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U.S., New Zealand, Canada and Israel are the top countries for women entrepreneurs

Women entrepreneurs are opening businesses at a higher rate than before, but challenges persist

UK public not ready for challenger banks

Challenger banks have all the ingredients for success, but public’s trust in technology is a significant barrier to widespread adoption, according to Fujitsu’s ‘Technology and the New Banking Customer’ report.

How Machine Learning is Changing Data Management and Investment Processes for Active Managers by Martijn Groot, Asset Control

The ability to analyse data has progressed to apply natural language processing to earning call transcripts to assess whether the tone of the CEO or CFO being interviewed is positive or negative.

The Vienna Bank Job

The business helped keep Meinl afloat but the bank, now called Anglo Austrian AAB Bank AG, may pay the ultimate price.

Offshore Region Records Busiest Start to the Year for M&A Activity Over Past Five Years

However, 2019 deal value drops with increase in minority-stake investments, Appleby reports

Jersey cited as best practice example on Beneficial Ownership

"The use of Jersey examples demonstrates the significant success we have achieved in developing our approach towards beneficial ownership transparency"

Schroders Global Investor Study 2019

The study indicated that people globally are saving decent sums

CIO Weekly - Don't Give Up on a Fed Rate Cut by Gary Dugan

The Atlanta Fed’s GDP Now and the New York Fed’s GDP Nowcast estimate of fourth-quarter GDP growth based on the flow of economic data fell to a range of 0.3% to 0.4%.

Strong management v bullying: can you tell the difference?

Put simply, one person’s strong performance management may be perceived as bullying behaviour by the person who is on the receiving end of that management.

Emotional finance and the role of the fund manager

Awareness of an investor’s emotions is equally key.

Untangling the true cost of financial advice

Our survey of leading firms demystifies the charges you face.

Former Ireland international Gareth Farrelly urges footie stars to be ‘proactive’ ensuring they don’t end up broke

“There needs to be an increased awareness around this issue as it is so critically important.”

Norwegian wealth fund drops G4S

In addition, workers were expected to work long hours without overtime payment.

Morningstar confirms fund rating changes post methodology change

Those updates will ensure the Quantitative Rating continues to strongly align with the Analyst Rating."

Money flows from equity to fixed income in latest monthly Swedish fund stats

Balanced funds had inflows of SEK2.7bn, while hedge funds attracted SEK1bn.

Syz AM manager on why he favours Italian government bonds

Globally, he favours US and Canadian government bonds.

Home repossessions increase by almost a fifth

UK Finance said a backlog of older cases is partly behind the rise in the third quarter.

Income and Wealth not the Driver for Prosperity in High-Growth Markets - Global Study

The research by PayU found that three quarters of people in high-growth markets do not identify wealth and income as a driving factor of prosperity.

Interview: 'It's our duty to make investing as simple as possible', says tickr co-founder

Doing so I became more convinced that if we could channel all this knowledge and money to companies and people doing good stuff for the world, then we could change the world in the process.

Osborne Clarke: Funds Update | November 2019

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