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2020 Outlook – the big investment themes on the horizon

Ideas from the CIO at Canaccord Genuity Wealth Management

KBI Global Investors Investment Outlook – Desperately seeking earnings!

A key debate amongst investors looking into 2020 is whether we face recession or further economic expansion.

Private Equity Fundraising Will Slow Down Next Year

The record-setting sums raised by Blackstone and other large private equity firms this year are unlikely to be matched in 2020, according to PitchBook.

Bank of England says Hong Kong unrest led to $6.7 billion exodus from funds

The Bank of England is particularly concerned by events in Hong Kong because of the outsized exposure of British banks.

Christmas — a time for family rows over money

The pain such disputes can cause during your lifetime are nothing compared to those caused after you’ve gone

French central bank trims outlook on global slowdown

That marked a slight deterioration from September when the central bank had forecast the economy would grow 1.3% both this year and next.

2020 will be a bumper year for London banking jobs. Or will it?

The optimism around dealmaking coincides with an improvement in global sales and trading revenues.

Top Three Trends In Wealth Management For 2020

The most visible trends are the rise of intergenerational wealth, and the growing number of high-net worth women.

Review of the Week: A Christmas Carol

Boris Johnson has won a strong mandate to get on with his Brexit deal, sending sterling shooting higher.

WeekWatch - St. James’s Place

“The overall impact is that the UK is investable again, which should see sterling gaining support and equity markets narrow the Brexit-induced discount that currently prevails,” said Luckraft.

What dealmakers need to know about the UK election result and its impact on UK investing in 2020 by Ben Higson, Partner, Hogan Lovells

For business this creates a degree of certainty in the short term.

A Lifting of Clouds by Gary Dugan

After three years of plodding around, there is a finally a very real chance that the UK will begin to make progress in exiting the EU.

Insurers’ investment confidence continues to fall as focus on private assets and sustainability sharpens

This change reflects a more uncertain macroeconomic backdrop with insurers increasingly expecting politics and world events, as well as a global economic slowdown, to impact investment performance.

Phew! by Tim Price

“Phew ! I haven't felt that good since Archie Gemmill scored against Holland in 1978 !” - Mark ‘Rent Boy’ Renton (Ewan McGregor) in Danny Boyle’s Trai

Five things we learned on a national tour of wealth managers

We have been hitting the road and spending time with wealth managers: some interesting perspectives emerged.

Are the fintech bridges working?

Following the launch of the UK’s first international partnerships aimed at kickstarting fintech growth, industry leaders question whether they have lived up to expectations

General Election 2019 - What Next? by Coutts

With just a few votes left to count, it is clear that the Conservative party has won a comfortable majority in the House of Commons.

If the rich are getting richer, then where are they hiding it?

Following a steep rise in inheritance tax, Britain’s wealthiest families suddenly professed to be a lot poorer

The difficulty with the EU’s sustainable investment rules

Creating classifications of social worth does little to support genuine impact investing

Household wealth in Cyprus sits around EU average

AIC per capita for 14 Member States lay between the EU average and 30 per cent below.

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