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Luxury Homes in London Are in High Demand — Inside the New Kind of Space Race

New analysis by Knight Frank and Douglas Elliman found that the race for space is a huge driving factor in the London luxury home market in recent months.

COVID-19 expectations, fraud and customer experience boardroom priority for UK wealth managers

Over a third (38%) of wealth managers cite meeting customer expectations due to COVID-19 and defending against cybersecurity and fraud (37%) keys to success

Younger investors 3x more likely to invest in ESG funds

The research showed an overall correlation with age, with ESG/green interest getting progressively worse the older the age group, with one exception: the 45-54 year-olds.

Multigenerational wealth – how to keep it in the family

Around 70% of wealthy families will lose their wealth by the second generation, and 90% will lose it by the third.

Leveraging a strong UXD process to gain your client’s trust

UXD is the process used by design teams to create specific products considering the whole context: from the user’s most intimate thoughts to the whole context of use in the physical world.

Put more women at top of World Bank, IMF to tackle climate - Aviva CEO

"If women are 51% of the population, is it that unreasonable to expect that the number (be) greater than 19%," said Blanc, who is also Britain's Women in Finance Charter Champion.

Is There A Mini-Tantrum Brewing

The ECI is not always the most likely data release to move markets, and this one was no exception.

The Big Interview: Sandstone Group founder Peter Grant

Peter Grant is the founder of Sandstone Group, a property investment and management business with 25 years’ experience helping clients to invest in 3,000 properties throughout the UK.

Five trends driving compliance automation in wealth management

Because compliance relies on data that is often collected from disparate systems, the manual processes that have long been the standard are particularly error-prone and expose firms to the risk of penalties.

NFTs are attracting a new generation of visitors

They maintain the original dimensions, are strictly limited in production, secured against theft and are accompanied by an NFT and a certificate of authenticity.

UK business confidence at record high as furloughed staff return

Six of the 12 regions and nations saw confidence improve or remain stable, with London remaining the most confident at 65%, boosted by employment expectations, followed by the North East at 61%.

‘The Great Resignation’: almost one in four UK workers planning job change

Manufacturing, construction, tech and logistics workers are most confident about finding a new role

Eurozone banks set to tighten conditions for housing loans

Banks’ overall terms agreed in loan contracts, eased slightly for loans to firms, while they tightened for housing loans and remained broadly unchanged for consumer credit in the third quarter.

Investors bet on Bank of England to be in vanguard of tighter monetary policy

First rise in interest rates could be imminent, though some analysts believe MPC will be more cautious

Institutional crypto adoption – will it happen?

Mass adoption of cryptocurrencies by financial institutions would consolidate and, in many ways, legitimise the Web3 economy.

Preparing finance for a crisis: ‘crisis lookout’ options paper

This paper aims to identify these key ‘decision points’, set out a range of viable options for each point, and then propose next steps to advance the Lookout concept.

Foreigners rush to buy Italian football clubs

Investors are attracted to Italian football by Serie A’s status and its international fanbase

Emerging markets, rising rates and diverging fortunes

Emerging markets are fighting Covid with lower vaccination rates2 and some of the world’s highest mortality and infection levels.

Peter Hargreaves seeking out investments for ’embryonic’ family office

HL billionaire has sold £850m worth of shares in the D2C investing platform

Q&A: How tech is shaking up the banking sector

Younger customers are increasingly switching to new mobile banking apps. As Covid-19 accelerates this process, what does this mean for the traditional banks?

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