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KPMG named top listed company auditor

EY has taken the lead in the oil and gas sector, with PwC moving back into the bronze medal position.

Global funds flee UK assets post-Brexit, seek out EMs

Gilt yields fell sharply in the wake of the shock Brexit vote and poll participants saw little value for long-term investors.

UK will remain Europe's number one financial hub for at least a decade admits pro-EU bank

He did say some business could be redirected to the Continent, particularly trading related to the euro.

Brazil shines as India disappoints - Craig Botham, Emerging Markets Economist, Schroders

Latest GDP data shows Brazil’s economy improving after a dismal first quarter, while India’s economy slowed. However, both face brighter futures. Craig Botham, Emerging Markets Economist, comments:

Investment trusts no longer lower cost than similar open ended funds - Tilney Bestinvest

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

Don't wear white shirts or brown shoes if you want City job, research finds

Firms also often select recruits who display “polish” and place as much importance on a person’s speech, accent, dress, behaviour and skills as their skills and qualifications, researchers said.

Private equity investment hits six-year high in Central and Eastern Europe

After 2014’s fundraising high, driven by some of the region’s largest fund managers, the capital raised last year was a more subdued €418 million, as fund managers focused on investments and exits.

Italian real estate funds in demand

Why are these relatively obscure Italian real estate funds now hot property?

London remains ‘most prosperous UK city’ but others are catching up

Every part of the UK is more prosperous than it was last year, according to the second edition of the annual Barclays Prosperity Map.

London the top choice for GCC real estate investors

Sixty per cent of those surveyed identified capital value growth as their main financial investment driver across all asset classes.

Lloyds Bank National Business Awards release 2016 shortlist

Making it into this year’s shortlist are a variety of different, large and small UK brands.

Millennials have unrealistic retirement expectations

The main reasons they cited for the lack of financial planning were not earning enough and rent being too expensive.

UBS hires psychologists to help revamp research reports

The bank says the move — which some investors have viewed with scepticism — has more than doubled readership of its research output in the past two years.

Brexit will actually help the economy thrive claims former Bank of England governor

But economic news since the vote has been far less apocalyptic than the gloom-laden predictions of the Remain side suggested.

Brexit Boosts Lure of Sticky Deposits for U.K. Banking Startups

After Brexit, regulators will be tough on funding as part of testing the business model.

Four ways the workforce is set to change over the next 20 years - UBS

The report states that the number of middle-skilled workers will potentially be reduced

Central bankers more confident than ever by Tim Price

Most doctors – and even patients – know that when a course of drugs seems not to be working, you don’t simply keep on doubling the dosage.

Aligning the organization for its digital future

Findings from the 2016 digital business global executive study and research report

"Plan ahead: It wasn't raining when Noah built the ark" Richard Cushing

Enthralled by the continuous flow of medals coming back to Team GB, we've been reflecting here at Close Brothers on the origins of this success and how such a dramatic change of pace has occurred.

Russian ‘NASDAQ’ eyes Asian venture capitalists

Recently, we established the Agro-Industrial Development Fund with Chinese partners.

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