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Sanlam's Top Summer Reads... by Penny Lovell

The bloody menopausal episode in the oligarch’s bathroom is worth the price of admission alone!

Let green finance flourish – London is sowing the seeds of future sustainability

London is already a leading centre for infrastructure finance, with more than 250 foreign banks based here, as well as a huge number of large institutional investors with assets under management of more than $100bn available to be deployed globally.

Nucleus reveals wealth strategy in IPO launch

The business said the value of these products was likely to be critical to smaller operators in both wealth and advice markets as vertically integrated rivals use their scale and reach to enhance margin.

They might see themselves as the poor relations of the baby boomer generation... but millennials can look forward to getting inheritances of around £200,000

Rising prices, subdued wage growth locked millennials out of housing market

Sir Bob Geldof, Gina Miller and other Prestigious Speakers Share Their Perspectives on How the Finance Industry can Contribute to a Better Society

Mr Krancenblum highlighted that, at SGG, the objective is to create a better society and a sustainable business, two concepts which go hand in hand.

‘I hate the term EM’: DWS’ CIO new three-tiered view

Looking into 2019, Kreuzkamp said the team does not see a recession on the horizon.

Bankers on the breadline: why you still feel poor on $200k

Another third are neutral. Another third are unhappy. More tellingly, 27% say their earnings don't cover their "lifestyle requirements" - even though 58% of them are earning $100k+ (£75k).

Lux in flux: Selectors debate the financial hub’s future

You are seeing more and more family offices and administrative service providers in relation to private banking

Monaco’s building boom spreads on to land reclaimed from the sea

Last year saw the largest number of new homes ever built in the tiny city-state

Morning Coffee: How to set up a hedge fund if you're not Greg Coffey or Michael Gelband. BoA's top female traders are heading for Paris

ust ask all the quant funds (start-ups and veterans alike) for whom 2018YTD has been a half-year to forget.

FCA publishes update on wide-ranging review of retail banking sector

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today published an update on its Strategic Review of Retail Banking Business Models.

Financial Stability Report - June 2018

The Financial Stability Report sets out our Financial Policy Committee's view on the stability of the UK financial system and what it is doing to remove or reduce any risks to it.

Wealth managers ‘taking advantage’ of clients’ trust

Half of UK investors don’t know what they are being charged by their wealth manager, according to UK discretionary manager Netwealth.

Guernsey’s ILS market outstripping 2017 performance

The total number of international insurers in Guernsey stood at 853 at the end of 2017

UK wealth manager AUM nears record £1 trillion

The UK Wealth Management Industry Report covered 176 firms, all with a minimum £50m of investment assets.

FCA retirement outcomes review - commentary from Jeanette Makings, Close Brothers

“Individuals need to be given the tools and the confidence to make both comparative choices between providers and evaluate their existing provider."

Blockchain Tech set to “Overthrow” Current Banking System: ABM AMRO Exec

“We created banking as a service solution."

Auto-enrollment ‘not the answer’ to SE pension crisis: Old Mutual Wealth

The IPSE report, entitle How to solve the self-employed pensions crisis highlighted a number of areas of concern relating to retirement planning and savings for self-employed individuals in the UK.

Clearer, quicker, tougher: UK Pensions Regulator bares its teeth

Deficits in defined benefit pension plans remain front-page news — particularly in the wake of recent high-profile insolvencies. They are a critical issue for any M&A transaction as the Pensions Regulator expands its already extensive enforcemen

This is why Invesco's Barnett is backing life insurers

Mark Barnett, Invesco Perpetual's head of UK equities, highlights Aviva and Legal & General as winners in the life insurance sector

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