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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

A mixed third quarter for hedge funds, says Lyxor

Credit has not been in a good spot lately and the impact can be felt on funds focusing on bottom-up opportunities.  

Close Brothers survey reveals how SME owners struggle to ‘switch off’ while on holiday

Nearly a quarter of SME (small and medium-size enterprise) bosses in East Anglia say they remain in constant contact with their office while on holiday.

Private clients drive fastest profit growth of 2014

The UK’s financial services firms saw strong growth in business volumes in the three months to September, with profits rebounding and hiring on the up. That’s according to the 100th CBI/PwC survey of the sector.

Wealth in Europe at Record High

European wealth is currently around the record level of €56tn, expected to reach a massive €80tn by 2019.

California Dreaming & UHS1

So here we are, still faced with a huge deficit, and although it has come down over the past few years, it is now showing signs of flat-lining and even rising slightly.

PCI & ACI Estimates for September 2014

September’s estimates for the ARC Private Client Indices (PCI) and the ARC Charity Indices (ACI) are now available for download

The Only Way is Up

Tracking runaway growth in the global ETF market

Greek Households Have Lost 170 Billion Euros Total Due to Crisis, Swiss Bank Finds

A new study conducted by the Julius Baer Group, a Swiss private bank, has found that the last seven years of devastating economic downfall have seen Greek households lose a net total of 170 billion euros.

A Wealth of Opportunities

The BBA's Wealth of Opportunities report, which is supported by the Wealth Management Association (WMA), reveals that investors rate the UK higher than other financial centres for these services, and that the sector last year paid taxes of £1.

Funds under management soar to new heights

The UK’s fund management seThe UK’s fund management sector was worth £6.2trn at the end of 2013, data from TheCityUK has found.

Wealth in Europe at all-time high of 56 trillion euros

Private wealth across Europe reached an all-time high of 56 trillion euros last year and is set to rise by 40 percent to almost 80 trillion by 2019

Russian sanctions impact asset fund flows

The objective here, of course, is not to discuss whether sanctions are the best available method to solve the East-West crisis, but to shed light on the indirect way the financial sector is impacted.

Britons Won't Bail on Banks Because of Apathy Not Because They Trust Them, says PwC

PwC's report was based on a survey of over 2000 people across the UK

How banks can better sell alternatives

A European private banker explains how to cater for and act as a go-between with hedge fund and UCITS fund managers and investors.

Smart beta: which strategies can work best when?

This is prompting some professional investors to look in more detail at how specific risk factors perform

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