Credit ratings and why they matter

The credit rating agency Fitch has recently downgraded their credit rating of the UK from AA to AA- because of the impact of the Corona virus and continued uncertainty about Brexit. Fitch believe economic output will drop 4% this year in the UK. Their concerns are...

Investments that are too good to be true

In the office mail today we received an unsolicited letter telling us of a ‘legal money hack’ on a mobile and how someone had made £10,233.97 profit a week, now having banked £338,273.22 profit. That’s great news. What’s even better is...

Guest seminar: private bank investments for a Chinese bank

Martin Berkeley of Corvinus Capital recently delivered seminars to one the largest Chinese banks on Private Bank Investments as part of the Alliance Manchester Business School’s Executive Education programme. Delegates attended from China along with colleagues...

Guest lecture on the bank / customer relationship

Martin Berkeley of Corvinus Capital recently delivered the guest lecture on the nature and challenges of the Bank/Customer Relationship to graduate students at the University of Reading’s law school. The students were studying International Banking and Finance...