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Avoid junior ISA traps - St. James’s Place

Of the total £1.65 billion saved in Junior ISAs, £1.1 billion is deposited in cash, which may prove costly further down the line.

Brexit and its potential implications by LGT Capital Partners

Over the longer term, a possible British exit from the European Union, or Brexit, would only marginally impact Britain’s economy.

Pre-retirees plan radically different retirement despite soaring wealth

Pre-retirees actually have larger financial assets per household than retirees

Coutts press release: Serial entrepreneurs will be key to the success of UK economy

A report released today by Coutts and the Centre for Entrepreneurs (CFE) provides an overview of the depth and extent of serial entrepreneurship in the UK.

Schroders trims its global growth forecast

The inflation forecast for 2016 has also been reduced for the advanced economies to reflect the lower oil price profile. Emerging market inflation is, however, higher largely a result of currency depreciation and administered price hikes.

How `Brexit' Puts European Institutions at Risk of Downgrade

The EU could face a single-level downgrade while “Brexit” might also mar the ability of the EIB’s “remaining shareholders to provide support, if funding conditions were to worsen significantly,” according to Costa.

French Bank Earnings Signal Strength; Risks Clouding Outlook

With investment banks across the continent eliminating thousands of jobs to boost profitability and meet tougher regulatory scrutiny

Possible Brexit drives demand for mortgages

Of course, this would have the consequence that mortgages will become more expensive as lending rates rise.

BlackRock: Brexit would shrink financial services

BlackRock’s report suggests that British-based fund mangers would be blocked from the single market and that, in time, the EU could seek to move market infrastructure within the trading bloc.

Switch to digital currency could endanger banks, warns Bank of England deputy

Growing interest in cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin has led to speculation that the Bank of England will launch its own digital form of cash.

This chart shows the 9 things the world's richest people worry about

Nestled in the huge report was one chart that illustrated some of the concerns of the world's wealthiest people

Women can enrich the world of wealth

Women, as well as men for that matter

Property wealth grows for retired homeowners

Pensioners have, on average, earned £3,106 tax free from their properties in the last three months

FITCH takes various rating actions on Polish banks

Fitch Ratings has downgraded the Long-term Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) of Getin Noble Bank SA to 'BB-' from 'BB' and Bank Ochrony Srodowiska (BOS) to 'B+' from 'BB'.

Central banks near policy limits but back in focus after G20

Fiscal as well as monetary policies have reached their limits

Catella: Positive outlook for Spain’s real estate markets in 2016

This assertion, expressed in simple figures, is nothing other than a reflection of investors’ risk assessment, most of whom come from outside of Spain.

Anglo-Saxon Chronicle - St. James’s Place

Figures released last week show a major contraction in the value of goods crossing international borders in 2015. As ever, investors held out little hope that such issues would be meaningfully addressed, even though there had been talk of potential coordi

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