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Deloitte overtakes KPMG in FTSE 100 auditor rankings

The rankings also revealed that KPMG and PwC each lead three of the FTSE sectors.

London keen to maintain role as Islamic finance hub

There are over 20 banks providing Islamic financial services in “banking windows,” more than in any other European country.

EU banks face big bill for staying in the City post

Brexit will end this arrangement and banks have begun to take steps to ensure that they can continue to operate in the City.

Hedge funds expected to perform better in 2017, says Deutsche Bank survey

The survey reveals that 2016 marked another year in which significant return dispersion shaped hedge fund performance.

Longer term equities still the best investment

Do you see this being sustained merely on the growth outlook?

DB transfer values back to near-record highs

Back then, a £10,000-a-year pension beginning at age 65 would purchase a lump sum of just £210,000.

Henderson: No Janus fund mergers

Janus has also announced a series of fund mergers to take place in the US as part of the deal.

Analyst withdraws criticism of Schroders’ performance figures

Numis said it regretted using the word “disingenuous” when looking at the firm’s performance reporting, the Financial Times reports.

Spring Budget 2017: No time for complacency

Even though the UK economy has performed robustly following the UK’s vote to leave the EU it is good to see the Chancellor exercising fiscal prudence.

£2 billion boost set to transform charity and voluntary sector funding

The current scheme has already distributed £360 million from accounts to go towards supporting good causes.

Brooks Macdonald to open office in Wales

Office expected to be based in Cardiff

ETF industry grew faster than hedge funds in 2016

Many investors have become disappointed with the high fees, performance and lack of liquidity of hedge funds over the past few years.

European Alternative Asset Managers Must Work Hard to Get on Consultants' Buy Lists

Alternatives managers are finding it difficult to displace traditional managers on European consultants' buy lists, but those that are persistent will be rewarded

Interview: Ascentric's Jon Taylor on platform consolidation

When Mr Taylor joined Ascentric in 2015 from his role as chief executive of Royal London’s Co-op life business, the sector was nearing the end of a period of rapid growth.

St. James’s Place – “The chancellor still faces weighty external challenges despite upbeat assessments”

Chris Ralph, CIO at St. James’s Place comments on the deal between Aberdeen Asset Management and Standard Life, says there is “a complementary nature to putting the organisations together…in a world where the share of passive assets is

Alliance Trust Savings to cut Edinburgh jobs

The majority of the roles being cut are management roles in operations.

Lords vote on Brexit bill changes, UK house prices

In Hong Kong the Hang Seng index is up 0.4 per cent while the Shanghai Composite index and Japan’s Topix index are both flat.

..Crackle, Pop by Tim Price

“Snap’s IPO filing with the SEC forged new ground, referencing sexting, “poop”, and a cartoon ghost spewing a rainbow.”

Getting under the cover of family firms by Penny Lovell

This year the day coincided with the PAM Awards dinner – the finale of a year of creating, innovating, servicing, reporting, performance and let’s not forget writing it all up in a very specific style and one that allows you no more than 2,000

Asset managers must stamp out bad habits

In his final column as editor, Chris Newlands assesses the state of the fund industry

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