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Is it time to bin Basel?

We should accept that government-led international financial regulation has failed

Smart beta growing as the 'third pillar' of investment portfolios

Smart beta growing as the 'third pillar' of investment portfoliosMost institutions see ‘smart beta’ funds as a potential substitute for some active management although retail investors may not be quite as quick to jump on board.

UK asset manager chiefs bullish on revenue increases

UK asset management chief executives are optimistic revenues will increase over the coming 12 months

Multi-managers hike absolute return bets ahead of long-only challenges

Multi-managers have been increasing their exposure to absolute return funds as conditions look set for long/short managers to thrive.

Tomorrow's world: What will mass-market advice look like in 25 years?

With the FCA pinning its hopes on technology for bridging the advice gap, PA asks: What will mass-market advice look like in a quarter of a century?

AIC: UK most favoured among the high net worth

Some 33% of investors plan to make no changes to their portfolio, whilst 7% plan to decrease their stockmarket investments.

A mansion tax would be equivalent to feasting on our economy’s seed corn

People do not much like paying taxes, yet there is rising demand for welfare and state services, and politicians fear taking the tough decisions needed to reallocate spending.

Corporate Earnings: Crises as Big Turning Points - Market comment, LGT

Relative to emerging market corporate earnings, profits of developed market companies stabilized shortly after the last financial crisis – and have been consistently catching up since late 2010.

Average salaries to increase by £4k over next ten years

Strong upturn in Construction and Banking, Finance and Insurance

Understanding AIFMD and Gaining a Passport to the European Market - SEI

The possible structuring options and associated costs ► Practical tax and legal considerations

March 19th – ‘A Budget for Votes’? by George Bull

With Budget Day exactly a month away, what’s likely to be in the Chancellor’s Red Box? Will the Chancellor make a single, dramatic gesture to win middle-income voter support?

China, UK discuss setting up yuan clearing bank in London - Osborne

The British and Chinese governments are in active discussions about setting up a clearing bank in London for China's currency

UK Law Commission could force fund managers to recognise climate risk

Legal review could drive billion dollar pensions industry to factor environmental impacts into asset analysis

Did anxious City traders trigger the global recession?

High levels of stress hormones can lead to decreased risk taking

The Mathematics of Foreign Exchange

"When you can measure what you are talking about and express it in numbers, you know something about it.” Lord Kelvin

Yellen, Changing and Hiding? - Neil Staines, ECU

On Tuesday we suggested that the core focus of the market was likely to be the testimony of Janet Yellen and the UK Quarterly Inflation Report (QIR), presented by Mark Carney.

Paltry pension propaganda

It seems everything about pensions is nearly always negative.

The ticking bomb of Generation Y

Even high-earning young professionals are seemingly unlikely to consider actively investing due to a lack of knowledge or difficulties accessing financial advice.

Coutts Insights: UK house prices to keep rising

London house prices keep rising, but we still don’t fear a bubble.

Barclays: 2014 continues to be another positive year for risk assets

Developed Equities Market positions move from neutral to modest overweight

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