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Debit Cards Set To Overtake Cash In 2018, Three Years Earlier Than Expected

Analysis carried out for UK Payment Markets 2017 forecasts that debit cards will become the most frequently used payment method in late 2018

Asset managers 'subsidising' own funds as fee pressures bite

Larger funds of more than $100m were evidence economies of scale worked in their favour with a minimal subsidy needed, if any at all, as charges covered most costs.

Adopting new technologies could help banking customers, according to HSBC

Respondents were found to lack knowledge of new technologies, with blockchain, finance applications integrated into social media and robo-advisors being amongst those that are the least understood.

Report Predict 6% Increase In House Prices By 2021

The Barclays research includes analysis of rental trends, employment levels and current house prices to create an index of property hotspots.

People are twice as likely to trust a robot for heart surgery than with their savings, finds study

Just 7 per cent of people would trust a robot with their savings, versus the 14 per cent willing to submit to a machine for heart surgery

Rising trend in deals between UK SMEs and corporates threatened by 28% fall

What’s more this may be on the increase, with 81% of deals involving financial services firms in 2016/17 being minority stake purchases.

Brits warming to online banking - Nationwide

“Innovation in personal finance is clearly something that intrigues people, as three in five believe we will be paying for everything via our thumbprint by 2037.”

Challenger banks leading the way in UK, research shows

The third annual PACE (Performance Against Customer Expectations) study surveyed 1,000 British banking customers, asking them about their banking experiences and how well their provider is meeting their banking needs.

560,000 employed in Europe’s AM industry – EFAMA

Europe ranks as the second largest market in the global asset management industry, managing 31% of the total amount of assets managed globally at end 2015, €68trn.

Fund and wealth firms on cusp of 'historical' shift - RESEARCH

Forty-four deals took place in the first quarter of 2017, and Casey Quirk expects 2017’s volume to likely outpace the last two years.

Living together in later life seriously damages your wealth

Many tax and benefit rules do not recognise cohabitation and thereby treat cohabiting couples as second class citizens.

A complete income fund universe and 360° analysis determine Income Diamond Ratings from Defaqto

The unique ratings have been designed to give advisers a solid framework around which they can both position and recommend income funds.

Fee innovation in investment management overdue

UK consultant LCP’s latest fee report, published last month, shows that of 22 strategies analysed, only eight rose in the years since 2011.

BNY Mellon European chair says big banks are planning for 'the most challenging scenario' on Brexit

Brexit is a natural opportunity to expand roles within our European footprint, should we deem it necessary to do so in the future.

Where will be the UK's top property investment hotspots over the next 3 years?

The research also surveyed high net worth investors from across the UK, to reveal where and why they plan to purchase property in the future.

St. James’s Place – “Political ructions”

Criticism outweighs approval on both the Conservative and Labour manifestoes; the Conservatives risk UK businesses “being left in the starting blocks because of a blunt approach to immigration” and Labour “fails to offer the pro-growth a

On growing the pie, not eating it by Tim Price

It is also an exposure of the biggest lie in British politics: that national insurance is a separate levy which is set aside to pay for this kind of thing. It isn’t.

President Trump is the single biggest threat to investors’ portfolios

President Trump poses the greatest risk for regular investors in the world - even ahead of a possible recession in China - but there are also important opportunities, affirms the CEO of one of the world’s largest financial services organisations.

Money flowing into sovereign wealth funds declines to $7.4tn

Fall in oil price strains state-backed investment vehicles, as countries withdraw

Could citizens’ wealth funds halt the dominance of the financial elite?

Eventually the revenue stream could be significant.

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