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FSCS declares three SIPP operator firms in default

Since it began in 2001, FSCS has helped more than 4.5m people, paying out more than £26bn in compensation.

Coutts Investment Outlook 2018: Investing through disruption

Coutts oversaw an increase in the assets under management (AUM) in 2017, up to £17.86bn, in addition to strong investment performance, achieving first quartile compared to peers over 1, 3 and 5 years across most of our strategies, according to ARC.

New Year's Resolutions: Have you made yours?

A new year, however, can also be the chance to take stock though of your life

Carillion collapse: Why we shouldn't blame it on the banks

RBS represents a very easy target, but Carillion executives have much to answer for

Real estate stays hot in East Europe with pre-crisis growth

While the region's economies are among the European Union's growth leaders, the political scene has been increasingly volatile.

Serving the special data needs of the UHNW client

Does your data aggregation software account for submarines?

Inflation: "the Bank of England may be forced to play its trump card of increasing interest rates" - Sanlam UK

If inflation remains stubbornly beyond 2%, the Bank of England may be forced to play its trump card of increasing interest rates to help bring it back in line.

St. James’s Place – "Sterling makes a comeback on soft Brexit hopes"

Soft Brexit hopes pushed sterling to its highest level versus the dollar since the referendum

Coutts slams cryptocurrencies

Syed’s comments come as the prices of some cryptocurrencies have soared recently with wealth managers and private banks divided on the issue.

Jersey Foundation figures continue to rise

It’s also significant that Foundations are proving attractive in the Middle and Far East, often as part of Sharia’h-compliant financing arrangements.

What's up in the North - catching up with Sanlam's Teesside office

Tindle, like many, recognises there does appear to have been a focus on Manchester and the North West in George Osborne’s original plans.

Next gen clients hungry for financial knowledge – study

We know that our behaviours and attitudes toward money are shaped at a young age

Outlook 2018: Global Economy - Brown Shipley

The disillusionment of investors in the effectiveness of central bank policies to lift economic growth sufficiently has been manifest in the degree to which longer term interest rates (bond yields) have fallen.

NI firms 'saw strong finish to 2017,' says Ulster Bank

The Northern Ireland private sector experienced a strong finish last year, Ulster Bank data has suggested

Private sector in North ended 2017 on ‘a high’, says survey

Ulster Bank PMI survey finds lift in export orders and job creation in Northern Ireland

Ask Alexa by Penny Lovell

I will personally cash in my life savings to buy shares in the first company which comes up with a digital assistant that can pull off that miracle.

The Bears Invade the Bond Market by Gary Dugan

Factors such as oil prices rising to $70, the Chinese government reported to be either slowing their purchases of US Treasuries or potentially selling, only adds to the pressures that were already in place once the Fed talked about reversing quantitative

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