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Global Banking Returns to Profit as It Enters Era of Overarching Regulation - BCG

For the First Time Since the Financial Crisis, Banks Globally Have Moved Beyond Recovery but Now Must Make a “Shift in Mind-Set” to Full Transparency Under Regulatory Reforms, BCG Report Says

Banks must embrace ‘full transparency’ as new era of regulation dawns, says report

The global banking industry has moved beyond recovery and regained overall profit for the first time since the financial crisis, but the sector must now “make a shift in mind-set” to full transparency under regulatory reforms, according to a n

The Future of Asset Management – 2020

PwC expects global AuM to grow from $64 trillion in 2014 to over $101 trillion in 2020

Lafferty report ranks retail banking strategies of the leading world banks

Countries whose banks within the top 100, almost without exception, receive ‘fuzzy’ ratings include China, Italy, Japan and Russia,

ICM UK Credit Managers’ Index Shows New High In Business Confidence

Businesses look for additional lines of credit and increase appetite for risk. 27% increase in interest for technology as a solution for managing trade credit risk.

JP Morgan gets double top in adviser ranking

The US bank once again was named top stockbroker with 211 stock market listed clients.

One of the UK's most influential financiers has claimed Britain exiting the EU could be a good thing for the economy

"The City won't just survive but prosper if the UK leaves the EU."

British expats looking towards Italian property

British expats are becoming more interested in purchasing property in Italy, according to international real estate agency Knight Frank.

European investors brace for volatility with bigger cash reserves Reuters Poll

European investors set up their portfolios to withstand a rise in market volatility in November, building up holdings of safe- haven cash while cutting back on riskier shares,

Powerless by Justin Urquhart Stewart

Herds can be dangerous. Stand in the way of one and you can get trampled

'Smacking a skunk with a tennis racket' by Tim Price

We believe the Federal Reserve’s large-scale asset purchase plan (so-called “quantitative easing”) should be reconsidered and discontinued.

Scandal and squeeze on fees sharpens funds' focus on forex

A currency-rigging scandal and an intensifying squeeze on their fees are driving fund managers to scrutinise how much they pay for the foreign exchange they need to buy overseas assets.

Tightening by superpower Fed trumps mini-stimulus in Europe and Asia

The world is already turning on its axis even before the Fed pulls the trigger, as if the QE era were a memory

Profile: The godfather of fund-of-hedge-funds on the sector's future

When Dixon Boardman started 26 years ago ‘there were 600 hedge funds and only 100 had $100 million it was not even a cottage industry,’ he reflects on how the industry has mushroomed over the years.

UK commercial property beats equities as most profitable asset

UK COMMERCIAL property was one of the best asset classes to invest in over the past year.

Hedge fund assets virtually unchanged in October, says eVestment

Total hedge funds assets were virtually unchanged in October, decreasing 0.0002%, to USD3.020 trillion, according to eVestment’s latest Hedge Fund Asset Flows Monthly Summary Report.

Ultra-rich Russians now buy one in five of London’s £10million-plus properties - but the Chinese are catching up fast

Russian oligarchs bought swathes of mansions in exclusive boroughs

Banks will take a generation to change their behaviour, researchers warn

High street banks are improving but the aggressive sales culture will take years to reform

Banks' bill for pension and investment mis-selling hits £1.2bn

High street banks in the UK have paid out £1.2 billion in fines and redress in relation to investment and pension mis-selling over the last 15 years

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