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WM Survey: 50% of readers shift portfolios for rising rates

The surprise fall in June inflation figures to 2.6% from 2.9% in the prior month was widely perceived to have earned the BoE some breathing space.

Survey reveals communication preferences of UK banking customers

Customer satisfaction was found to be high among UK banking customers.

Multi-asset funds favoured by first time investors

The poll revealed among first time investors, only 6 per cent had allocated to fixed income and just 5 per cent of advisers said they preferred global equities.

UK will become ‘cultural desert’ if attitudes towards philanthropy do not change – fundraising chief

This is because they simply do not have access to this wealth, which is concentrated in London and focused on a few organisations.

GDP: "growth is clearly becoming harder to come by" Close Brothers Asset Management

The UK’s economy is a long-way from grinding to a halt, but growth is clearly becoming harder to come by.

Coutts Luxury Price Index Lifts The Lid On Rising Price Pressures

Our new research finds that, in the last year, luxury goods and services came with higher inflation than more mainstream products.

Wealth Management at a Crossroads: 11 Trends to Watch

The results of this research are the basis of our paper 'Wealth Management at a Crossroads'. It shares the insights gained from one-to-one interviews with wealth management executives from 12 of the top 50 UK wealth management firms representing

When will the music stop? Dating the global business cycle

By creating business cycle indicators from a wide range of economic and financial data, we can get a better idea of the maturity of the current cycle.

Clients urge Northern Trust to ringfence UK assets on Brexit risks

They want it segregated

Older people increasingly caught by pension scams

Age is also a big factor in falling for a scam.

Passive managers are increasingly interested in ESG

Regulators have contributed further with the adoption of stewardship codes in several countries, including the UK, Switzerland and most recently Japan.

Can John Cryan Save Deutsche Bank From Itself?

Despite a legacy of troubles and now questions about Trump, the CEO says the worst is behind Deutsche. His overhaul could be the $1.9 trillion lender’s last, best chance.

AI May Soon Replace Even the Most Elite Consultants

Allows some of UBS’s European wealth-management clients to ask Alexa certain financial and economic questions.

Advisers favouring multi-asset funds in bid to simplify fund administration

Use of model portfolios is, however, down from 41%2 in 2016.

St. James’s Place – "Tech companies flying high"

In fact, US technology stocks had their own frigatebird moment back in 2000, reaching a stock market peak on 27 March of that year. Last week the S&P 500 Technology index, having risen 20% this year, finally topped that high for the first time.

Wealthy people passing on 'wrong assets' before death, says adviser

People plan to pass on cash

Nearly 126,000 People Employed In UK Renewable Energy Industry

What is deeply frustrating is that this growth could have been greater.

Euro zone business growth slows at start of second half

Growth in the last quarter was forecast at 0.5 per cent.

IT’S A GIRL!!!!!!! by Penny Lovell

The message, it seems, is clear: a shape-shifting, time-travelling alien with two hearts from the planet Gallifrey can be openly accepted and loved the world over. But only if he’s male.

Ask the FT by Tim Price

I sat at my desk wringing my hands, transfixed by the tragic slapstick of British politics..

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