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PA ANALYSIS: Wealth managers on the fence despite commodities shift

BofA Merrill Lynch’s Fund Manager Survey recorded the biggest monthly jump in allocation to commodities on record in February, so who’s buying and who’s staying clear?

SocGen says ECB package neutral for French retail outlook

Oudea reiterated that SocGen expected a slight erosion of French retail revenue in 2016.

Octopus comments in response to Budget 2016

It’s a Budget for entrepreneurial Britain to celebrate.

Fitch Downgrades 2 German Life Insurers' IFS Ratings; Affirms 3 Others

The Outlook on the IFS ratings of AL and NLV is Stable, while the Outlook on LV is Negative.

Maltese Issuers of structured investment products rank Top5 at Deutsche Borse in Frankfurt

As presented in the metrics below, the position of the Maltese Issuers is even higher than the one of some of the leading international investment banks.

Kings of the wild frontier by Tim Price

“Simple but not easy” - The title of Richard Oldfield’s book about value investing.

Northern England cities’ promise attracts wave of property investment

The billions of pounds of property investment that have flowed into Manchester over the past two years mean this vision may not be so far-fetched.

Credit Suisse hopes rich mix drives rally

International wealth management, which covers private banking and asset management outside Switzerland but excluding Asia, is one of three divisions expected to power the turnround — the other two being the Swiss “universal” bank, and th

St. James’s Place – Salary sacrifice pension contributions could replace pension tax relief on the Chancellor's Budget agenda

Speculation mounted last week over what George Osborne will present in the 2016 Budget. He is not expected to deliver headline reform to tax relief on pension contributions. He may instead focus on salary sacrifice pension contributions. The Chancellor sa

Real estate investors braced for tide to turn

A crucial question is the direction of investor appetite. A wave of institutional capital has surged into real estate over the past two years, driven by the search for returns.

London house prices: Iranian billionaire investors poised to splurge £6bn on properties around the world - and London is one of the top destinations

The top five most popular locations within London are expected to be the usual suspects: Knightsbridge, Mayfair, South Kensington, Hampstead and St John’s Wood.

Revealed: Scotland’s largest aristocratic landowner holds land in offshore tax haven

  The aristocratic estate, run by Richard Scott, the 10th Duke of Buccleuch, confirmed that an offshore ownership group, Pentland Limited, acts as an offshore contact to the family’s vast land business empire.

How London’s booming ‘butler class’ takes care of the wealthy elite

The capital is home to 1,000 ‘family offices’, made up of lawyers and financiers who service every need of the super-rich

Fund house forecast 2016: grey and rainy

The professional services firm, predicted strong growth in the run-up to 2020, with assets under management forecast to exceed $100tn.

Brexit need not harm the expat mortgage market, thinks Offshoreonline

The EU has not shied away from issuing directives in the personal financial services sector, believing that banks need to be ever more tightly regulated.

Fund manager migration to Jersey highlighted as exciting trend at annual conference

The net asset value of funds under administration in Jersey grew over the final quarter of last year to stand at $334bn

Ending the Era of Tax Havens

Ending the Era of Tax Havens, published ahead of Wednesday's Budget, calls for a crackdown on tax havens that enable rich individuals and companies to avoid paying their fair share of tax in the UK and in some of the world's poorest countries.

Banks almost tripled bonuses for junior staff to keep hold of their young employees

Director-level payouts took a 33% hit, down from £150,000 to £100,000 on average.

Germany’s intensely private and immensely wealthy Reimann family

At the same time, the deal sparked another round of interest in the principal owners of JAB Holding: four members of Germany’s intensely private and immensely wealthy Reimann family: Wolfgang, Stefan, Renate and Matthias.

"likely to be kicking the can further down the road to a more politically apt time" - Andy Cumming, Close Brothers

Whatever is announced, the vital thing is that people continue to save, and we need some consistency in the pensions market for this to happen.

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