Banking

New ventures to meet growing need

Gibraltar International Bank (GIB), being launched by the government to provide competition and facilities in the wake of closure of a local high street bank, has been provided with £25m initial capital. That implies GIB has potential to lend £160m…

Green light ahead ­ mind the speed limit!

by Eric Verleyen Societe Generale Private Banking Hambros (SGPBH) Chief Investment Officer In general, 2013 was clearly a great year for equities and risky assets. The so-called “fall of safe havens” fully unfolded early in the year when US and…