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Aberdeen multi-manager funds see rating drop

Morningstar said the performance of Multi-Manager Diversity and Multi-Manager Select Boutiques had been “mixed” and “generally disappointing since 2008”.

Weekly Close Up - Close Brothers

In his 10-day stay in Athens, he observed 5 riots, far-right party assault squads and the completely unhindered 3-week occupation of a university in downtown Athens, with the sole demand to abolish prisons.

Goldman’s research into its ideal recruits. And J.P. Morgan pays most in London

What does the perfect Goldman Sachs hire look like?

German HNWI Wealth Worth $6.6 Trillion by 2019: 2015 Germany Wealth Market Report

MarketReportsStore.com adds Germany Wealth Report 2015 that reviews the performance and asset allocations of German HNWIs and ultra-HNWIs

The Platforum: How ‘open’ are open architecture platforms really?

In the UK and, indeed, across Europe, investment platforms have been hugely important in powering open architecture for institutions (banks and insurers), financial advisers and the end investor.

Investors Grow Wary of Emerging-Market Debt

Fear of defaults grows as developing economies slow and dollar has climbed

Survey: Record number of Britain's richest donate more than 1% of their wealth to charity

A record number of Britain's wealthiest people donated at least 1% of their wealth to charity last year, according to a survey published in The Sunday Times.

Do not trust the horse, Trojans by Justin Urquhart Stewart

"Do not trust the horse, Trojans. Whatever it is, I fear the Greeks even when they bring gifts." Virgil's Aeneid, Book 2, 19 BC:

Taking the temperature of the independent legal market - RESEARCH

The series and is based on interviews with 118 independent lawyers and more than 500 private clients across England.

Larry Fink Thinks ‘The Market Is Wrong’ on Greece

There was a sense by Friday morning that the coming weekend would prove decisive in a crisis that has been in the making so long one forgets when it wasn’t

Asking prices reach record highs in London’s property market

The price of homes coming to market in London has reached an all-time high

£12.8 billion to be sent through digital banking by 2020

Banks must be prepared to meet the 24/7 needs of digital banking customers

What GS, JPM, MS, BAC and C say about your banking job in 2015

So, you want to work for a US investment bank? Or, you already work for a US investment bank and want to continue doing so for the foreseeable future.

Best-paid fund management chief executives revealed

An ocean divides the offices of the chief executives at the biggest asset management houses in New York and London but a gulf, it seems, divides their pay.

Bloomberg outage highlights another bank weakness

The Wall Street Journal noted that bankers suddenly had to use telephones in the absence of Bloomberg’s messaging system

Britain's mobile revolution threatens end of big bank supremacy

Mobile transactions due to double by end of decade as use of cash declines

Emerging shares seen lagging developed countries for 5th straight year

MSCI's emerging equity index, in contrast, stands more than 20 percent below record highs hit in 2007

Lack of cyber know-how deters investors

Boards should step up their focus on cyber security or risk losing valuable interest from investors

Advisers set to increase multi-asset fund exposure

Multi-asset funds will be in greater demand over the next three years

Central banks - will all remain harmonious? Miton's Anthony Rayner comments

Anthony Rayner, co-manager of Miton’s multi asset fund range, discusses central bank credibility since the Great Financial Crisis.

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