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Asian banks seen taking pole position in post-sanctions Iran

Iran and world powers reached a deal over Tehran's nuclear programme in exchange for sanctions relief

EFG 2016 Outlook & CIO Resolutions by Moz Afzal, Chief Investment Officer

2016 is set to be a year in which economic growth in the developed economies levels out at around 2%.

Ireland: One of the top countries for business

Mazars commentary on Ireland’s 4th place in Forbes’ Best Countries for Business 2015

Pressure and Change in Europe in the European Insurance Sector

56 interviews were carried out with senior insurance investment executives representing over €2.4trn, or around 30%, of pan-European insurance assets under management.

Deloitte: Growth potential for Islamic Sukuk financing in Europe

Newly released report and executive program bring industry leaders together to further discussion on the way ahead

Strategy Update from BNP Paribas Investment Partners

China is stabilising, but emerging market exports are weak

Get ready for the tech IPO comeback

Presented with an abundance of funding in the private markets and a volatile stock market that made closing IPOs much harder

Bill Winters lines up the team he wants to reform StanChart

Now he needs to show shareholders he can reform the bank's performance just as successfully

Running low - St. James's Place Market Bulletin

Global markets toiled last week as commodity prices declined to historic lows. The global growth fears are linked to the slowdown in China which, in turn, has depressed commodity prices. Commodity prices have also not been helped by being quoted in US dol

LGT Asset Allocation for Q1/2016

The energy price slump’s negative year-on-year effect on the inflation indices will fade

In Sweden, cash is no longer king

When you ask people on the shopping street of Stockholm when they last paid for something in cash, many have to think a bit. Was it yesterday, or perhaps last week?

Outrageous Predictions for 2016 is out!

Uncertain times call for unconventional thinking. We think that we’ve got 10 scenarios that fit the bill.

Wolters Kluwer Financial Services Predicts Convergence of Governance, Finance, Risk and Compliance for 2016

EMEA experts provide predictions for 2016

Meet the UK's super-rich whose wealth has surged since the recession

The average age of the world's billionaires is expected to be around 70 by 2019, research suggests

Banking's 'Uber moment' is already happening -- 100,000 bankers lost their jobs in 2015

The analysis comes just weeks after Antony Jenkins, who until July was CEO of Barclays, warned in a speech that up to 50% of banking jobs could be replaced by apps and algorithms over the next 10 years.

Once a billionaire, not always a billionaire

The report examined the differences between billionaires’ wealth creation, preservation and philanthropic practices across the U.S., Europe and Asia.

Five charts explaining why and where Barclays must cut staff in 2016

Using a series of handy charts, banking intelligence firm Tricumen helps explain why Staley’s savagery is necessary and where it will fall most horribly.

Why bank traders fail when they move to hedge funds. And what they can do about it

There are a number of reasons for this. Firstly, the pressure in a hedge fund is far higher.

Expect and prepare for market volatility in 2016, investors warned

“In addition, they might also consider building up liquidity to use to buy into financial markets later in 2016, by which time, history suggests, markets may have regained some stability.”

Almost 50% of hedge fund firms plan to launch a new hedge fund by the end of 2016

The managers surveyed said their investors typically had taken 6-12 months before making an allocation.

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