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International Adviser best practice winners announced

Who triumphed in our Best Practice Adviser Awards for the Middle East?

Challenger banks yet to overcome Brits’ lack of trust, study finds

Brits are more likely to bank with providers that use 5G and near-field communication, but are generally deterred by cryptocurrencies and artificial intelligence.

Coutts Q4 Outlook: Time To Plan

Coutts has been looking after clients for over 325 years

Limbo-dancing by Guy Stephens, Rowan Dartington

The markets are understandably in limbo, suppressed from direction as a hung parliament is a distinct possibility with all parties saying they won’t do any coalition deals with anyone.

Global monetary policy: from divergence to convergence again? By Artur Baluszynski, Head of Research at Henderson Rowe

Every tool that central bankers have tried to revive the global economy since 2009, including QE, is merely an attempt to modify the behaviour of investors, businesses and consumers.

Digital Matters: The Future is Quantum

A lot of money is pouring into quantum research – China recently spent $1bn on a research facility alone

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."

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