Analysis
Europe | analysis 26 Oct 17
No surprises from Draghi: ECB halves asset purchases to €30bn
The European Central Bank (ECB) will cut the size of its monthly asset purchases in half from January next year, the bank’s president Mario Draghi announced on Thursday. Bond and equity markets, as well as the euro, hardly responded to the announcement.
Best Practice | analysis 26 Oct 17
Analysis: Advisers can benefit from Brexit
There are some serious positives for savvy advisers with the long shadow of Brexit negotiations driving expats to seek professional advice in droves.
Best Practice | analysis 25 Oct 17
Analysis: Regulatory confusion reigns in the UAE
IFAs in the UAE continue to play guessing games ahead of the Insurance Authority’s unveiling of plans for commissions caps, greater transparency in customer contracts and tighter rules on financial advice.
Best Practice | analysis 24 Oct 17
Analysis: Regulatory scrutiny keeping UK advisers on their toes
Advisers must stay on the ball as the UK regulator continues to tweak pension transfer rules in an attempt to get a handle on this rapidly evolving sector.
Asia | analysis 24 Oct 17
What Abe’s victory means for Japanese equities
While never in doubt, the strength of victory of prime minister Shinzo Abe’s ruling party in Sunday’s snap lower house election exceeded expectations, with the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) securing more than half the number of lower house seats.