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Why investors are freaking out over European banks (again)

Credit Suisse is also under fire, with the cost to insure its debt doubling.

Cyprus Tops Citizenship by Investment Programs

Residency through real estate investment shows strong growth

German, French central bank chiefs support joint eurozone finance ministry

The heads of the central banks in Germany and France have warned tighter financial cooperation between eurozone nations is required to save the European project. A joint finance ministry could be a blessing, they said.

Revealed: The secret international blacklist that can lock you out of your bank account

He’s the founder of an anti-extremism organisation. He’s advised prime ministers on the best way to counter radical Islam.

Here's one area where bonuses are 'real' pay-outs

An unfashionable area now the place to be.

Study: UK banks could lose 45% of their customers to alternative financial institutions

The study ‘Banking Disintermediation: The Personalisation Imperative’ surveyed over 1000 UK consumers, conducted by Red Bricks research on behalf of Personetics.

First high net worth equity release service launches

The high net worth adviser will offer bespoke equity release rates and terms for customers as the equity release market expands into wider retirement lending.

Shadow Capital Rises Behind Patient Capital

The $5.6bn leveraged-buyout fund raised by the founders of KKR in 1987 as they pursued the takeover of RJR Nabisco was seen as enormous at the time.

Fund Firms Fear Skill Shortage In Complex World

Fund firms are struggling to find sufficiently talented people as the world they operate in becomes increasingly complex.

Banks fall to attractive valuations after “interesting” start to 2016 - Schroders

European bank shares have fallen to optically attractive levels at the same time as capital requirements have become far clearer.

UK property trusts suffer steepest fall in five years

Property buyers, particularly sovereign wealth funds, are being stretched by low oil prices and weakness in emerging market economies

Bank of America Merrill Lynch Sweeps Institutional Investor's 2016 Europe Rankings

Last year the firm ranked No. 4, No. 2 and No. 2, respectively, in these annual rankings.

Banking the customer experience dividend

How to create growth in a changing market? KPMG Nunwood's latest analysis shows that customer experience is the key to achieving growth.

Asset managers set to lose out as Europe's institutions band together to invest

However, the developing trend is not the death knell for independent managers, says Cerulli Associates, the global analytics firm. "In fact, net demand for third-party managers in infrastructure and property may well grow," notes David Walker, i

Where are we in the Credit Cycle? by Standard Life Investments

Bank lending standards have tightened in emerging markets, and there are nascent signs of tightening in the US, although European lending is still loosening.

Coutts Global Markets Weekly: Global growth continues

Meanwhile, accommodative central bank policies should keep interest rate risk low

Lehman Bros. hit the rocks, but lives on as Scotch

He is describing his flagship Scotch whisky, labeled Ashes of Disaster.

Morning Coffee: Credit Suisse bonus pain horribly compounded. Senior bankers’ strange alternative careers

Bonuses at Credit Suisse are deferred for three years.

Bankers’ bonuses are bigger than last year’s, but majority say it is not enough money

Just 24% of Merril Lynch bankers were reportedly satisfied with their bonus payments, compared to 45% who said they were not happy about the sums.

British bankers are not happy with their massive bonuses because they think their colleagues get more than them

However, well over a third say that they’re not satisfied with their bonus, and a lot of that is apparently down to a lack of transparency in the bonus system.

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