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Banks Continue To Gain Despite Italy Bank Uncertainty

Banks across Europe have also enjoyed a similarly positive session as investors adopt a fairly sanguine outlook to events in Italy.

St. James’s Place – “Politics and macroeconomic issues remain front and centre”

In a year beset by global political risk, Italians voted decisively in a referendum to reject Matteo Renzi’s reform package.

Strategy Update from BNP Paribas Investment Partners

Asset allocation: closing overweight in euro inflation-linked bonds

PLSA: UK pension funds see asset management-executive pay link

Of those, 63% think executive pay is generally too high, according to the PLSA, while 37% believe it is too high in cases of poor performance.

$38 Billion Finnish Fund Moves Assets to U.S. as Europe Founders

The reallocation primarily affects “fixed-income instruments and real assets.

When wonks go rogue by Tim Price

Far from reducing crime and corruption, it boosted both. Al Capone, one of the most infamous beneficiaries of prohibition, was by 1927 earning $60 million a year from alcohol sales alone. As he conceded, “all I do is satisfy a public demand.”

70% of asset managers fear Brexit fund passport loss

Asset managers are unlikely to retain full “passporting” privileges

Italy On The Brink: Desperate Renzi begs Qatar for help as top bank tries to secure £4BN

Italy's third largest lender has been in trouble for months and needs to plug its hole by the end of this year

Renzi Resignation Means More Trouble For European Banks As JPMorgan Ends 2016 At Record Highs

The rise of populism by way of referendum votes will create even more trouble for the region's largest banks

All’s fair in love and…tax

Understanding too that only very rarely are income and savings split equally between spouses / civil partners throughout lifetimes

The Season of Giving by Penny Lovell

Philanthropy has always been important to us here at Close Brothers. In today’s world, it is necessary to do more than simply giving and it is expected that the AUM dedicated to impact investing will reach between $400 billion and $3 trillion by 202

ABN Amro beats ING REF in Dutch market

According to the latest survey of top Dutch financiers by PropertyEU’s Dutch sister publication PropertyNL.

Building more homes will not solve London's housing crisis - here's why

What this means is London has the second most over-priced property market.

Consulting markets of Germany, Switzerland & Austria grow to €8.7 billion

The firm’s latest analysis, which focuses on the top segment of the consulting industry.

BADGE OF DISHONOUR Oxfam study names Ireland as one of worst tax havens in the world

Research puts Emerald Isle sixth behind Cayman Islands and Bermuda

A new world order: traditional economies are failing successful millennials

As few as 37% of those questioned in Germany, and 40% in the UK, thought they would be better off than their parents at age 65.

Target Multi-Asset Managers: A shift in focus could benefit Europe's asset managers given the rise in outsourcing

Cerulli notes that many advisors and their clients are making greater use of passive investment options to reduce costs within portfolios.

Hot property destinations for the super wealthy

Many countries are keen to attract the global rich

Insights on Trust: What Factors Matter Most? By Shreenivas Kunte

Retail investors are important stakeholders in wealth management. Indeed, they form the basis of the wealth management industry.

Conduct risk in FX markets

Speech by Edwin Schooling Latter, Head of Markets Policy at the FCA, delivered at FX Week Europe

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