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Why ISAs are not an alternative to pensions

The skills needed to blend income from various sources, including pensions, ISAs, general investment accounts and cash savings when in retirement is akin to the fine tuning required to the engine of a top-of-the-range sports car

Barclays Attacked In Mystery 'Staff Letter'

A letter sent to Sky News claiming to be from more than 100 employees of the bank criticises management.

Ex-Barclays Executive Rudloff Sees ‘Golden Decade’ for Investment Banking

Barclays has retreated from that market since 2011

Madness by Tim Price, Director of Investment, PFP Wealth Management

James Rickards, ‘The death of money: the coming collapse of the international monetary system’, 2014

The Bumble Bee and the Chrysanthemum: Comparing Sweden and Japan’s Responses to Financial Crisis

Reinhart and Rogoff’s influential book, This Time is Different (2009), argues that financial crises over the past eight centuries have had similar causes and consequences across diverse societies.

Bankers win friends again in Europe with lure of easy money

Jacques de Larosiere says he is an isolated and modest man.

HSBC Malta supports vision of Malta as a major trade hub

HSBC Malta’s CEO Mark Watkinson, during the bank’s 38th AGM, said that Malta had the opportunity to become a major trade hub.

Use of DFMs set to soar in coming years, predicts Donaldson

The use of discretionary fund management will only grow in years to come as the market rapidly evolves to meet advisers’ demands

Platform Focus: Skandia

The feedback we heard from advisers was positive from those looking for an “all-in-one” solution – an investment onesie if you will.

Finance is still the best prospect Jersey has, now, and in the future

Geoff Cook, CEO, Jersey Finance, outlined to over 100 Jersey business leaders at the IOD luncheon and politicians, how the Island’s finance industry is performing and what initiatives are currently being undertaken to promote the industry. Discussin

UK's Investec Asset Finance purchases Mann Island Finance

Investec Asset Finance, a UK-based asset and loan finance provider, has purchased Mann Island Finance as part of its plans to develop its asset finance offering and activities in the country.

Survey Finds Continued Growth Optimism for 2014 - BofA Merrill Lynch

Investor confidence in global economic growth remains high even as expectations of higher short-term rates increase, according to the BofA Merrill Lynch Fund Manager Survey for April.

Scottish business must wake up to the Asian century

Mr Barton leads McKinsey's work on "the future of capitalism, long-term value-creation and the role of business leadership in society", he is an adviser to the Canadian prime minister.

News analysis: Is it time to junk ratings?

This has meant the amount of AA-rated sovereign debt now exceeds the AAA pool, with implications for fund managers and clients alike.

The good, bad and future of high-frequency trading - Natixis Global Asset Management

High-frequency trading has been getting a lot of coverage since the release of Michael Lewis’ book Flash Boys and his talk on 60 Minutes about speed traders rigging the stock market for average investors.

Larger, Older, Richer: Welcome to the Age of Asset Management

The number of people saving money in the world has grown larger, older, and richer

Hedge funds make bets on rise in sterling

Traders have ramped up their bets on sterling, with a big jump in the number of hedge funds taking long positions in the pound in expectation of a rate hike, US data shows.

Investors planning to raise European fund exposures, says ML Capital

ML Capital Asset Management is reporting high levels of demand for both European and US long/short equity funds this quarter, with a healthy swing towards UK equity strategies.

The new era of cost-cutting at Barclays’ investment bank, Credit Suisse needs to axe 15% of headcount

What’s going to happen to Barclays investment bank when it presents its new plan in June? Tushar Morzaria, the bank’s chief financial officer who took the job six months ago, admitted to analysts in February that its future is not entirely cle

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