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Number of ultra-rich swells to almost 173,000

The world gained an extra 5,300 UHNWIs last year and, as with other people worth $30m or more, they like property and luxury items in a big way

Little Growth for Women in Senior Business Roles - Grant Thornton

International Women’s Day is this Sunday and an annual Grant Thornton survey released today finds weak growth for women in corporate leadership, as only 22% of senior business roles are held by women, down from 24% last year.

SocGen warns investors a global slowdown could be imminent

“Misguided” investors are ignoring the warning signs of an impending global slowdown, Société Générale has warned

Growth Expected among Large Funds, Quant & Asian Strategies - RESEARCH

A new survey by Deutsche Bank’s Global Prime Finance unit reveals investors are continuing to favor the largest funds for new allocations

Junior U.K. Merger Bankers Get 70% Bonus Jump, Survey Shows

Junior U.K. merger bankers received a 70 percent jump in 2015 bonuses as their employers seek to stem departures after two years of low payouts

38% of investors see eurozone disintegrating in next 12 months

Investor expectations of the eurozone breaking apart rose to their highest level in two years in February

CICM UK Credit Managers’ Index Shows Continued Business Confidence

Business confidence and the outlook for future growth remain high, as companies continue to seek new and additional lines of credit, evidenced through a sustained appetite for risk

Seven-figure salaries damage UK firms' reputation, poll suggests

Public anger over the size of top executives' salaries is damaging the reputation of UK firms

Stable 2014 for Jersey’s finance industry as funds industry reaches record levels

The latest figures for all sectors of Jersey’s finance industry reflect an overall good performance, with the funds sector once again leading the way and recording its fourth consecutive quarter of growth to reach its highest level in seven years.

Gyprus Wants The World To Know Were Not Greece

Cyprus and Greece share strong ethnic, linguistic and cultural ties.

Most wealthy hold $3 trillion in residential real estate assets

There are 211,275 ultra high net worth (UHNW) individuals – defined as those with US$30 million and above in net assets – in the world and 79% of them own two or more residences.

Global uncertainty weighs on resurgent business confidence -Grant Thornton -

The prevailing uncertainty is making life tough for businesses

Global Bank IT Spending to Hit $196bn in 2015

Spending by European banks will rise at a more conservative 3.7 per cent in 2015 to reach $64.3 billion.

IFAs Enthusiasm Jumps for Multi - Asset Funds

UK financial advisers are encouraging clients to turn to multi-asset investing as their sentiment towards the asset class hits an all time high, according to research from Baring Asset Management.

Activist hedge funds driving improvements in company performance - AIMA paper

What this means, more broadly, is that activist hedge funds are bringing improvements to the efficient allocation of capital and resources in the economy overall, which is one of the key benefits of capital markets financing as opposed to bank financing.&

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