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SAFT ON WEALTH-Imagining a global crash every two years

It just might be time to rethink that global diversification strategy

LSE in merger talks with Singapore exchange

The London Stock Exchange Group is in talks with the owner of the Singapore exchange about a potential £7.2bn merger.

Rich to lose half their wealth by 2014

In spite of his doom and gloom about America and the world economy, when pressed Faber did recommend some China REITs.

The U.K. Is The Real Epicenter Of This Crisis

Yes, the euro will fall in value when Greece and other peripheral countries eventually exit the euro. However this fall will mainly be against the US dollar.

Libor scandal: Barclays investors attack regulators for 'decapitating’ top team

Institutional investors were responding to claims made by the Financial Services Authority and the Bank of England at the Treasury select committee that the sudden removal of Mr Diamond was in the best interest of shareholders.

London banks lose old-school ways

Attempts to manipulate Libor, an important interest rate (at which banks can borrow funds from other banks), originated on the trading floors of some of the biggest and oldest banks in London, like Barclays, and government officials on both sides of the A

Investor confidence has weakened further - BofA Merrill Lynch

Investor confidence has weakened further, led by a sharp decline in expectations of corporate profit growth, according to the BofA Merrill Lynch Survey of Fund Managers for July.

Uncertainty in Europe and indecision in the U.S. will dominate world economy, markets in third quarter - Natixis CEO

Markets will be erratic in the third quarter as policy indecision in the U.S. and a deepening recession in Europe overshadow virtually every aspect of the world economy, said John Hailer of Natixis Global Asset Management (NGAM).

Is five years of tax amnesties enough? by George Bull

Amnesties are a proven method for closing the compliance gap, collecting outstanding taxes and bringing tax payers into the tax net for the future.

Private banking's squeezed middle

Echoing their colleagues in investment banking, private bankers in Emerging Europe see the middle segment of their market being squeezed, with only the biggest and the boutiques surviving. That has some casting around for new strategies in the region.

Banks, the historical and the ethical

The question now must be: how they can be fixed?

“Standing Still… But Still Standing” - Blackrock

Avoiding Worldwide Recession by Addressing Fiscal Imbalances

Citigroup CEO Vikram Pandit: It's about getting back to the basics of banking

Vikram Pandit is the quiet man of Wall Street. Or at least he'd like to be. But as chief executive of Citigroup, once the world's biggest bank which fell from grace further and faster than any other major lender in 2008, he can't expect to

Wealth Management in the Age of the iPad by Phil Banas

It’s easy to be cynical about mobility in wealth management.

Someone is slowing the Samba in Sao Paulo by Justin Urquhart Stewart

The exciting tempo that was the growth of the world’s second largest developing economy has been showing some serious signs of faltering.

Practical tweak gives certainty to new tax residence rules by Sue Moore

The Treasury has issued the summary of responses to the consultation document on the statutory residence test (SRT) and they have listened to the comments.

Why Europeans should love banking union

The narrative of stingy Teutons and proud Latins has literary and political merits.

Buxton: Why I snapped up more Barclays shares when Diamond quit

Schroders’ head of UK equities Richard Buxton bought more Barclays shares the day chief executive Bob Diamond quit, he has revealed.

Transparency in Corporate Reporting index ranks the world's 105 largest companies

Researchers evaluated each organisation in terms of the steps it takes to fight corruption and the openness of its financial self-reporting.

How the LIBOR Scandal Affects Private Equity

How will the scandal affect private capital transactions?

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