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British Nationals Send Powerful Message to Property Investors Across the World

UK, India and Pakistan top Dubai real estate investor list for start of 2014 as countdown begins for 13th edition of Cityscape Global

SEI Poll: DC Schemes To Change Outdated Default Strategy Design

Sixty-Two Percent of Respondents Expect Pension Scheme Members Will Keep Monies Invested via Flexible Drawdown Post Retirement; 25 Percent Believe Members Will Purchase an Annuity

Independence Referendum: Scotland’s Exit Won’t Have A Significant Impact On The UK’s Ultra Wealthy Numbers

Wealth-X data shows there are 10,910 ultra high net worth (UHNW) individuals (defined as those with at least US$30 million in net assets) in the UK with a combined net worth of US$1.38 trillion.

Demand for Islamic Sovereign Bonds on the Rise, Says BLME

One of them, Bank of London and the Middle East, doesn’t appear to have any hard feelings about it and applauds the rise in sovereign sukuks as they will help accelerate the development of the global Islamic finance market.

Advertised UK salaries rise for first time since crisis, jobs website finds

The average advertised salary in July 2014 rose to £33,873, a 0.9% advance on the previous year.

The significance or otherwise of European fund correlations

Poor Returns from Statistics

La "less than belle" France by Justin Urquhart Stewart

It's easy to make simplistic comparisons, but this year I found a stark difference in attitude between what I saw in the French economy as opposed to that of Perfidious Albion on the other side of La Manche ('The Sleeve').

Time to step up to the plate

European Hedge Funds

AIMA publishes ‘The Case for Hedge Funds’

The 28-page booklet summarises the themes that AIMA has explored since 2008 as it sought to demonstrate the value of the world’s hedge fund industry to investors, financial markets and the broader economy.

Property bounces back to the top of the IMA leader table - Cofunds

The property sector has returned to the top of the IMA leader board, as the bestselling sector with the highest percentage of net sales in July, according to figures from Cofunds, the leading general investment platform in the UK.

Global survey finds good CSR makes good business sense

A survey of 2,500 businesses in 34 economies finds that businesses are being driven towards more socially and environmentally sustainable practices not simply by brand building or altruism, but because it makes good financial sense.

Regulations and market growth drive wealth managers towards outsourcing bonanza

Wealth Managers are embracing a breadth and depth of third party services not seen in other markets.

Confidence hits a new high with more money in pocket

The decrease was driven by further falls in spending on gas and electricity, food and drink and fuel.

Do the Brics need their own development bank?

For the leaders of the Brics countries, the announcement in July of their agreement to establish a "New Development Bank" and a "Contingent Reserve Arrangement" was a public-relations coup.

The dark and bright side of global banking

This EBRD working paper by Ralph De Haas reviews the literature on the benefits and risks of global banking, with a focus on emerging Europe.

Real Assets, Real Potential - Global Perspective from Standard Life Investments

Standard Life Investments highlights that investor interest in a range of real assets has been building for some time and that long-term investors are increasingly considering real assets to assist with enhancing portfolio diversification and liability ma

Firms in India view the USA, Singapore and the UK as the most strategically important countries for new sources of investment over the next five years

BNY Mellon investor relations survey reveals an increased focus on international markets as a source of raising capital

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