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The top asset management firms everyone wants to work for

Our 2016 Ideal Employer Rankings, which surveyed more than 6,500 financial services professionals globally, shows which employers people in the industry want to work for.

Compliance Tops Data Management Priorities

The survey consisted of a variety of US and UK investment management firms including institutional, private client and wealth management.

Battle of Brexit divides prominent fund managers

The rising number of fund managers to publicly back Brexit stands in sharp contrast to the banking and insurance industries

Here's a key reason millennials are leaving their companies in droves

One reason millennials, who now make up the largest segment of the US workforce, are driven to job-hopping is that they don't see enough opportunities for leadership development.

The curious case of Islamic wealth

Islamic fund management segment, albeit a small component, is slowly developing.

New financial crash 'certain', ex-Bank chief Lord King warns

He has also claimed that the 2008 crisis was the fault of the financial system, not individual greedy bankers

Meet the 'Rich Kids of London' who flaunt their wealth on popular Instagram account

The 'rich kids' submit photos of themselves to the account, which boasts thousands of followers

Coutts. Investing doesn't follow a pre-set course

Bank of England Governor Mark Carney has received some negative press for seeming to back down from previous suggestions that UK rates were more likely to go up than down. But his rebuttal that monetary policy is not on a pre-set course echoes our approac

Where the puck will be by Tim Price

“My interest is in the future because I am going to spend the rest of my life there.” - Charles Kettering.

Heartwood to broaden its emerging markets exposure

By Jade Fu, Investment Manager at Heartwood Investment Management

Britain as global investor and foreign investment location: second only to the USA

The UK is second only to the USA in terms of the stock of outward investment (investment abroad) and inward investment (foreign investment in the UK).

Russia, new frontier for Islamic finance

Russia has a native Muslim populations of roughly 20 million

Increasing signs of economic slowdown throughout the world: Guy Wagner (Banque de Luxembourg)

Signs of economic slowdown are increasing worldwide. Apart from weakness in the manufacturing sector, services activities are also starting to be affected, despite the favourable effects of falling oil prices on consumer purchasing powe

Businesses guilty of wasting 5% of revenues a year

CIMA polled more than 2,000 finance professionals, of which half (50%) admitted their organisations lack any kind of strategy to drive cost competitiveness.

The hottest hedge fund strategy tells you everything you need to know about markets right now

The good news is that there's a hedge fund strategy for that, and it's set to be a very popular approach.

Why you might be wrong about both China and gold

There have always been those who have argued that the precious metal is a poor investment.

Morning Coffee: The real downside to working for RBS. Putative good news for bankers in Europe by Sarah Butcher 5 hours ago

When you work for RBS’s investment bank, however, you are expected to do penance for the sins of your forebears, even if you joined after the sins were committed and share none of their culpability.

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