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Well despite all our enthusiastic festivities, it looks as though 2015 will start in a world of worry.

Global survey finds investors confident despite market risks

A survey of institutional investors that collectively manage $31trillion in assets has found confidence is high across the globe when it comes to meeting long-term objectives.

Funds investing in Russian equities caught in economic crisis

Hedge funds investing in Russian equities have seen the value of their holdings slump in recent weeks, making them some of the worst performing fund managers in the world this year.

Substance Drives Up Interest In Guernsey

Fiona Le Poidevin, the former Chief Executive of Guernsey Finance, explains why issues of substance are driving up interest among fund managers in the potential upside of relocating to Guernsey.

The Best Of Both Worlds In Guernsey

Jo Stoddart of Quintessential Relocation Consultants considers some of the reasons why financiers would look to relocate to Guernsey.

Deutsche Bank Says It Will Review Strategy in Coming Year

Deutsche Bank AG, which runs Europe’s largest investment bank, will review its strategy in 2015 after the stock slid more than 20 percent this year.

Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management Survey Reveals Opportunities and Challenges in Alternatives Marketplace

Alternative investments remain squarely in the growth phase, with investors across the globe looking beyond absolute returns as they seek to incorporate liquidity needs, regulatory status and transparency when weighing their alternatives allocation decisi

Frontier Markets Begin to Emerge

But for investors, frontier-markets funds have short track records and carry unique risks.

Investors see better private equity returns, shun hedge funds

Investors are optimistic about private equity, but reconsidering their allocations to hedge funds

Outlook for 2015 better than last year, but emerging markets are a worry for Fitch

Do you want the good news or the bad news?

London's Best-Paying Sectors: Private Equity Beats Hedge Funds

Move over hedge fund managers, the biggest paychecks in London's finance sector this year were in private equity, according to new data from Emolument.

Trends in Chinese business investment in the UK

What are the key trends of Chinese companies setting up business in the UK?

Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management Survey Reveals Opportunities and Challenges in Alternatives Marketplace

These dynamics create opportunities and challenges for helping investors fully understand their potential alternatives contributions.

Spies drawn by Norway’s wealth

Norway’s emergence as a wealthy country, with one of the biggest and most powerful investment funds in the world, is being cited as one of the reasons that spies are targeting Norwegian government and business leaders.

Investors Demand More LDI Innovation

Despite a growing need for asset-liability matching strategies, product providers have not offered enough new thinking.

Stock market Winners and Losers of the Year(so far) by

Well I know it's not quite the end of the year yet but I thought we should have a look at some of the stock market leaders and laggers as we head for the holiday period.

We seem to have miscalculated by Tim Price

You can be for gold, or you can be for paper, but you cannot possibly be for both.

Flurry of China bank deals hints at renewed confidence

China’s banks and insurers have more actively sought overseas assets in 2014 than at any time in the past decade

Wealth distribution in Austria particularly unjust: expert

In an interview with the APA Schnetzer called for a higher taxation of capital in the EU, along with a coordinated wage policy that would see wages increase in tandem with productivity growth.

Directors struggle with corporate governance reporting despite some disclosure improvements

Small and mid-size quoted companies continue to struggle with three major corporate governance disclosures, says a reportpublished by the Quoted Companies Alliance, the independent membership organisation that champions the interests of small to mid-size

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