What is the gender pension gap and how can women make more of their pension?

Today China developments are dominating headlines, with COVID frustrations boiling over as lockdowns triggered civil unrest in multiple cities including in Beijing and Shanghai – where police appeared to struggle to disperse crowds. The protests reflect the most direct challenge to party authority since Tiananmen Square in 1989 with protesters openly chanting for the CCP and President Xi to…

Recently the term “bear market” appear more and more in conversation. But what does it mean?  Bears and bulls are common animal metaphors used in the stock market. Think about how these animals attack their prey: a bull would raise its horns upward, while a bear reaches with its head downward. Generally these terms indicate…

Europe has been ranked as the best place in the world for expatriates seeking career progression whilst retaining great working conditions, according to HSBC’s Expat Explorer survey. The annual survey ranked Switzerland as the best place to work in terms of earnings potential, career progression and working conditions for the second year running, with average…

Investors are likely to be feeling discomfort at the moment. Markets are on a rollercoaster ride with the S&P and the Nasdaq posting their worst returns in the past few weeks since the beginning of the pandemic. Wall Street saw wild swings in equity prices, with indices down 4% at one stage – only to…