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Corporate cash cows drive out investment bulls

Concern grows at lack of corporate capital expenditure in QE era

Do-It-Yourself Investment Culture Takes Steady Upward Path

In the United Kingdom retail direct-to-consumer (D2C) and D2C platform distribution is on the rise, and the rest of Europe will follow in the long term

Winners and Losers of European Quantitative Easing

Standard Life Investments looks at how different asset classes, economies and global markets are adapting and behaving since the ECB’s announcement of €60bn of bond purchases a month until autumn 2016.

Finland's richest 1% own growing share of net wealth

The richest one per cent of households own a growing share of all net wealth in Finland

Law firms report strong year, according to survey

As in previous years, participants provided two years' data - the most recent accounting period and the previous one

Europe is the world’s most attractive hotel investment destination

The Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) hotel investment market is set for another bumper year, strong returns, fair value and more debt help to put Europe at the top of international hotel investors’ wish list.

The resurgence of the European hedge fund industry

When we wrote about the European hedge fund industry a year ago, we described several long-term trends that had emerged recently and were contributing to the reshaping of our industry1.

Which degree will get you a high paying investment banking job?

11% of IB directors have maths and statistics degrees and 10% are engineering graduates.

HNW clients will not follow adviser: study

The research by NPG Wealth Management, SEI and Scorpio Partnership showed that only 19 per cent would pursue their adviser if they moved to a different wealth management firm.

Will global investors shun emerging markets in 2015?

Investors around the globe are planning to cut their exposure to emerging markets in 2015, according to a Legg Mason survey.

A Quarter End Report by Justin Urquhart Stewart

The end of the first quarter has surprised many with such a positive performance for equities generally.

Digital Content Opportunity to Deliver $14bn Revenues for Operators by 2019 - RESEARCH

Carrier Billing Deployments Boosting Storefront Conversion Rates

KPMG tells banks – Slash costs to get back to healthy profits

Each of the banks faces another wave of costs from regulations and taxes, making reform increasingly urgent

UK’s biggest banks slash bonus pools by more than £1bn

The sweeping changes to remuneration are revealed in figures based on the annual financial statements of Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds Banking Group, Royal Bank of Scotland and Standard Chartered.

Have babies early because it is better for you and the child, says City supermum

A city high-flyer who combined her stressful finance job with raising six children has advised her daughters to marry early and have children while they are young

Call for regional investment exchange to boost Aberdeen economy

A leading fund manager has called for the return of a Scottish regional investment exchange in order to boost support for a growing army of small businesses.

Debt Prowess Risks Spoiling Bets on Thiam

“Credit Suisse’s strengths historically have been in fixed income.”

Do not expect a deluge of ETFs domiciled in the UK

Experts have dampened hopes that a wave of passive products will follow in the footsteps of the first UK-based exchange-traded fund

March’s European Small Cap share price gains and falls

The Euromoney Smaller European Companies Index Series currently comprises 1350 companies across 16 European countries.

Russia's growth surprise fails to brighten outlook - Scroders

Craig Botham, Emerging Markets Economist at Schroders, comments on today's Russian GDP figures and what he expects for Russia's economy in 2015:

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