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Furio Pietribiasi: 'Entrepreneurial' mindset aligns interests of manager and client

Mediolanum CEO interview

We’re at another turning point in the 100-year cycle of money – here’s what to do

Money has always moved in 100-year cycles. And we’re at another turning point now, says Dominic Frisby – money has gone from gold to government-backed paper, and now to blockchain technology.

‘You’re better on our tech’, Parmenion tells advisers

Whilst Parmenion did announce this month it was onboarding more external discretionary fund managers and model portfolios onto its platform, there is no sign of the platform making its own services available through other providers.

BNP Paribas Asset Management Publishes 2022 Investment Outlook

The 2022 focus is likely to be on economic uncertainty, inflationary expectations and central bank responses

Fos has 'not received huge number' of CMC complaints, chief says

The Financial Conduct Authority assumed control of CMC regulation in 2019, taking over from the Claims Management Regulator, and received requests from more than 900 companies to continue trading under its control.

Race for quality office assets in major cities spurred by ESG and limited supply – 2022 Global Investor Outlook reveals

Investing with intent becoming as clear a priority as financial performance

European finance firms increase open banking spend

Financial services firms are increasing investment in open banking capabilities, with improvements to payment initiation and onboarding capabilities expected

Beneath the surface, dispersion and uncertainty loom

The volatility of returns offers one interpretation of market risk: that volatility tends to be negatively correlated to equity performance.

Funds forum – key takeaways

The speed, impact and breadth of innovation that we will see in the next decade will be greater than in the previous history of humanity.

I know a great shortcut...

Shortcuts are about embracing patterns and processes that can be repeated easily to save you time, or reusing someone else's learned experience to make sure you don't repeat the same mistakes or can progress through the basics quicker, they are

Swiss office property market: Pandemic leaves its initial marks

Although many tenants are facing considerable uncertainty over their future need for office space, the market has also seen a number of rental contract extensions and new signings – particularly for reasons of location optimization or workforce conc

60% of asset and wealth managers view reconciliations as the greatest challenge to their business

More than 25% of firms said that their budget for delivering operational improvements greatly increased as a result of the pandemic, making it even more likely that firms will begin to action automation.

Waverton awarded Premium ratings by Dynamic Planner

They then award a Premium rating to those portfolios that can consistently exceed benchmarks over a five-year period.

Its No Longer Transitory

The reaction in the high yield market is more likely to be one of the broad risk concerns expressed by investors.

Trust is everything – tech and media predictions 2022

This prediction is not limited to the technology sector but in large part it is likely to be technology that enables brands to step up and deliver on ESG and other goals, to reflect the values they claim to live by.

A time for hope: Consumers’ outlook brightens despite headwinds

December 2021 Global Consumer Insights Pulse Survey

Advisers warned to beware of concentration risk

“The problem is there’s a significant concentration risk.”

Lags, trade-offs and the challenges facing monetary policy

Speech given by Ben Broadbent, Deputy Governor, Monetary Policy

Two-thirds of advisers say Covid variants pose the biggest threat to market stability in 2022

A further 19% saw the biggest risk to be higher than expected inflation, while around one in eight (12%) were most concerned about strong economic growth failing to materialise or being very short lived.

Global open banking market set to hit $43.15bn by 2026

The report comes as financial regulators, experts and officials gather at the 2nd Open Banking Forum to be held in Dubai from December 6 to 7.

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