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Global Growth Should Accelerate from Levels of Past Three Years, Says BNY Mellon's Richard Hoey

Fewer Drags Seen Slowing World Economy in 2015, 2016

Thomas Miller Invest's CEO on why it's a wealth triple threat

No one could accuse Balfour of being afraid of graft

Infographic: Family Offices Around the World

Higson says the most surprising revelation was that large family offices were not able to demonstrate economies of scale

Millionaires who refuse to chew their food, £1,000 of Beluga caviar as a TV dinner and clients who only eat Green meals

Everybody has little quirks when it comes to how they want their food to be served.

Brett Williams

SEI Wealth Platform’s Brett Williams highlights the opportunities and challenges facing wealth managers and advisers.

Annuity rates hit by falling gilt yields, research says

Annuity rates have been hit by the continuing fall in gilt yields during the last quarter of 2014

Unicorn gallops to top of fund house ranking

The smaller companies specialist Unicorn Asset Management has the strongest performance of any equity fund provider in the UK over five years

India Pushes Russia Out of Third Place in Billionaire Ranking

India has edged out crisis-stricken Russia in a ranking of the world’s billionaires, for the first time claiming third place behind the United States and China

Growing Asian, Mid-East inflows show Paris is RE gateway - JLL

In a note first released in December, JLL said Asian and Middle Eastern investors allocated $10bn-$12bn in 2013 in real estate outside their home markets.

Simon Collins: Due diligence critical as M&A activity intensifies

A number of the regulatory hot topics I expect to be prominent this year have been around a while already. Certainly, suitability of advice to clients and the costs of providing that advice will remain at the top of the pile.

Nine arguments against a focus on active share

Rob Harris, CEO of Majedie Asset Management, discusses why he believes an increased focus on funds' 'active share' is misguided.

KPMG moves up AIM auditor rankings with new client wins

KPMG picks up six new AIM clients to move into second place in AIM Adviser Rankings

Credit Agricole sees private equity assets doubling in four years

Credit Agricole SA, France’s third-biggest bank, expects its private equity investments to more than double in the next three to four years.

EY predicts lending by banks is to rise

The influential EY Item Club forecasts a modest level of growth this year but predicts net lending to businesses is poised to rise almost 17 per cent by 2018, funnelling up to an extra £66 billion into UK companies.

The New Normal by Justin Urquhart Stewart

As we are in the teenage years of the new century we can see how this decade is going to be very different from the 'noughties'.

Asset managers or asset gatherers? by Tim Price

There have been massive increases in reserves held by banks. I have described this as driving with one foot on the throttle and the other on the brake.

Adapting to the riskier world - comment from David Jane, manager of Miton’s Multi Asset funds

“The last few months have seen a number of conflicting and in some cases extreme data points.

Channel Islands, UK and Ireland among least complex places to do business

The far-reaching annual study has ranked 81 jurisdictions across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia-Pacific and the Americas according to how complex they are to do business in from a regulatory and compliance perspective.

2015 tech M&A on a path to continue record-setting spending of 2014

2015 appears likely to continue the deal-making momentum we experienced in 2014

Banks to increase base salaries by under three percent in 2015: survey

The survey said about 60 percent of companies predicted 2015 bonus levels would be similar to 2014, although 20 percent expected levels to increase from last year.

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