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The Perils of Fashion Fads and Tank Tops by Justin Urquhart Stewart

When it comes to watching asset classes year by year it is always amusing to see how this year’s hot tip can so easily become next year’s embarrassment.

Nine out of 10 Global Decision-makers Believe Collaboration Is now Essential if Global Economy Is to Recover

Greater representation of women in leadership roles will be influential

Party in the Credit Markets: A Parallel Universe

There’s a party going on in the credit markets, but the real economy does not seem to have been invited.

Tycoons rich with cash but shun wealth managers

With trust in bankers at a low level they prefer to invest in property

Exposed: The regime of fear inside Barclays

- and how the boss lied and shredded the evidence

Coutts Outlook 2013: Buy Equities as Case for Bonds Fades

In its outlook for 2013, Coutts looks at the major investment risks and opportunities expected to shape market developments in the next 12 months.

BofA Merrill Lynch Fund Manager Survey Finds Investors Increasingly Bullish as Global Economy Regain

'Great Rotation' to Equities From Bonds Gets Under Way

Investors Increasingly Bullish as Global Economy Regains Growth Path - RESEARCH

Global investors have entered 2013 in buoyant but not yet exuberant mood, according to the BofA Merrill Lynch Fund Manager Survey for January.

When Darwin is Applied to the Steel Industry by Justin Urquhart Stewart

There is an interesting contrast between the French steel industry and that of the United Kingdom, or more specifically Wales and Teesside.

Progress Made in 2012 to Have Positive Impact on Global Markets in 2013 - RESEARCH

BMO Harris Private Banking's latest Market Outlook Commentary Report reveals that the world's market and economic situation is in better shape now than it was 12 months ago.

London Prime Property Report - RESEARCH

The year that was

Global growth hopes mount - Coutts

Central banks on hold as indicators gradually improve

Tax evasion made easy, legally

Well known celebrities, artists, athletes and entrepreneurs like Steffi Graf, Boris Becker, Ralf and Michael Schumacher seem to be doing it.

Reforming Europe, beating the crisis

Speech from Olli REHN, Vice-President of the European Commission and member of the Commission responsible for Economic and Monetary Affairs and the Euro

Not completed your tax return? Time to take action. by Gary Heynes

With only three weeks left to submit a self-assessment tax return online, find out why leaving it any later could be painful on the wallet.

Schroders - 2013 Video Outlook from Johanna Kyrklund, Head of Multi Asset Investments

In this first Multi Asset video of the year Johanna Kyrklund shares her views on the outlook, opportunities and concerns for 2013

Coutts Wealth Watch: Risks grow for bonds as central banks shift focus from inflation to growth

As several major central banks shift their focus away from inflation to nominal growth, we believe this spells the end of the decades-long bond bull market, while raising the risk of an outright bear market. In our view, bond-heavy portfolios should manag

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