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Christine Lagarde: killer shark takes the helm at the ECB

Lagarde was born in 1956, the daughter of teachers, and grew up in Le Havre in northern France with three younger brothers.

Stress-testing: still worth the stress?

There’s certainly a case for seeing the stress test as a cruder version of Basel risk weightings.

Wim Mijs: “Mergers Will Begin At Domestic Level In Markets Like Germany Or Italy”

There are many reasons why the Capital Markets Union must be a success.

BLI - Banque de Luxembourg Investments highlights family businesses as source of returns

"Total shareholder return of family owned companies has outperformed their benchmark index."

Charities Investment Research 2019

The report provides fantastic insight from your peers

Andrew Bailey speech at Lord Mayor’s City Banquet

There are strong benefits from free trade and open global financial markets.

Monet’s Water Lilies, 7 private jets, a US$1.3 million Cartier ring – the most extravagant purchases made with dirty money in the UK

More than US$400 billion of dirty money has flowed into the UK in the past 30 years – accepted by the likes of Harrods, Sotheby’s, Chelsea FC, Citigroup and the Royal Bank of Scotland

Can rudderless HSBC steer a path through jobs cuts, infighting and Hong Kong chaos?

There are hundreds of people waiting for those lifts and there are 27 HR steps between making someone an offer and giving them a contract.

One good scare by Tim Price

So what happens to the value of money when trust in our political, social and ideological systems flies out the window ? Stay tuned..

All about change - Frontiers in Finance

Challenges and opportunities facing banks, insurers and asset managers as they transform for sustainable growth

Picking resilience - market highs call for thoughtful stock selection - Sanlam

The Vision Fund is well known for taking large positions in high stakes start-ups with unproven business models, but that have disruptive potential.

Revealed: The Most Gender Equal Countries In The European Union 2019

Denmark was classed second with 77.5 points.

HSBC warns of restructuring pain ahead as outlook darkens

HSBC reported pre-tax profit of $4.8 billion for the third quarter on Monday, compared with the $5.3 billion average of analysts’ forecasts.

Almost half of wealth managers will fail if they don’t digitally innovate, says new research

In terms of how wealth managers plan to improve their digital propositions, 57 per cent are partnering – or are planning to partner – with specialist technology firms, while 22 per cent intend to build in-house solutions.

Fed Should Continue to Deliver

Sterling seems to be discounting that surely there has to be some political resolution.

UK wealth industry assets break through £1 trillion

Wealth industry assets climbed above £1 trillion for the first time earlier this year, research from benchmarker Compeer has found.

PIMFA Calls for the Regulator to Raise The Bar

PIMFA has suggested that the DB transfer market would benefit from targeted and more rigorous supervision of the industry.

U.K.’s Dirty Money Trail Leads to Private Schools, Crocodile Handbags

By analyzing 400 cases with a British link over the last 30 years, researchers found that illicit funds had moved through 86 banks and financial institutions, 81 law firms, 62 accountants, and more than 2,200 companies in Britain and its overseas territor

Germany’s Wealth Fund to Go Where Even Norway Fears to Tread

Norway’s $1.1 trillion sovereign wealth fund, the world’s largest, also has permission to put money into real estate and infrastructure

Conscientiousness is key personality trait for successful financial advisers

Advisers also show high levels of intellect, or openness to experience, which have been advantageous during the substantial regulatory changes since the Retail Distribution Review (RDR).

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