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Dan O'Brien: We didn't ask for change, but we're seeing it everywhere

By the middle of the next decade, fintech has the potential to transform how the financial system works - including the most mundane aspects of retail banking.

Curing death’ will create a vast pensions crisis

But, if a recent, if largely overlooked, report from Bank of America Merrill Lynch is to be believed, you ain’t seen nothing yet.

A libation for family feuds by Penny Lovell

“Wealth is not new. Neither is charity. But the idea of using private wealth imaginatively, constructively, and systematically to attack the fundamental problems of mankind is new.” John Gardner

FDI versus Custard Pie by Justin Urquhart Stewart

Oh gosh…I am sick of the "custard pie" fights between childish politicians who seem to be becoming increasingly eccentric in their claims and counter claims about our lives after the referendum.

Foreign Investors Council Focuses on Astana Int’l Financial Centre

President Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan along with European Bank for Reconstruction and Development President Sir Suma Chakrabarti, who co-chair the council, and numerous CEOs from some of the world’s largest companies discussed the future of t

Battle Against Cancer Investment Trust: Charitable trust that combines making money with saving lives

But others are happy to comment, including Jason Hollands of broker Tilney Bestinvest, many of whose customers invested in it at launch.

The number of London properties owned by companies based in offshore tax havens is surging

Not only is the number of properties owned offshore on the rise, but some of the capital's most well-known landmarks are now owned by offshore firms.

A record year for the UK - EY

This 20% growth in projects achieved in a European market that grew 14% means the UK increased its market share from 19.9% to 20.9%

Miton’s Anthony Rayner: Is it a “Sell in May” year?

“Events last week reminded investors not to become too complacent, as markets sharply re-priced the risk of a rise in US interest rates this Summer. Perceptions of the likelihood of a rise in the June meeting, for example, have swung around wildly t

Banks look to maintain their positionin London by rationalising real estate

2015 saw a marked increase in banking and finance leasing activity in Central London according to CBRE, the world’s leading global real estate advisor.

Tighter underwriting standards in the buy-to-let sector

The PRA will also expect regulated firms to ensure that other members of their group apply these standards when carrying on buy-to-let lending.

Van Lanschot releases its 2016 Dutch Wealth Report

The Netherlands has record 107,700 millionaires

Banks need to adopt new communications technology to maintain competitiveness, says Outsourcery

The study by Fujitsu shows that effective communication tools are an important part of the customer service banks deliver to their customers.

Access to Financial Services in the UK - FCA

This paper aims to stimulate ideas and foster a culture of access and inclusion throughout retail financial services, that embraces firms, regulators, government and consumer organisations.

Jersey Finance welcomes MONEYVAL endorsement of beneficial ownership framework

“Jersey’s combination of a central register of the UBO with a high level of vetting/evaluation not found elsewhere and regulation of TCSPs of a standard found in few other jurisdictions has been widely recognised by international organisations

Greece just made a 'major breakthrough' in solving its debt crisis

The first part of that would be a a €7.5 billion cash injection at some point in June.

Mark Carney's biggest speech of the year is going to be about fintech and the technology behind bitcoin

The fact that Carney is making it the topic of his Mansion House speech is a huge endorsement of fintech.

€200 Billion to Flow into Sub-Advised Funds in Europe by 2020

Growing Emphasis on Multi-Asset, Non-Traditional Income, and Alternative Strategies

Is overstated inflation hitting pensions and salaries? - Schroders

As long as indices such as the CPI fail to accurately capture the effects of changing consumer preferences and technological advances, they are likely to overstate inflation.

Segment or Die? Let Clients Decide

Segmentation. That wonderful human instinct of categorising, stratifying and ordering the world in ways that makes sense. But to whom does it make sense and why is it important (if at all)?

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