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know when to hold ‘em, know when to fold ‘em - Stephen Gallo, BMO

FX is ready to call Draghi’s bluff, and it will need a very, very good reason to not do so this week

Elix-IRR recognised as the Best New Consultancy by the Management Consultancies Association

This award recognised the outstanding growth from the company that is nearly five years old, along with unprecedented client satisfaction from the marketplace.

For new wealth, head to Yorkshire or Hampshire

London may pride itself on being a financial hub but the wealth management industry is busy branching out into the regions

British investors ratchet back up equity bets

Top British investors bumped up their equity bets in April, preferring developed stock markets to volatile emerging markets, while pulling money out of safer assets such as cash and bonds.

Rising Economy, Rates & Sterling by Justin Urquhart Stewart

So when should rates rise?

One Thing The French, Greeks And Other Europeans Cannot Get Right

Wealth creation, not wealth distribution, should top the list of economic priorities of a society.

Ex-UBS trader Hughes has repositioned himself as a hot shot technologist

As the boss of Kweku Adoboli, who was at the centre of the 2011 rogue trading scandal that cost UBS $2.3bn, Hughes “should have been a role model to others”, the FCA said in a statement explaining why it has banned him from performing any regu

Eastern Europe's Double Whammy

A battle of nerves

Eastern Europe's Double Whammy

A battle of nerves

Institutional investors keen to increase social investment activity, says report

The research highlights that these investors approach social in different ways; emotionally or rationally

Banking Is Getting Boring and That's Good

Speak to any financial regulator and they will tell you that their post-economic crisis ambition is for banking to become boring. Events at Barclays suggest they're starting to get their way.

Frontier market inflows are scary, warns Lloyd George manage

The London-based manager thinks many investors left disappointed

Criminal Charges Against Banks Risk Sparking Crisis

As U.S. Justice Department prosecutors angle to bring the first criminal charges against global banks since the financial crisis, they’ll have to stare down warnings of uncontainable collateral damage.

How investment banks are now poaching from floundering hedge funds

Investment banks have been able to capitalise and, for the first time in five years

Royal Mail float scandal: how hedge funds cleaned up

The Royal Mail flotation scandal has deepened after officials finally admitted that hedge funds were among the “priority investors” sold hundreds of millions of pounds of shares.

Q2 WM Outlook: how these readers are managing equity risks

Much of the remainder either reported running down equity allocations or reorientating exposure toward lower-beta areas of the equity markets.

Switzerland, Norway world's most expensive economies; US 24th

The richest countries, or those with the highest gross domestic product per capita on a purchasing power parity basis, were Qatar, Macao, Luxembourg, Kuwait, and Brunei.

Getting the client onboarding process right by Ian Hallam, CEO, 3i Infotech

Wealth managers must also bear in mind the FCA requirements applicable to firms providing investment advisory and discretionary portfolio management services, when such firms are assessing the suitability of the advice they give to clients.

Handel’s Messiah and Impact Entrepreneurs by Toby Birch

The revolutionary idea of a giving economy is a theme behind the Dandelion Project in Guernsey.

Comment: Green shoots in ‘Shareholder Spring’

But several features are indeed changing and will

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