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IHT – have the wheels finally come off? by Gary Heynes, Baker Tilly

Recent figures have revealed that nearly a quarter of a million families are expected to pay Inheritance Tax over the next five years.

Schroders & experts from Imperial College London collaborate on Multi-Asset study

FSP was created in 2014 with a vision of bringing professionals from academia and industry together to promote research in quantitative finance using engineering tools, with a special focus on signal processing and optimisation techniques.

EU Review Finds Compliance Problems With IFRS Rules on Business Combinations

A limited European Union review of compliance with accounting rules regarding business combinations in financial statements raised several red flags, the European Securities and Markets Authority revealed this week.

Carry On England! - Neil Staines

"I bowl so slow that if I don’t like a ball I can run after it and bring it back” - JM Barrie

EVCA Symposium strikes confident note

The flagship event of the European Private Equity and Venture Capital Industry took place last week in Vienna. It was striking to see how the dialogue is moving on from regulatory implementation to investment, jobs and growth.

UK equities have reached £238.8bn, a post crisis record - Capita Asset Services

Private investor share of UK equities reverses 3 year decline, and exceeds combined total of pension funds and insurance companies

Up to 25% Of Top 50 Global Banks Will Launch A Banking App Store by 2016 – Gartner

The explosive growth of apps is causing significant challenges for the banking industry, according to Gartner, Inc.

Company IPOs should not be viewed as a golden ticket warns wealth manager

Research from the group shows that, of the seven companies that debuted on the UK stock market in the last twelve months, four are currently trading below their flotation price and only two have left investors sitting on significant gains.

Asset managers find skills gaps in multi-asset

Multi-asset solutions have been widely expected to benefit since the introduction of the RDR

Rothschild study sees Santander Brasil price below buyout proposal

That price is 37 percent below Spain's Banco Santander SA's (SAN.MC) proposal of 15.31 reais per share for the buyout made on April 29.

Fracturing Fiefdoms

Fracking - it seems that we are now getting used to the unpleasant nomenclature attached to fracturing rocks to extract various types of gas. However, in the UK we are about to enter the period of political fracking which will also result in the release o

Number of asset managers to halve by 2030 - KPMG

Half of the firms in the global asset management industry will be gone by 2030 as new technology, demographic shifts and changing social habits transform the industry

Psigma - "The Manager": All-time England 11 Funds

Here we go with my all-time England 11 from watching the Three Lions over 20 years.

Middle East investors expected to spend US$180 billion in global real estate markets over next decade

Middle Eastern investors are expected to spendUS$180 billion in commercial real estate markets outside of their own region over the next decade, according to the latest research from global property advisor CBRE .

99% of Equity Mutual Funds Fail to Outperform - Research

The researchers evaluated monthly returns of 516 UK domestic equity mutual funds between 1998 and 2008

Deutsche Bank study highlights investor red flag areas

Lack of transparency, inadequate compliance procedures, poor segregation of duties, inexperience and inappropriate valuation policies are the five most frequently cited red-flags in operational due diligence, according to a Deutsche Bank Global Prime Fina

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