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Livingston an Bathgate are named as two of Scotland's most affordable commuter towns

A new study by the Bank of Scotland examined house prices from areas which are located within an hour’s commute of Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen.

Nordea: Capital Efficiency And An Attractive Yield

Nordea has an "ambition" to grow its dividend every year

Don't worry, land on your feet, whatever Brexit brings

It is common for UK nationals to keep most of their savings and investments in sterling.

Fallout from Brexit vote set to slash UK investors' returns

The firm also found that four in five advisers (78 per cent) believe that stock market volatility seen since the UK voted to leave the European Union will continue to run at high levels

Wealth manager focus helps F&C fund power on after Brexit vote

Focus On Wealth Management Investors Has Helped Recover Quickly

Nissan wants guarantee of Brexit compensation before investing in Sunderland plant

You can have commitments of compensation in case you have something negative.

UK investment industry increasingly global

These figures reveal the increasingly global nature of the UK's investment industry, which employs around 92,000 people, as preparations to exit the European Union (EU) begin.

Wealth of people in their 30s has 'halved in a decade

Those born in the early 1980s have an average wealth of £27,000 each, against the £53,000 those born in the 1970s had by the same age

Clients unaware of risk of passive investing, say UK advisers

Almost half (48%) of respondents believe that low fee index funds, which have no risk management, have lulled investors into a false sense of security.

ICMA survey sets baseline size of the European repo market at EUR 5,379 billion

The survey, which calculates the amount of repo business outstanding on 8 June 2016 (prior to the Brexit vote in the UK) from the returns of 67 offices of 63 financial groups, mainly banks, sets the baseline figure for market size at EUR 5,379 billion

UBS CEO says clients remained risk averse in third-quarter

UBS is the world's biggest wealth manager.

Banks typically reject 6-15 percent of would-be clients - survey

Only 5 percent showed the door to more than 25 percent of potential clients.

Northern Ireland is happiest place in UK, finds wellbeing survey

Office for National Statistics’ regional poll reveals Londoners to be the most anxious and least satisfied in the country

The last thing Deutsche Bank needs now is to become a political football

That Germany’s largest bank is in trouble

New Normal: low interest rate environment remains

Several objectives call for more – sometimes even ‘exotic’ – instruments, which in turn must be finely balanced.

Link between agent bank custody and investment lines raises asset safety concerns

32% of respondents argue that the pressure to ensure and prove asset safety comes primarily from ‘own balance sheet liability’

Global Ultra Wealthy Hold $30 Trillion in Assets

Across all geographic regions, it is the highest ranks of the UHNW population who are experiencing the most success.

Central bankers’ pursuit of inflation targets is pushing policy further - Standard Life Investments

Since the crisis, and as policy rates fell toward zero, a whole range of new unconventional policies have been adopted in the name of inflation-targeting.

Deutsche Bank: how did a beast of the banking world get into this mess?

Everything you need to know about the bind Germany’s biggest bank finds itself in, and why it matters

Wealth managers at risk of losing out from tech revolution

A recent white paper entitled Wealth and Asset Management 2021: Preparing for Transformative Change, authored by consultancy Roubini ThoughtLab.

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