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Asset allocation for more challenging markets ahead

However, market stress events are likely to become more prevalent as inflation risks rise and central banks globally unwind their accommodative monetary policies.

Two major investors criticise Deutsche Bank chairman over CEO search

At the heart of the debate over the bank’s leadership is the future of the investment bank.

deVere CEO: Cryptocurrency investor mindset is shifting

Mr Green, who launched deVere Crypto, an exchange app, earlier this year, comments: “There is a seismic shift taking place with cryptocurrency investments.

Credit Suisse Equities Trading Chief Plots Return to Top 5

Credit Suisse was the seventh-biggest equity trading house by revenue last year, and a jump into the top five would require it to boost its business by one third. Stewart didn’t give a timeframe for his ambition.

Italy: the new Monaco for HNWs?

This is becoming even more prevalent now, with some long term UK resident non-doms choosing to leave the UK to avoid becoming deemed UK tax domiciled under the “15 out of 20 years rule” introduced with effect from April 2017.

Falling numbers of properties owned in corporate structures as taxes bite

The tax was introduced in 2012 to discourage the use of companies to buy properties for owner occupation.

Rothschild and Jefferies pay men 50% more than women

With differences of more than 50%, the firms have the biggest gender pay gaps in UK finance

Firing Line: Dominic Grinstead

"We have 50,000 wealth management customers and these customers have got good outcomes."

'Shocking' disparity in pension income revealed by latest HMRC data

That means the City of London tops the UK table for pension income, yet just eight miles away lies the area with the UK’s second-lowest pension income.

Morning Coffee: New fears at Deutsche Bank as Barclays bankers get a boost. Banker/DJ wins ECM business

Zeltner left UBS in December after more than three decades at the Swiss bank when it became clear that he was not going to hit his own profit targets and began resorting to cost cuts.

UK businesses remain uncertain as economy hit by market fundamentals

Exports continue to see relatively favourable conditions, with low exchange rates and a rise in exports in the coming 12 months.

'Being cash-free puts us at risk of attack': Swedes turn against cashlessness

Sweden’s central bank governor has called for public control over its payment system. Others say a fully digital system is vulnerable to fraud and attack

Britain should sell off RBS and give every 25-year-old £10,000, says think tank

It comes amid growing interest in the idea of a basic income for all citizens, with the Scottish Government pledging to fund research into the scheme last year.

After a decade of decline, why prices are going up in London's most expensive prime locations

The wide street runs into Portobello Road and screams luxury London.

Firms urged to publish gender pay gap figures or 'face a public shaming’

Around 80pc of the 9,000 eligible businesses had reported their pay gap numbers by Thursday evening, causing business leaders to urge firms to get a move on.

IOM: A real danger we will end up in blacklist

The Isle of Man escaped blacklisting by the European Union in December.

In the Spotlight with Marie Catch, Legal & General Mortgage Club

Advisers therefore need to ensure they are flexible in both their approach and business strategy to fully understand their clients’ needs and to see if they need any additional advice depending on whether their situation has changed.

SWIFT, SEPA or Bitcoin? It pays to consider how you pay - Coutts

People tend to stick with what they know when making overseas payments, but newer options like SEPA are providing an alternative for many.

How the UK is doubling down on GCC as a key economic partner

The opening of a permanent UK Export Finance office in Dubai is a clear sign of a booming post-Brexit relationship between the UK and the Middle East

Funds sector welcomes Private Investment Fund changes

The PIF is based on a close relationship between investors and managers.

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