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Flat pay and bonuses give way to compliance awards: Mercer

The greatest average increases in base salary are projected in growth markets.

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Strong global investment appetite into Europe despite geopolitical instability

Investors cited instability on the continent as their primary concern in respect to future investment plans.

Banking giant KBC announces it will stay in Irish market

Move ends two-year speculation about future of bank

Goldman Sachs to shut down London hedge fund

A spokesman for Goldman has confirmed the reports while dismissing speculations that the move was triggered by the eventual Brexit.

Hedge fund positioning in oil looks stretched

Hedge funds and other money managers had accumulated a net long position in the three main futures and options contracts linked to Brent and West Texas Intermediate (WTI)

Private banking: The generation game and how to lose it

The overweight focus on millennials by private banks feels a little desperate.

PwC predicts UK growth to be best in G7 until 2050

How will this happen, and what are the dangers?

London property startup Headspace prepares for Manchester launch

An on-site team will curate social and business events for the city’s startups and scaleups.

Here’s how the roll-back of Dodd-Frank could impact European banks

It seems the overall aim of the roll-back is to allow U.S. banks to do more business with fewer capital restrictions.

Sadiq Khan to go on Brexit grand tour of Europe to boost London business

He will meet senior EU representatives in Brussels and deliver a major speech setting out London’s requirements from the Brexit negotiations.

Pinto: Why Stanhope's co-founders parted ways

The pair set up Stanhope in 2004 and it has since gathered $9.5 billion (£7.6 billion) of assets under management.

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Brexit will not affect UK economy's long term future, a new study suggests

PPP values a country’s currency in relation to other currencies, based on the cost of a local market basket of goods.

Paris steps up drive to woo London bankers uprooted by Brexit

Political and business leaders make presentations to banks at the Shard on tax breaks and redundancy rules in France.

London bankers who go to NYC post-Brexit are in for a shock

The moment someone coughs at their desk, all ears twitch.

Strategy Update from BNP Paribas Investment Partners

Asset allocation: complacency?

OMGI's Heslop: 'Flat is the new up'

The $7.1bn (£5.6bn) long/short strategy returned 2.4 per cent last year, but this was only following a sharp turnaround in early September.

'Generali doesn't need to defend itself'

Generali, whose biggest investor is Mediobanca, bought a 3% stake in Intesa last month, reportedly to fend off unwanted interest from the bank.

Brexit vote has 'chilling' effect on start-up investment

Venture capitalists typically invest in higher-risk, early-stage companies.

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