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Is It Really that Bad?

We are seeing a slow but steady unravelling of part of the overvaluation and overexuberance that the US asset markets have come to see over the previous two years.

FSL - watershed moments

In this edition of chain mail, we examine the latest government proposals regarding cryptocurrency regulations.

Foreign Secretary signs deal to boost business

Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has launched a new scheme with the Premier of South Australia, Steven Marshall, to boost UK-Australia industries of the future.

PIMFA welcomes FCA’s move to strengthen financial promotions rules to protect consumers

There is a clear role for them and, to that end, the clear focus on the consumer journey and tested positive frictions are particularly welcome.

Santander UK named as one of Britain's Top Employers

The Top Employers Institute programme certifies organisations based on the participation and results of their HR Best Practices Survey.

Coutts: Get Ahead for the Year Ahead

The value of investments can go down as well as up, your capital is a risk.

UK and India begin free trade talks

The UK and India have begun free trade agreement talks in Delhi aiming to sign a deal by end of the year, which will increase bilateral trade by billions of pounds.

European dividends anticipated to hit record high in 2022

8% growth

Three key ways to revitalise investment and support mental health. What’s next for Philanthropy and Impact Investing?

Nevertheless, the subject remains taboo in many circles and in different parts of the world.

Exploring Banking: A Post-Covid Industry Trend View

What’s more, face-to-face cooperation increased in complexity throughout the pandemic

Blockchain and beyond: what’s driving FinTech in 2022?

In this year’s outlook, we expect blockchain to be adopted more broadly, and other trends like embedded finance and open banking to accelerate.

Rising rates don’t yet turn the tide for investors

Haunted by 2013’s ‘taper tantrum,’ the US Federal Reserve has worked hard to signal monetary policy changes through the pandemic.

Back to the 90s: Inflation hits 30-year high with worse to come

It’s not so much Silence of the Lambs now but Silence of the Doves.

Will Spiking Bonds Yields disrupt the rally in Stocks?

The outlook for 2022 is already quite different from the scenarios most investors were anticipating to unfold less than a month ago.

JP Morgan and Rothschild & Co top M&A financial advisers by value and volume in Europe for 2021, finds GlobalData

Rothschild & Co occupied the fourth position by value followed by Citi with 75 deals worth $162.7bn.

Confidence and Cash - Betting on the Global Recovery

Calastone Global Fund Flows Report

Digital Transformation Being Pushed at Faster Rate by Financial Services Firms, New Broadridge Survey Finds

Increase in implementation and interest in AI, the Cloud and blockchain

Brexit Gives €200 Billion Boost to Balance Sheets of Irish Banks

Balance sheets of lenders under SSM supervision rise 67%

Investment Review - Ruffer

All these factors are threats to capital values, at a time when those assets are partying. Our view is this is no time for exuberance – it is a time to keep safe.

Ruffer: ‘There appears to be a lot of froth’ in the market

Investors have poured more than $1tn (£73bn) into equity funds in the past 12 months - more than the combined inflows of the past 19 years.

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