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ECB has run out of silver bullets

According to Bank of America Merrill Lynch, there is now $13 trillion (€11.7 trillion) of global negative-yielding debt

Global Investing: London realty falling down?

Is UK capital's realty missold as 'safe haven'?

Ross McEwan on Brexit: it's not a banking crisis – RBS has plenty of money

We had deposits coming to us because people realised we were a strong bank.

Brexit impact is going to be horrible, says leading City fund manager

Funds worth more than £1bn left Schroders and went into Old Mutual when Buxton moved between the two companies in 2013.

Financial advisers lose interest in auto-enrolment

The survey covered advisers, accountants, payroll administrators and book keepers.

“In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” - George Orwell.

Mental men prefer bonds by Tim Price

How UK interest rate predictions have shifted after the Brexit vote - Schroders

The expectation of lower rates marks a sharp turnaround from the mood in the months before the EU referendum when the focus was on trying to predict when the Bank’s key rate, at 0.5% since 2009, would rise rather than fall.

Morning Coffee: Barclays’ Unusual Taste In Junior Bankers. Is Liechtenstein A Solution For The City?

The British investment bank has let it be known that it has rarefied tastes in graduate hires: it likes them alternative; maybe they won’t even have studied finance at all.

OMW to ‘slow’ overall growth and focus on private client business

Old Mutual Wealth Private Client Advisers was launched towards the end of last year to build a national advice offering.

European banks face €30bn-€40bn capital bill after Brexit

Report says foreign banks’ London subsidiaries may need own funding if UK is outside single market

Could Italian banks be Eurozone's next big crisis?

Italy's banking sector is burdened by bad loans amounting to 25% of the country's GDP.

UK corporate tax is a red herring in post-Brexit economic debate - Mazars

We will not be immune to sterling weaknesses and competition from cheaper UK imports will be unhelpful to many Irish firms.

Two-thirds of advisers recommend property funds

A Money Marketing survey of 186 advisers shows 63 per cent had recommended property since January 2015.

UBS retains positions as world's biggest private bank: study

The private banking benchmark study showed.

Brits should avoid acting German if the Bank of England cuts interest rates

Alongside gems like “[the Bundesbank] is like cream, the more you whip it the harder it gets”, the central bank’s pride in its plaudits speaks to a healthy self-regard for its historic achievements in inflation targeting before the intro

Ladies who don't lunch: Maike Currie talks to Christine Johnson about bonds, bubbles and being a rebel

Debt people are always worrying about the downside.

UK insurance industry facing customer expectation gap according to latest Target Group whitepaper

The whitepaper, which is based on a survey of 1,000 UK consumers, also reveals that almost one fifth (20%) of respondents admitted that they didn’t even look for important information, like how to make a claim, at the point of purchase.

Brexit unlikely to hit GCC sovereign wealth funds – Moody’s

Its latest report, ‘Sovereigns – Brexit and the Gulf Cooperation’, said that sovereign wealth fund portfolios are typically large and well diversified

Availability of professional job opportunities falls by 3.5% compared to May 2016

Professional job opportunities fell by 3.5% (11,633) in June 2016 when compared to the previous month (12,056) but were up 3% compared to June 2015 according to the Morgan McKinley June Employment Monitor.

Investors go alternative - RESEARCH

Total assets managed by the top 100 alternative investment managers globally reached $3.6 trillion up 3% on the prior year, according to research produced by Willis Towers Watson.

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