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Investment trusts no longer lower cost than similar open ended funds

The firm argues the switch in performance advantage towards funds over the shorter time period will principally reflect a widening of investment trust discounts.

Hitting a home run on client engagement by Caroline Burkart, Scorpio Partnership

When I travelled to the West Coast this summer, my intention was to have a few weeks respite from HNW client engagement.

Strategy Update from BNP Paribas Investment Partners

Corporate earnings beat low expectations; outlook less positive

Global Outlook - Standard Life Investments

The August publication is largely devoted to various aspects of private markets and real assets.

Many investors are uneasy, but they can STILL grow wealth with these two rules

This downbeat sentiment is fuelled by analysts, economists, politicians and media commentators who are all contradicting each other.

58% Of Advisers Says Brexit Will Not Impact Their Business

In its annual Adviser Sentiment Summer Survey 2016, Panacea gathered views from over 60 advisers on some of the biggest issues currently impacting the financial advice sector including the recent Brexit vote, which 42% of advisers believe could prove dama

Sebastian Shakespeare: Cameron’s crony Michael Spencer woos pop star Cheryl with a £500,000 gift to her children's charity

This money will make a huge difference.

Economists hike forecasts as Brexit confidence grows

City economists now believe the UK will grow by an average of 1.6pc this year and 0.7pc in 2017, according to the Treasury’s latest study of forecasts.

The mass escape from reality by Tim Price

“..Built into the speculative episode is the euphoria, the mass escape from reality, that excludes any serious contemplation of the true nature of what is taking place.

Startups in London raised more funding than in any other European city this year

That's more than €300m higher than Stockholm, the next-biggest city for startup funding, where companies raised just over €1bn.

House prices likely to be flat this year, but could fall by five per cent, according to UBS

The most important factor influencing the outlook for UK housing is how the economy reacts in the aftermath of the shock Brexit result.

ONS data shows UK wealth wedded to property

Data reveals UK net worth of £8.8tn is four times that of 1995 after massive rise in property wealth, but stellar rise masks public deficit and decline in savings

Royal commission into banking and financial services is needed

It is ultimately in the sector's interests, as well as those of our entire economy and society.

Bank switching heating up: UBS survey

The survey also underlined the shift towards banking on smart phones

Treasury plans to fine financial advisers are ‘ill-conceived’ - Nigel Green, CEO, deVere Group

HMRC published a consultation paper on Wednesday setting out proposals to punish advisers found guilty of helping their clients avoid tax by issuing them with fines of up to 100 per cent of the underpaid tax.

A Physics Lesson for Central Bankers

Given the lackluster outlook for global growth, maybe economics needs a similar revolution.

Investment in real estate and infrastructure - Jersey Finance

Bill Hughes, Head of Real Assets, Legal & General Investment Management, speaking at the Jersey Finance Annual Funds Conference 2016. He spoke about:

Tax dodging will carry on despite Theresa May’s 100 per cent fine

The government's record on tax avoidance is awful. We need an independent alternative.

The banker who wants to revolutionise money

There is too much liquidity in the market now and it's more or less the same situation we had right before the 2008 crisis,

Substance continues to be a key focus for funds sector – white paper reveals

The Guernsey Finance white paper Investment funds - why substance is key, written by funds journalist Kirstie Brewer, examines how the need to prove that an offshore fund manager has the necessary ‘substance’ to its business dealings and funct

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