Helen Avery

Recent stories by Helen Avery

• Facebook IPO gives venture capital industry a boost

  California’s economy likely to benefit

  Published February 2012 euromoney.com

• Barclays Wealth – the psychoanalyst to the wealthy

  Euromoney takes a look at the unique reinvention of the wealth-management division of Barclays

  Published January 2012 euromoney.com

• World’s wealthiest turn to impact investing

  Euromoney takes a look at how the 1% are focusing on investing for economic and social change

  Published January 2012 euromoney.com

• Single-family homes: the new US real-estate asset class

  Analysts tell Euromoney that the model of buying real estate owned (REOs) to rentals is suited to the single-family home market and could become an asset class

  Published January 2012 euromoney.com

• North America: US banks set to bounce back

  Prices ‘irrational’; profitability questionable; Much depends on avoiding European contagion

  Euromoney January 2012

• Bank funding: Europe’s loss is the US banks’ gain

  Deposits flow to US banks; Syndicated loan market opens up

  Euromoney December 2011

• Repo: MF Global exposes short-term risks

  Risk from a large dealer failure; Window dressing of exposure common

  Euromoney December 2011

• US retail banks go to war

  Universal banks need retail revenues more than ever as investment banking profits plummet. The US industry is facing its biggest challenge as some 7,000 banks battle to make their business models work. The main battleground: deposits.

  Euromoney December 2011

• Microsoft jumps through bank technology window

  In November, the 7 billionth person on the planet was born. Here’s another statistic to make you sit up and take notice: according to ITU, the UN agency for information and communication technologies, there are 5.9 billion mobile phone subscriptions on the planet. In the US, the average number of devices per person is 4.3.

  Euromoney December 2011

• MF Global and Lehman Brothers used repo markets as disguise

  MF Global's collapse exposes systemic risks in short-term funding markets

  Published November 2011 euromoney.com

• Global Cities survey 2011: New York is on top despite Wall Street’s woes

  New York City tops Euromoney’s inaugural survey as the world’s most competitive financial centre and the top city in which to do business. But will mounting regulation and anti-bank sentiment prompt the city’s financial institutions to leave? Helen Avery reports.

  Euromoney November 2011

• Investors hold nerve as hedge fund returns plunge

  HFR aggregate index down 5%; Paulson’s luck runs out

  Euromoney November 2011

• US banks climb down on fees

  After regulators prevent them gouging one set of customers, banks struggle to exploit another.

  Published November 2011 euromoney.com

• Earnings: Advisory boosts revenues, heightens competition

  M&A fees increase revenues; Spin-offs on the rise

  Euromoney November 2011

• Investors hold their nerve as hedge fund returns plunge

  HFR aggregate index down 5%; Paulson’s luck runs out

  Published October 2011 euromoney.com

• Advisory boosts revenues, heightens competition

  M&A activity increases revenue fees for banks, as spin-offs rise to the challenge

  Published October 2011 euromoney.com

• Why is UBS sticking with investment banking?

  Trading scandal raises further questions about validity of investment bank; Does the integrated model work for UBS?

  Euromoney October 2011

• Custody: BNY Mellon’s new CEO tackles expenses

  Hassell shuns future acquisitions; Litigation and regulation unavoidable expenses

  Euromoney October 2011

• Why should UBS stick with investment banking?

  The trading scandal raises further questions about the validity of UBS’s investment bank and whether an integrated model works for the Swiss group. Experts say they should concentrate on wealth management.

  Published October 2011 euromoney.com

• Oil boom brightens Native Americans’ prospects

  The Native American reservations of three northern US states are on the brink of an oil boom that could reduce global concerns about the future supply of oil. Helen Avery talks to a private equity venture that hopes to produce triple-digit returns for investors while ensuring the Tribal Nations are not swept aside in the rush for oil.

  Euromoney October 2011