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One Step Forward, Another Step Back - Cerulli Associates Europe

European Property Funds are Back on the Radar but Investor Sentiment is Mixed

Towers Watson urges asset owners to learn from corporates

Asset owners are increasingly transforming their governance arrangements to deal with investing in today’s fast-moving environment

Europe backs down in bid to tackle mega-banks

Europe will unveil a blueprint to challenge the power of big banks on Wednesday but critics believe it will change little as it does not strictly separate multi-billion-euro market bets from savers’ money.

Hot topics in UK LLP tax changes

Discussions with HMRC reveal key issues

Will we see a disinflationary boom? - Nancy Curtin, CIO Close Brothers Asset Management:

Make no mistake, the recovery of the UK economy is not a flash in the pan.

Risk Off: Taper On! - Neil Staines, ECU's Head of Trading and Execution

"It is your concern when your neighbours wall is on fire” - Horace

On the Up by Justin Urquhart Stewart

Good in theory - poor in execution

Not at Davos and proud of it by Tim Price, PFP Wealth Management

So farewell then, forward guidance. We barely knew you. We were never fans of this policy and said as much. Here, for example, is what we wrote in ‘The Spectator’ last October:

Golden oldies investment trusts back in demand

It was like the 1980s and the fictional world of Gordon Gekko all over again.

Simplify executive pay, says Aberdeen chief

Martin Gilbert believes chief executives and other senior directors should be given salaries, with performance bonuses only if appropriate, to align interests with investors

Nicola Horlick tells the big banks: I’m coming after you

Companies shunned by high street lenders have somewhere new to turn, Nicola Horlick tells Patrick Hosking

Bank of Italy Survey Shows Household Wealth Fell in 2012

Italian households tend to have more assets and fewer debts than their euro-zone counterparts.

Krawcheck says advisory business still coming up short in reaching out to women

Advisers need to understand distinctions between women and men investors

European banks have 84 billion euro capital shortfall, OECD estimates: report

European banks have a combined capital shortfall of about 84 billion euros ($115 billion), German weekly WirtschaftsWoche reported, citing a new study by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development.

Eight-Year Global Economic Expansion Expected Says BNY Mellon's Richard Hoey

While Hoey believes that inflation will rise eventually, he thinks it will drift higher only gradually over the coming years and that governments and central banks will be tolerant of that gradual upward drift in inflation.

Protection Racket

Last week a group of free-thinkers gathered in Guernsey with the simple brief of making the island the best place to live on the earth.

Davos Bankers Struggle to Convince Elite That Markets Are Safer

Top bank executives are struggling to convince the world’s business elite in Davos the financial system is safer, more than five years since it fell into crisis.

Davos: global economy not safe until 2020, says Barclays chief Antony Jenkin

Barclays chief Antony Jenkins says that despite increased regulation across the banking system, there was still much work to be done

JP Morgan: UK could suffer if it quits EU

The Financial Times reports the bank made a submission to the UK Treasury saying the UK would have greater political sway in crossborder negotiations with the Eurozone if it is past of the EU.

Not yet the time to change horses -ING Investment Management

In our (short-term) tactical asset allocation we opened an underweight in emerging market equities.

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