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IMA to merge with ABI investment arm to form new trade body

The Investment Management Association is to merge with the Investment Affairs Division of the Association of British Insurers.

Minister in Deutsche Bank’s Home State Seeks Stricter Bank Split

The state is home to Frankfurt-based Deutsche Bank AG (DBK), Europe’s biggest investment bank by revenue, which has repeatedly said a split would drive up costs for clients and hurt European banks’ ability to compete with U.S. firms.

The financial industry employs 1.700 lobbyists and spends €120 million a year to influence the EU – at least

Kenneth Haar from Corporate Europe Observatory says: “The crisis revealed a clear need for stronger rules on financial markets. But reform has proved difficult, and these numbers are an important part of the explanation. The financial lobby's f

Tax really CAN be taxing!

How easy is it to trip up in tax? A recent case shows that even the simple things can be confusing to the taxpayer, and he pays the penalty.

Is the crisis finally over?

Seven years ago, relatively few people outside of financial services had probably heard of Lehman Brothers, certainly in the UK.

Asset Managers Enjoy Best Revenues in Four Years

Alternative managers also had higher operating profits

ECB's Weidmann - France's Budget Policies 'Test Case' for Euro Fiscal Rules

The president of the German central bank warned on Monday that the credibility of the euro zone's budgetary rules was at stake and that France's suggestion that the bloc's budget deficit targets be weakened are a "test case" for t

UK investors failing to look past the short term

Only one in 20 investors commit their money to investment products for ten years or more, and most intend to allocate just 13 per cent to high-growth assets like equities, claims a report from Schroders.

Diamond Industry Implications From Ukraine Crisis

This is not a large figure in proportion to the overall global economy

Have you made your fund manager rich?

Fund managers and brokers are often highly profitable

Bond managers warn against complacency amid low defaults

Global default rates may be low, but that should not blind investors to the risk of companies issuing high-yield bonds going bust, according to fund managers.

Wealth funds are getting ‘too big to fail’

The sector has the potential to amplify pro-cyclical swings in the financial system and wider economy, giving a false picture of the price of risk.

Wealth manager interview: Gareth Lewis, Bestinvest

It is a dazzling morning and Bestinvest chief investment officer Gareth Lewis has strolled for 10 minutes in the March sunshine from his London home to Bestinvest’s Mayfair headquarters, tucked away in a quiet cul-de-sac close to businessman John C

So what is different this time? by Justin Urquhart Stewart

So the question was - is it a good recovery or a great recovery?

CEE investment volumes to continue climbing

Colliers International assesses the last year and looks at the current one

Consumers want value-added services

In the last few weeks, the corridors of the asset management companies have been buzzing with discussions of the mutual fund platform and its impact.

Five signs that the global economic recovery may be an illusion

Many policymakers believe the worst is over, but is this just 'groupthink'? And which warnings might the IMF miss this time?

Pope rules that Vatican bank can stay operative

The bank’s stated purpose is to manage funds for Roman Catholic orders of priests and nuns, charitable institutions and Vatican employees and retirees.

Central banks are incubating a crisis the IMF is disinclined to see

IMF chief Christine Lagarde has urged central banks to launch more QE, which has only succeeded in putting a rocket under asset prices

The age of asset management? – Speech by Andrew Haldane

In a speech at the London Business School’s Asset Management Conference, Andrew Haldane discusses the risks posed by the asset management industry to financial stability, and the associated policy implications.

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