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2014 Outlook: Time for financial markets to stand on their own feet again - Threadneedle Investments

Emerging markets are a “wildcard” and likely to remain volatile.

Brewin Dolphin’s top 10 Investment thoughts for 2014 and other tips

Brewin Dolphin is one of the leading wealth managers in the UK with over £28 billion of funds under management for more than 100,000 clients

Coutts Investment Outlook 2014: How to make money in an era of low growth

Coutts today launches its 2014 Investment Outlook entitled Today & Tomorrow, which highlights Coutts’ view of the economic landscape and key investment themes.

Market integrity a key concern for investment professionals

Respondents in China are the most cautious, with only 48% expecting the global economy to expand in the coming year.

BNY Mellon Investment Boutique Warns of Deflationary Risks in Europe

Standish Sees Global GDP Accelerating to 3.5 Percent in 2014

Another FTSE Fad Goes – Annuity Warnings & Pay by Justin Urquhart Stewart

The FTSE100 is a remarkably unreliable friend.

2013 Christmas party season for London's financiers is about decency over debauchery

London financiers plan low key Christmas parties

Erste details sovereign exposure at end-H1

Erste detailsErste Group Bank said on Monday its largest sovereign exposure at the end of the first half was to home country Austria.

Hargreaves Lansdown: Five themes to watch in 2014

This year has contained some surprises that have caught both markets and investors off guard - the burst of activity from Abenomics, slowing growth numbers in China and the ‘tapergate’ inspired volatility in the US and markets around the world

“There is never a bargain in glamour”

Europe has been the last place many people have wanted to invest for the past few years, with the sovereign debt crisis, the future of the euro, austerity and recession all raising concerns about the viability of the region.

The old banks are returning but without their managers

The public face of an industry in desperate need of a reputational makeover will live on

How a canny hire turned Old Mutual from a £160m straggler to a £1bn heavyweight

The group has been catapulted to the seventh biggest in net retail sales – last year, it wasn’t even in the top 20.

Why Bitcoin Will Never Be a Currency—in 2 Charts

Bitcoin could be Paypal 2.0, but it will never be the dollar 2.0. Not when prices would have had to fall 98.5 percent the past year if they'd been set in terms of Bitcoin.

Death of a Lloyds Salesman

The perverse world of sales incentives created by Lloyds Banking Group's controversial staff pay schemes saw some employees resort to desperate measures to avoid taking a salary cut

Black Swans and the Global Financial Crisis

One of the more interesting recent economic metaphors is that of the 'black swan'.

Standard Life denies low-client advisers full wrap access

Standard declined to give Barrett access to the platform to make changes to the portfolio and required him to go through a Standard Life agent via telephone if he wanted to transact or make changes.

Argonauts return to Greece

‘Grecovery’ is likely to be the most important European economic and political event of 2014.

Luis M Linde: Reflections on the road and challenges ahead – regulatory changes affecting banking activity

Closing address by Mr Luis M Linde, Governor of the Bank of Spain, at the IX IESE (Instituto de Estudios Superiores de la Empresa/Business School of the University of Navarra) Banking Sector Meeting “Banks – beyond the crisis”

High net worth individuals and trustees – time to breathe easy? by Gary Heynes

Some expected and unexpected changes for individuals and trustees – but was it smiles all round, or tears and frowns?

The Ions Age at Liontrust

Liontrust has seen a surge in assets under management in the last three years since chief executive John Ions took the reigns and he says the capacity is there to continue growing

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