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Macro and Market Perspective - ''Meaningful'' Take 3? by Gary Dugan

The effective removal of No-Deal as a policy option finally provided sterling with a more substantive positive outlook.

Consumer spending to help France resist global slowdown: central bank

Since growth in France is more dependent on consumers at home, its economy should benefit from a 10 billion euro ($11.3 billion) package of concessions to protesters aimed at boosting spending power and quelling a wave of violent demonstrations.

Quality counts for veteran fund manager Schroders

Its history began in 1804 when John Henry Schroder became a partner at his brother John Frederick’s London firm.

LEBC Group calls for withdrawal of new death tax on estates

The Chancellor says the public finances are in better shape and the OBR forecasts expect them to improve.

Female representation in the City is rising thanks to Treasury Charter

"HM Treasury’s Women in Finance Charter continues to play a leading role in improving the gender balance across the UK’s financial services sector", says Jayne Anne-Gadhia.

Monaco: Top Millionaire and Billionaire Hub of the World

What is surprising to many though is that the percentage of the population who are “super rich” is increasing and passed the one in three threshold for the first time before 2018 even.

Is Europe turning into Japan ? Yes by Tim Price

Putting to one side any caveats about succumbing to narrative fallacy, the Absolute Return Partners list implies two requisite actions

S&P: Next global credit downturn 'may be inevitable' as debt skyrockets

S&P also noted there is now a much higher concentration of 'BBB' bond issuers within the investment-grade arena, with ratings trending down globally over the past decade.

Is ESG making your portfolio too risky?

New research suggests that embracing sustainable investment approaches can dramatically affect risk budgeting

ESG Investing Performance Analyzed - Morningstar

Morningstar Indexes show sustainability is good for business'

Is it a Wonderful Life? by Charles Randell, FCA

Viewed from a distance, the big picture doesn’t look too bad.

Women’s Growing Economic Power: New Opportunities, Critical Needs

Employers looking to help fill this gap should consider a solution that plays to a woman’s strong financial savvy: a focus on financial wellbeing.

How thorough is your knowledge of the UK inheritance landscape? - Octopus Investments

Research conducted by Opinium in January 2019

What does the future hold? Four financial advisers have their say…

From Brexit to MiFID II, this year promises to throw a few curve balls the way of the financial services industry.

Fidelity Analyst Survey: Corporate sentiment drops to lowest level since 2016

Analysts remain cautiously optimistic

UK still leads EU millionaire banker list despite Brexit

Three-quarters of region’s best-paid financiers were UK-based in 2017

Reyl heads warn investors to be cautious

As a result, the managers remain underweight Europe ex-Switzerland.

Don’t be so negative by Tim Price

Markets have generally applauded every central bank move to ease monetary policy since the financial crisis, but have grown anxious over the negative interest rate experiment.

Preparing for a Tsunami of M&A in the Global Financial Services Industry

In the Middle East, over a dozen bank mergers have been announced or are currently underway.

Diversity of People and Diversity of Thought

The results from the first year of reporting show that the gap in median pay has narrowed just 0.4%, from 11.8% to 11.4%.

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