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Watch: Global equity markets, a tale of two halves - Sanlam

We provide some perspective on some of these concerns, and on what investors may expect for the remainder of 2019.

Are private equity firms becoming the new banks? - SS&C

According to Vandevelde, “By setting up huge lending arms, these firms have been transformed from heavyweight dealmakers that took stakes in companies into the principal bankers for a large tract of corporate America.”

Revealed: All the winners at the Professional Adviser Awards 2019

Montage and Premier multiple winners

The Investment Fund Industry: Latest Trends in a Dynamic Market

Few fund structures are held in such high esteem as UCITS, a product which helped augment Luxembourg’s position as a leading European fund domicile and is widely purchased by retail and institutional investors worldwide.

Monaco, the playground of the rich and famous that may be turning the tax tide

India is hosting Prince Albert II, the monarch of Monaco, a principality synonymous with being a tax haven and an iconic F1 race. ThePrint explains.

Middle East investors retreat from western property deals

Lower oil prices and concerns over Brexit have stifled demand

Named: the top managers who sparked the FCA’s IPO probe

Stephany called Philip Rodrigs, who was sacked by River and Mercantile last year for alleged misconduct, using his personal mobile on the day Market Tech, a real estate company, announced a share placing.

Nordea's Bonus Pool Slumps 31%

Nordea’s handling of pay should be viewed against the backdrop of a bank that’s taking drastic steps to cut costs.

Private Banking and Wealth Management Survey 2019

UBS Wealth Management voted best global private bank; private banks expect revenues to grow, but at slower pace.

FSB publishes Global Monitoring Report on Non-Bank Financial Intermediation 2018

As in previous years, the exercise compares the size and trends of financial sectors in aggregate and across jurisdictions based primarily on sectoral balance sheet data.

When the rich stop giving they start to rot

A decline in philanthropy should worry the wealthy as much as the causes and cultural institutions they’re neglecting

The UK’s top income funds of 2018 revealed - Sanlam

The fund jumped 37 positions to reach the top position that was previously held by the Slater Income Fund, which has dropped into the Grey List after a more difficult 2018 and a pickup in volatility over the period reviewed.

Global Banking & Finance Awards® 2018

Global Banking & Finance Review® announces the list of winners for its annual awards program 2018

Coutts: London Prime Property sales sluggish but super prime bucks the Brexit trend

London’s super prime properties valued at £10m+ however are bucking the trend of today’s listless housing market by selling fast and fetching the asking price.

How to Win the War for Talent by Hunt Scanlon

How can companies adjust to the new normal in the employment market and come out on top in the war for top talent?

Shame the rich into giving, says arts chief

He said that British cultural organisations “needed to get better at explaining the benefits” of philanthropy, while tax incentives to encourage donation should be simplified.

High net worth clients need help navigating mortgage market – Panthera Finance

“They are quite often asset rich and cash poor, so being able to borrow allows them to not have to interrupt their cash flow.”

The five best reasons to launch an offshore business

Here are the five best reasons to launch an offshore business.

Climate fight will upheave fund sector, says archbishop

‘Young people no longer just want to avoid doing harm. They want to do good’

Third of easy access savings deals have no bank branch access, study finds

The findings come at a time when concerns have been raised over people’s access to cash, amid bank branch closures.

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