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Businesses can now bank on diverse range of funding options

It was a seminal moment in the annals of East of England fundraising. Cambridge-based SyndicateRoom raised £1.2 million on its own crowdfunding site

Bank of England confirms EU exit research after email misfire

British Prime Minister David Cameron, who was re-elected on May 7, has pledged to reshape Britain's ties with the EU before holding an in-out membership referendum by the end of 2017.

Malta ideally placed to attract the ultra wealthy

At a SIR event in Rome for Europe, Middle East and Africa affiliates, a presentation revealed that UNHW people move for various reasons, including the internationalisation of business holdings, educational institutions stimulating foreign demand, ease of

Beware the Bond Bears

Wisdom after the event!

Greece Submerges as Crisis Fallout Worse Than Emerging Markets

The Greek economy risks being more a submerging market than an emerging market.

Comment: Banks seem incapable of learning lesson

Seven years on from the great global financial crisis and some of our leading banks seem as enmeshed as ever in market-rigging scandals

Medieval tax exiles flocked to Hereford

Today’s tax exiles prefer exotic locations such as Monaco or the Cayman Islands, but 900 years ago the ultimate tax haven appears to have been Hereford

CHARTS: Global quantitative easing is rotating growth rather than accelerating it

For all of the monetary policy easing that has been implemented in recent years it is merely rotating growth, rather than accelerating it, from a global perspective

Retail investors at risk as big business enters P2P lending

In the past few years, retail investors have turned to peer-to-peer lending as a way to earn better interest rates than those on offer from high street banks.

Contrasting views of MFSA at Finance Malta conference

Most of the speakers at the annual Finance Malta conference highlighted the innovative and proactive role of the MFSA in making Malta a “jurisdiction of choice”

Retail investors are ‘unrealistic about growth – Schroders

The head of financial institutions and strategic accounts for fund manager Schroders claimed that although investors were still demanding income they were also being unrealistic about prospects for growth.

Global growth in 2015 - it’s complicated by Marios Maratheftis, Standard Chartered

If the world economy is set to grow faster in 2015, then why the long faces? Well, there are several reasons.

Moody's concludes reviews on 10 Polish banks' ratings

The affirmation of the bank's BCA at baa2 reflects the bank's improved capitalisation and asset quality

New British banks seeing better returns and lending more - KPMG

Britain's new banks are achieving superior returns than larger rivals, picking up customers shunned by bigger lenders since the 2007-9 financial crisis, consultancy KPMG said on Friday.

European Institutions Thirst for Alternatives, but the Hunger May Diminish Returns

Europe's pensions want what alternative asset managers can offer-but the high demands risk reducing the ability of some strategies to deliver

Should wealth managers still offer advisory?

The rise of discretionary has continued unabated in recent years.

Deloitte publishes "REflexions," a new magazine dedicated to the real estate investment management industry

In order to keep investors across the European and the Middle-East and Africa region (EMEA) appraised of developments and future trends in the real estate investment management world, Deloitte is launching its first biannual magazine dedicated to real est

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