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The Sum of All Fears by Justin Urquhart Stewart

Last week we saw a bursting of some of the complacency of the past few months.

Why BPES, the next acronym the finance industry will have to worry about, with boost AIFM registrations

Luxembourg is the largest investment fund centre in Europe and the second largest in the world after the US.

Exodus! One third of wealthy Londoners "to leave London in next five years"

Sixty-three per cent of HNWIs in London say they live in the region because it was where they were born or grew up

Investors Shun Advice as Platforms Take Off in Europe

Cerulli Associates' research found that many investors at all levels--from mass retail to ultra-high-networth

Yellow Umbrellas by Geoff Cook, Jersey Finance

A Finance Manifesto

The 10 keys to happiness revealed

We are 58 before we really get the balance between work and life right

BofA: Investors ditch equities amidst global recovery worries

Respondents have lost their appetite for Emerging Markets and European equities. Both current positioning and intentions for the next 12 months have turned negative or neutral. Instead, they have regained faith in the U.S. market and increased their prefe

European growth scare – how bad is it? by Stephanie Butcher, Invesco Perpetual

As more doom and gloom is predicted for Europe with growth grinding to a halt, even in the traditional economic powerhouse of Germany, Invesco Perpetual’s Stephanie Butcher, European Equities Fund Manager, remains upbeat and highlights reasons to be

World Wealth Rises at Fastest Rate Ever Recorded - Credit Suisse

The Number of Ultra High Net Worth Individuals Has Grown

One third of IFAs still opting for rebated share classes

Almost one third of advisers are still choosing to invest their clients’ money into rebated funds

Eurozone Souffle by Justin Urquhart Stewart

History does not repeat - well that is my view - but it does resonate.

Market failure by Tim Price

There are two ways of learning how to ride a fractious horse

No miracle solution by Guy Wagner

Through their actions, the central banks are making life hard for savers who are not prepared to take risks and who traditionally favour money-market investments rather than term deposits or savings accounts.

Invesco euro equity duo top amLeague’s overall rankings

Asset Management’s Jeffrey Taylor and Matthew Perowne have topped amLeague’s September rankings after posting the strongest performance across all three of the competition’s mandates.

Deloitte Romania Survey: 58.5 percent of businesspeople think Romanian tax system is favorable

Most local businesspeople perceive Romania's tax system as favorable; 58.5 percent of them responded positively to a direct voting opinion poll carried out by Deloitte Romania at their conference on fiscal issues Tax&Legal 2014.

Quarterly Economic Outlook – John Greenwood, Invesco Perpetual

Invesco Perpetual’s Chief Economist John Greenwood gives his view on the sub-par performance of the global economy and warns of slow improvement in 2015

Wealthy Spaniards and Greeks have felt the pinch from the economic crisis

Overall, Europe’s total net wealth sits at €56 trillion, the report says, up 1.7% on the previous year and exceeding pre-crisis levels.

AIC bemoans IFAs holding trusts but refusing to recommend

The director general of the Association of Investment Companies has bemoaned the fact that a number of financial advisers are not offering investment companies to their clients, despite seeing the benefits and using them in their own portfolios.

Britain to lead the way for high net worth wealth growth

A new forecast by Spear's in conjunction with WealthInsight shows that the total wealth of the UK's richest is expected to grow by 12.5 per cent from 2014 to 2016 - ahead of other major European economies Germany, Spain, France and Italy.

Female Board Membership Rises in Europe as Top Spots Remain Male

The results placed Europe on par with the U.S., with 21.2 percent, and compares with a non-Europe average of 11.6 percent. While women gained board seats in the biennial survey, efforts on executive board appointments are “stagnant,” Egon Zehn

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