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City job availability up 67%

There was a 67% uplift in financial services jobs in April 2014, compared to the same month last year.

SMEs still reluctant to switch banks despite continued finance concerns

Around one in five small businesses also indicated that they would consider moving to an alternative provider for banking services

Wealth managers recover appetite for EM risk

Micro cap UK/Europe, and EM equity should be the big surprises,’ of 2014

Market experts predict tech bubble most likely to burst

A gathering of fund managers cast a spotlight on which markets are flavour of the month and which are likely to be a wise bet long-term

Standard Life predicts an expansion of M&A activity in 2015

There will be further expansion of mergers and acquisition (M&A) activity into 2015, according to Standard Life, the global investments manager.

Wealth Managers Capture Larger Share of Client Wealth Over a 20 Year Time Frame

According to a study released by SEI, NPG Wealth Management, and Scorpio Partnership, the world’s millionaires increase assets held at a wealth manager by 18% over a 20 year relationship.

Europe’s fragile economic recovery is gaining ground -Nancy Curtin, CIO, Close Brothers Asset Management

Nancy Curtin, CIO, Close Brothers Asset Management comments on today’s ECB Interest Rate announcement:

GSAM's Third Annual Insurance Survey Reveals Ways Insurers Combat Low Yields

Goldman Sachs Asset Management has released its third annual insurance survey with results indicating that insurers are looking to increase risk to combat low yields.

know when to hold ‘em, know when to fold ‘em - Stephen Gallo, BMO

FX is ready to call Draghi’s bluff, and it will need a very, very good reason to not do so this week

Elix-IRR recognised as the Best New Consultancy by the Management Consultancies Association

This award recognised the outstanding growth from the company that is nearly five years old, along with unprecedented client satisfaction from the marketplace.

For new wealth, head to Yorkshire or Hampshire

London may pride itself on being a financial hub but the wealth management industry is busy branching out into the regions

British investors ratchet back up equity bets

Top British investors bumped up their equity bets in April, preferring developed stock markets to volatile emerging markets, while pulling money out of safer assets such as cash and bonds.

Rising Economy, Rates & Sterling by Justin Urquhart Stewart

So when should rates rise?

One Thing The French, Greeks And Other Europeans Cannot Get Right

Wealth creation, not wealth distribution, should top the list of economic priorities of a society.

Ex-UBS trader Hughes has repositioned himself as a hot shot technologist

As the boss of Kweku Adoboli, who was at the centre of the 2011 rogue trading scandal that cost UBS $2.3bn, Hughes “should have been a role model to others”, the FCA said in a statement explaining why it has banned him from performing any regu

Eastern Europe's Double Whammy

A battle of nerves

Eastern Europe's Double Whammy

A battle of nerves

Institutional investors keen to increase social investment activity, says report

The research highlights that these investors approach social in different ways; emotionally or rationally

Banking Is Getting Boring and That's Good

Speak to any financial regulator and they will tell you that their post-economic crisis ambition is for banking to become boring. Events at Barclays suggest they're starting to get their way.

Frontier market inflows are scary, warns Lloyd George manage

The London-based manager thinks many investors left disappointed

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