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Banking on the Dog and the Frisbee

The nuclear and banking industries share a common feature.

BNP Paribas ranked world's 7th most valuable banking brand

The rankings cover all areas of banking business and all categories of clients, from private individuals to large corporates and institutional clients.

Brewin Dolphin welcomes findings of FCA annuities review but demands action

Nicholas Fitzgerald, Head of Financial Planning for wealth manager Brewin Dolphin, commented: “It is no surprise that the FCA’s review has concluded that the annuities market is not working.

Banco Santander leads EU banks exposed to fragile emerging markets

Banco Santander's substantial presence in Brazil, Argentina, and Chile have placed the Spanish group as the most exposed of European Union banks to fragile emerging markets

Revealed: Woodford to launch Invesco income replica in May

The fund manager's eponymous firm Woodford Investment Management will go live in early May.

Lloyds to Pay £400m Banker Bonus Pot and £2m Compensation to Boss Antonio Horta-Osorio

Lloyds Banking Group has allegedly agreed to a deal with its largest investor, UK Financial Investments, to pay around £400m in 2013 bonuses to staff, as well as £2m in extra compensation to its chief executive Antonio Horta-Osorio.

Qatar Investment Authority backs UK

Head of one of the world's biggest sovereign wealth funds still keen on investing in UK and London

Financial Services industry struggling with skills gap

New MathWorks Research Finds Graduates Lack Skills Demanded by Financial Services Industry

Record Favourability From Intermediaries Towards European And UK Equities - Barings Investment Barometer

Overall, 91% of IFAs are either 'very' or 'quite' favourable towards European equities, up from 63% 12 months ago. For the UK, 93% are favourable, up from 79%.

Does your Boss Hate You?

Almost one in every four employees (39%) thinks that their boss dislikes them

Cutting the slack? - Neil Staines, ECU's Head of Trading and Execution

At the start of this month, as EM concerns spilled over into global equities and risk assets, capital preservation became the primary driver of financial market moves as opposed to relative value – Or fear rather than greed.

Dear Tax Professional – How was it for you?

There was a big sigh of relief on Friday from tax professionals involved in completing tax returns for individuals, having worked long into the January evenings and weekends.

The growing trends in cybercrime and how to protect your firm by Sheila Pancholi, Partner, Baker Tilly

Cybercrime is one of the fastest-growing criminal activities on the planet. It covers a huge range of illegal activity including financial scams, computer hacking, virus attacks and stalking by e-mail.

Church Of England Can Never Have 'Pure' Investments, Ethics Report Concludes

Ethical advisors to the Church of England have warned that the CofE's investment portfolio "will never be pure", and advised that some "ethical ambiguity" is necessary for the benefits that investment brings to the organisation.

Is OMT Legal by 7IM

The European Central Bank (ECB) has seen its plan to buy Eurozone periphery government bonds questioned by Germany's highest courts.

Value, in four charts by Tim Price

Fed and ECB policies aim to reassure financial market participants rather than keeping them guessing. In the “good old days”, before quantitative easing, forward guidance and zero real interest rates, investors, asset managers, traders and ban

Are we entering the third phase of the Great Financial Crisis?

Ambrose Evans-Pritchard answers your questions about the global economy amid tightening in the US and China, ECB inaction and emerging markets turmoil

Bank of Italy Gov. Visco Suggests National 'Bad Bank'

Bank of Italy Gov. Ignazio Visco on Saturday floated the idea of a national bad bank to help lenders shed troubled assets and boost new loans to Italian companies

Swedish fund to open research office in Pakistan

“Changing the perception of Pakistan in the eyes of international investors will be a gradual process. Pakistani corporate (entities) have shown one of the highest average returns on equity (ROE) across emerging and frontier markets in the last 10 y

Eurozone banks face £42bn 'capital black hole’

Government adviser Davide Serra says this year’s stress tests by European authorities are likely to find fresh problems in the eurozone banks.

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