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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.

CEOs more confident on global economy - PwC

But finding that growth has gotten tougher.

The Taylor effect: how will ex-Kleinwort chief shape FCA wealth arm?

His experience has been welcomed by the Wealth Management Association’s director of regulation Ian Cornwall.

Rothschild Examines 2014 Opportunities With Skepticism

Improving economic data suggests the global economy continues to recover

Trust in business falling as consumers demand greater regulation

Less Than One in Five Trust Leaders to Tell the Truth

BofA Merrill Lynch Fund Manager Survey Finds Ongoing Rise in Optimism for 2014 Growth

Rising Overvaluations No Bar to Overweighting Equities

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