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Original 'rogue trader' Nick Leeson tells story of how he bought down Barings Bank

NICK Leeson was just 25 when he landed the job of a lifetime, trading futures on the Singapore stock exchange.

A Cut in Hell's Chance? By Neil Staines

"Never cut what you can untie” Joseph Joubert

SEI Guide Offers Insights for European Managers Targeting US Market

SEI today released the "Nine Key Considerations for European Managers Approaching the US Market

Time for Old Mutual to return to the sunshine

Despite all the easier access to this capital in London, which was clearly aimed at growing the business, Old Mutual has nothing special to show.

Risks have faded but have investors become complacent? - Rothschild Market Perspective November 2013

Dirk Wiedmann, Head of Investments, Rothschild Wealth Management, provides the business’s current position on markets.

OECD: Economic crisis hits trust in governments

The financial crisis of the past few years has severely sapped confidence in government around the globe

Britons happier than before financial crisis as contentment plummets in Europe – OECD

OECD says quality of life in the UK has been only “modestly affected” by the global financial crisis with happiness and even trust in government rising

Coutts' commentary - Global View from Asia -"Dollar Squeeze"

Markets have a habit of telling you they’re going to do something, after which they wait a while until you’re no longer looking, and then they hit you.

Asset Outlook – GAM DFM team

Charles Hepworth, the investment director responsible for GAM’s DFM business, shares his insights into the various asset classes to love and leave

Investor body UKSIF supports Government reponse to Kay Review

Investor body welcomes Government support for reshaping capital markets but highlights ‘missed opportunity’ on ESG issues

Where the world's wealthy went to university

The largest survey ever produced on how the wealthy were educated

UK creates create transparency benchmark against which other countries will be judged by George Bull

While the UK will not on its own succeed in achieving global change, it creates a benchmark against which other countries will be judged.

Coutts Wealth Watch: ECB to loosen up

Thursday’s eurozone data, showing very low inflation and unemployment stuck at a record high, stresses the need for greater stimulus.

ECB’s Draghi signals time is up for Eurozone banks

In the UK, banks have been making the long haul back to recovery for a number of years, and are finally beginning to emerge from the shadow of their impaired book of bad loans.

Sins of past, present and future haunt banks

The cost to banks of cleaning up past misdeeds has soared over USD 100 billion and is leaving lenders running scared from areas that put them in potential danger of upsetting regulators.

German Institutional Investors Seek Alternatives

Alternative investments are becoming more attractive to German institutional investors, with a third planning to invest more in real estate and infrastructure.

Nick Gartland, of Investec Wealth & Investment, on the economic path ahead

The principal focus for investors during the past quarter was on the expected path of tapering from the Fed and the implications that had for the movement in interest rates, not merely in America but across the developed world.

The top spots for making friends, getting rich and raising kids

Thailand leads the way when it comes to quality of life and a good social scene, while Switzerland is top for making money and Germany for raising children

Darker Nights but some Brighter Lights by Justin Urquhart Stewart

So the clocks change, the evenings draw in earlier and the first Autumn storm hits the country – so nothing new then?

Tactical vs. Structural by Neil Staines ECU

In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is” -Jan van der Snepscheut

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