Osborne wants to link UK and Chinese stock markets
Chancellor George Osborne wants to forge a “golden relationship” between the UK and China.
Part of this effort involves linking British stock markets with those...
Zurich’s £5.6 billion pound takeover of RSA has collapsed
Zurich’s £5.6 billion takeover of rival insurance company RSA has collapsed.
The decision to pull out was made after the Swiss company disclosed a £177...
UK was far less productive than other G7 nations in 2014
The UK was much less productive in 2014 compared to other G7 nations.
According to official data released on Friday, the UK lagged behind its...
Osborne confident in Chinese economy, calls for stronger UK-China relations
George Osborne delivered a speech on Sunday highlighting his confidence in the Chinese economy and desire for the UK to forge a better relationship with...
London is the fifth most expensive city in the world
London is the world’s fifth most expensive city to live in, after Zurich, Geneva, New York City, and Oslo, according to a recent report...
Universal health coverage makes perfect economic sense
Are there economic benefits of universal health coverage? A recent study published in The Lancet, led by Lawrence H. Summers, President Emeritus at Harvard...
US investors remain confident in domestic capital markets, less so in overseas markets
US retail investors are confident in domestic capital markets, but are becoming more wary of markets overseas, according to the latest Center for Audit...
Increasing investor interest in cloud computing and mobile tech
According to Deloitte’s "2015 Global Venture Capital Confidence Survey”, there is positive sentiment among investors in new and emerging technologies such as the Internet...
NS&I cutting ISA rate for over 400,000 savers
National Savings & Investments (NS&I) announced that it will be cutting the rate on its tax-free ISA account from 1.5% to 1.25% in November.
As...
Growing vulnerabilities in major emerging economies
Financial investors are becoming more concerned about the growing vulnerabilities in major emerging economies, particularly China, as they reassess the global growth outlook, according...