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Should the next generation bother to buy a property by Justin Urquhart Stewart

There seems to be a given rule that we all have to own some property, and that's what we "should do", and invest in good solid bricks and mortar.

A Best Practice Approach to Suitability and Assessment By Daryl Roxburgh

what does all this really mean for the investment process, the end-investor and the investment community?

Roll up, roll up — everything in Britain is for sale

Part of RBS could be sold to Abu Dhabi. That’s no cause for alarm — we benefit from being open to investment

Charities backlash against the Budget

The Budget proposal to restrict the availability of unlimited tax reliefs to a quarter of an individual’s income has aroused a great deal of concern that it will result in a fall in large scale donations to charity.

Women Executives Will Destroy The World, Say Male Economists

In the male-female divide, women are the careful ones, right?

The double-edged sword of the wealth continuum

Movement along the wealth continuum, the range where an investor’s wealth rises and falls, has intensified in recent times and brings with it a raft of challenges for wealth managers.

China's Changing by Justin Urquhart Stewart

Just in case we hadn’t noticed, there are some significant issues going on in this burgeoning economy.

Analysis of the 2012 Budget - George Bull, Baker Tilly

The Chancellor’s key message was that Britain is open for business. Companies and individuals are welcome. But be sure to pay your taxes. However, there was a serious error of judgement in rushing out the tax increases for pensioners without showing

SunGard identifies ten trends influencing the banking industry

A focus of investment for banks is on ensuring regulatory compliance and in assuring shareholders that they fully understand and can manage their risk exposures.

Recovery shifts up a gear, but bumps in the road lie ahead -Coutts & Co

The market rally is likely to grind higher on mounting evidence that the US is reasserting itself as an engine of world economic growth. Indeed, the world has moved closer towards the upper end of our base-case economic scenario. But while the rally is wa

Are your investment reports on the endangered species list?

Evolution, Natural Selection and Investment Reporting

Gilts supported by investor-friendly UK budget - Coutts

Gilt yields were broadly unchanged after the fiscally neutral UK budget kept to the planned course of cutting the deficit and stabilising the national debt over the course of the current parliament.

May 7th at dawn - Banque Privee Edmond de Rothschild

Hesitating between new-found confidence and resurgent doubts, Patrick Ségal, former member of the Executive Comittee, takes us on a whirlwind tour of the global economy. He doesn't mince his words in his comments on France

Britain lags behind BRICs in African race, warns former Nigeria president Olusegun Obasanjo

Britain is being overtaken by emerging economies, such as India and Brazil in the “race” for a share of Africa’s new and fast-growing markets, according to Olusegun Obasanjo, the former president of Nigeria and leader of its ruling party

Are Fashion Fads Fading Faster? by Justin Urquhart Stewart

Have you noticed how the speed of corporate ageing seems to have been rising exponentially - corporate histories seem to have an ageing process worthy of various characters out of a Rider Haggard ripping yarn.

Strategies for Growth by George Bull, Baker Tilly

It seems that economic strategy has shifted from fostering growth to shoring up government finances.

Back to 1952 - Coutts & Co

Does it make sense for longer-term investors to hold government bonds when better yields are available from dividends?

State Street Global Advisors cautions on gold bubble bursting

The forecast comes from SSGA's Chris Goolgasian, whom we followed last week as he tackled the difficult subject of how to value gold.

We are richer in 2012, but are we happier?

The research claims that even though Britons are three times richer than they were in 1952, and UK GDP has dramatically increased, so has the Government's budget deficit.

First steps towards a wealth tax? by George Bull

Here’s the big irony: if a mansion tax is to be sustainable year by year rather than simply bleeding a section of society, then it has to rely on continuing economic growth.

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