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Opportunity knocks by Tim Price

Value investing works. Buy bargains.” - Seth Klarman

‘Blockchain could be totally transformative for fund industry’

Asset managers, including a cohort of UK managers, are also looking into employing the technology to trade directly with each other, cutting out traditional middlemen such as brokers and bringing their costs down in the process.

This time in the euro debt crisis, the IMF will come bearing gifts for the Greeks

Athens is at another pinch point.

The Bank reduces growth forecasts, as the Governor warns on Brexit by Ruth Lea

Latest UK data were mixed. The labour report was consistent with a slowing economy, the March production data were poor and the March trade deficit increased. But April’s retail sales were buoyant and the housing market looks firm.

Asset management industry must adapt to cope with 'triple whammy' of threats in 2016 - Multifonds

The findings come against a tumultuous market backdrop, with statistics from the Investment Association showing a total of £463m

Is now the time for value stocks in Europe? - Schroders

Value stocks are currently under owned in Europe however James Sym, European Equities Fund Manager, comments that signs of a pick-up in inflation could see their underperformance reverse:

Good Morning Mr. Mayor! by Justin Urquhart Stewart

So, whatever his political background, the Mayor must ensure that our areas of success and effectiveness are not just protected, but promoted and enhanced.

The Rise Of Bionic Wealth

And herein lies the looming crisis for the industry: according to a 2015 report by PwC, asset attrition rates exceed 50% in intergenerational transfers of wealth.

UBS Raises 2016 Growth Forecasts For Germany, France and Spain

Swiss bank UBS raised on Wednesday its growth forecasts for Germany, France and Spain for the current year, but lowered its expectations for Italy.

Global FX market growth has been slowed by regulation and lack of Prime Brokers – says ADS Securities

He believes it is time for the FX industry to act and take on some of the risk that bank PBs are no longer willing to accept, helping to close the credit gap.

HNW investors expect European equities to overtake the US

This is in contrast to 2015 where over half of investors believed equities would perform the best.

3i focuses on assets sales in cautious buyout market

3i said it would increase its total full-year dividend to 22p a share, a sign that it expects to continue to concentrate on selling old investments over making new ones.

Luxembourg's fund buyers - the perfect Europeans

Against a backdrop of macroeconomic uncertainty, most fund selectors based in the Grand Duchy intend to increase their allocation to long/short equity funds.

High net worth individuals’ investment mistakes - RESEARCH

A sample of 652 deVere clients in the UK, Asia, Africa, the Middle East and the U.S. who have investable assets of more than £1m (or the equivalent) were polled.

Europe and investment banking are a bad match

Deutsche Bank, which Berenberg says is more than 40 times levered, in need of fresh capital and at the same time unable to offer a decent return on it, has become a symbol of Europe's failed investment banking ambitions.

What BCG’s big new banking report is really saying about your job

New regulations like the Fundamental Review of the Trading Book and the introduction of capital floors will force banks to revisit the way they calculate their existing RWAs and will almost certainly force banks to revise them upwards.

Multi-asset managers reveal how they cherry-pick the best

They’ve come a long way from their origins as convenient vehicles in which to combine equities, fixed income and property.

How rich are the Irish?

Our household wealth is higher than many of the 13 countries surveyed by the Central Bank – but so is our debt

European Private Equity industry maintains appetite for M&A

A new report from consultancy Roland Berger finds that the European private equity is set to build on global appetite and enjoy continued growth in the coming twelve months.

60 per cent of wealth managers under threat from superior technology

Asset managers need to develop their use of technology to continue attracting and retaining clients

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