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UBS: Abject Failure or Purely Profit-Driven?

After its near-death experience in 2008, the world’s largest private bank has increasingly enforced pay-your-taxes-or-no-business-with-us rules

Mark Carney: no silver bullet to address Brexit woes as policymakers warn of buy-to-let slowdown

Speaking at the same hearing, Mr Sharp warned that buy-to-let lending was also likely to cool significantly in the wake of the Brexit vote

Estate for rich Chinese may cost The Hague millions: FD

The Hague city council may be poised to lose hundreds of millions of euros on a residential estate developed to lure rich Chinese people to the city, the Financieele Dagblad said on Tuesday. The problem has arisen because the justice ministry has decide

Credit Suisse Releases Mid-Year Hedge Fund Investor Sentiment Survey

Only 9% of investors said that they were not likely to reallocate redeemed capital to hedge funds.

Allocations to Alternative Asset Classes and ESG Set to Increase with Private Equity and Infrastructure to Receive Highest New Allocations

It also offers sophisticated strategy tagging, real time cash and liquidity tools and services all asset classes on one platform, including the most complex and structured products.

Global ETF assets growth not dragged down by regulation

Global ETF assets under management is expected to climb to $7trn (£5.4trn, €6.3trn) by 2021 facilitated by steady growth in the North American, European and Asian markets, a new PwC survey shows.

Trust no-one by Tim Price

Something rather odd is going on in the mainstream media

Saxo Q3 Outlook: Brexit’s shadow

Uncertainty looms large over the third quarter of 2016 and beyond, but that is not necessarily a negative. In fact, if the uncertainty is met by reforms and improvements, then all of the present risk events could appear in hindsight as harbingers of posit

Eurozone on the Brink Euro could be Scrapped with EU set for a ‘weak’ and uncertain future

IMF warns eurozone is on the brink as Nobel Prize winning economist says euro could be on its way out

Charm offensive by Paris leaves bankers confused

After much enmity, there is distrust over France’s sudden affections

Future Leaders of Britain by Penny Lovell

Our participants were divided into teams and were challenged to create a business that had some sort of subscription based model.

Economic growth remains steady in Northern Ireland's private sector, PMI finds

This pointed to a solid monthly expansion in output that was faster than that seen in May.

DBS' Piyush Gupta Takes a Contrarian View on London's Future

Gupta saw the U.K.'s vote as an opportunity as much as a problem

US banks may have to wait more for wealth management profits

With unpredictable market environment, big banks in America will have to wait till they see a steady growth in profits and higher margins

China and India eyeing Asian Century as UK's

A former ambassador and director at Gateway House think-tank in Mumbai.

Here’s Why UK Commercial Property Funds May Be Flawed

Cox explained that during the good times the money floods in and managers buy properties that they may not want but as money washes out, they become forced sellers.

Four fund managers to leave Catella

The Catella Hedgefond fund is managed by a team, and three experienced managers remain in place to ensure continuity.

Even In Rich Countries, Jobs Have Returned Only At A 'Painful' Pace

In fact, it has been "painfully slow," according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.

Avg wealth of a person in Europe dips 5% over 2005-2015

Over the past 10 years, the average wealth of a person in Europe has declined by 5 per cent

Sovereign wealth funds are circling for Brexit deals: Expert

Wealth funds can come in and tactically purchase assets and tactically place bids on companies.

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