems Japan Is Winning Investment Fans

In my weekly column I briefly reflect on how much talk there is nowadays about Japan and its...

Wealth Strategies
28 July 2023

ECB Hikes Interest Rates To 23-Year High – Reactions

After the European Central Bank (ECB) hiked interest rates this week by another quarter-point to a...

Financial Results
28 July 2023

NatWest's Private Banking Profit Rises In H1

The month of July has been a traumatic one for Coutts and its partly state-owned parent, NatWest,...

Financial Results
27 July 2023

Pre-Tax Profit Rises At Barclays In Q2

A broadly stronger set of results for the quarter at the UK bank. ...