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Pension scammer activity trebles in three months

Pension savers are almost three times more likely to be approached to review their pension or release some of it as cash than they were nine months ago

How low can we go? by Justin Urquhart Stewart

Whether it was the dramatic withdrawal of the Swiss Franc peg to the Euro, with all its ramifications, or through to the less exciting reduction in Danish interest rates,

Money worries by Tim Price

I hold all idea of regulating the currency to be an absurdity; the very terms of regulating the currency and managing the currency I look upon to be an absurdity

Russia faces $40bn battle to stave off banking crisis

Russia may have to spend more than $40bn this year to avert a banking crisis, as the growing likelihood of a sharp recession threatens to pile extra costs on a sector suffering from Western sanctions over Ukraine and a plunge in the rouble.

QE to provide welcome eurozone boost - Schroders

Below Azad Zangana, Senior European Economist and Strategist and Rory Bateman, Head of UK and European Equities, comment on today’s decision by the European Central Bank.

Vive L¹Europe: We think the recent (and much welcomed) outperformance of European stocks over the US can continue - Psigma

ummary, let’s hope that European governments take the chance to act to turn their hunkering old ship toward a more promising horizon. That seems unlikely based upon recent experience but even if they don’t then this historical day in Europe sh

Affordable Drawdown Tops European Managers' Product Plans

Managers try to pre-empt effects of optional annuitization with cheaper offerings, but strategies still a "work in progress"

Investment Strategy for 2015 by Guy Wagner

In my article on the investment strategy for 2014, I wrote that it was important to differentiate between the structural framework and the short-term environment. Another way of looking at this is to say that you shoulddistinguish between the economy and

PwC launches 18th Global CEO Survey results in Davos, Switzerland

Fewer CEOs than last year think global economic growth will improve over the next 12 months, though confidence in their ability to achieve revenue growth in their own companies remains stable, say the more than 1,300 CEOs interviewed in PwC's 18th An

New international standards herald informative and insightful audit reports

The reporting rules now allow us to innovate within our public audit reports and begin to address the value and relevance of the audit

Deutsche Bank ranks top in fixed income - Greenwich Associates

Germany's largest lender began a strategic review earlier this month

Cambridge In Vanguard Of Banking Revolution

You may not have heard it above the recent storms, a distant but unmistakable rumble – the first shots of a revolution in High Street banking.

Banks need move on from the crisis, say bosses

It's time for lenders to start concentrating on what they can do rather than just regulating activity, say bank bosses gathered at the World Economic Forum

AQR launches research institute with London Business School

London Business School and AQR, a global investment management firm, will today launch the AQR Institute of Asset Management, a new partnership aimed at advancing research and best practices in the global asset management community.

Growth in financial services continues but building societies under pressure – CBI/PwC

Optimism among investment managers has stalled for the first time in three years, according to a survey by the Confederation of British Industry and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Will the Greeks loose their marbles (Again) by Justin Urquhart Stewart

There has been much hyperbole over the potential for Greece to be thrown out of the Euro single currency scheme.

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The Telegraph Wealth Management Service in association with St. James’s Place helps readers to look closely at important and topical financial issues effecting their personal wealth.

The wealth that failed to trickle down: Report suggests rich do get richer while poor stay poor

A wealthy person’s taxes are reduced and his disposable income increases.

68% of Financial Professionals Cite Lack of Agility in Risk and Financial Model Development as a Fundamental Business Cost

Collaboration between quants, developers, and business users is key to successful financial data analytics

An odd, non-linear world by Tim Price

“Sir, John Authers, in Loser’s Game (The Big Read, December 22), could have delved deeply into the flaws in the asset management business as it has evolved in recent decades, rather than accepting the industry’s own terms or focusing on

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