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EU officials must break top-down reform fixation

"Generals always fight the last war."

Junior I-Bankers Say New 'Work-Life Balance' a Myth

Following the tragic death of an intern in Bank of America’s London unit, banks have announced new guidelines that will prevent senior executives from working their junior employees literally to death.

Dougan Says Credit Suisse Challenged by Emerging Markets Rout

Credit Suisse Group AG has been affected by the slump in emerging markets this year as conditions worsened

Top hedge fund bets on Danish debt crisis

Denmark became Scandinavia's weakest economy after a housing bubble that burst in 2008

Deutsche Bank caps cash bonus at 300,000 euros

Deutsche, which told staff about bonuses on Wednesday, said last week total pay in its corporate banking & securities division was 5.3 billion euros for 2013, down 14.4 pct from 2012.

Rothschild Market Perspective February 2014

Equities more attractive than other asset classes; portfolio hedges increased as valuations stretched

Europe's Fund Industry Is Not Bold Enough

Three good reasons to close or merge funds: performance, profitability, pointlessness

Richard Buxton - Renowned fund manager shares his latest views

Legendary investor Sir John Templeton once said: "It is impossible to produce a superior performance unless you do something different from the majority." No one encapsulates this more than Richard Buxton, one of the most successful fund manager

UK becomes second largest pensions market as assets soar - Towers Watson

Global pension fund assets have now grown at over 6.7% on average per annum (in USD) since 2003.

Tinker, Taper, Soldier ... Slide? by Neil Staines, Head of Trading and Execution, ECU

Does the equity market dig in and soldier on from its current level ... or slide further?

Building the momentum for effective investor stewardship - White Paper from Standard Life Investments

Standard Life Investments have today issued a report with practical recommendations to stimulate change and build momentum for improvements to build on the success of the UK’s Stewardship Code and raise the bar from compliance to excellence.

Alternative Business Structures for Law Firms Likely to Go Global

The revolutionary changes sweeping jurisdictions like the UK with their "Tesco law" changes have begun to radically alter the way in which law firms are structured and owned.

European banks have $3trln to emerging markets

The risk is most acute for six European banks BBVA, Erste Bank, HSBC, Santander, Standard Chartered, and UniCredit according to analysts.

Coutts' commentary - Global View from Asia - Emerging markets - crisis what crisis?

While there are undoubtedly strains in some emerging markets, to read the headlines would suggest there was a pending meltdown.

UAE's Aabar approached to invest in world's oldest bank

Abu Dhabi investment fund Aabar has been approached to invest in the world’s oldest bank, Italy’s Monte dei Paschi di Siena

Blowing away the complacency and a Happy New Year of the Wooden Horse by Justin Urquhart Stewart

I have found it a very interesting contrast this year to last January. Then in 2013 the news was filled with dire warnings of doom and gloom, as the IMF and the OECD both pointed to lower figures

Denmark's largest bank blacklists Israel's Hapoalim over settlement construction

In an announcement posted on its website, the bank stated that Bank Hapoalim was acting against the rules of international humanitarian law.

Guernsey – Home Of The Family Office by Fiona Le Poidevin

The family office concept has been around for decades, but it is only in recent years that the industry has begun to expand at an impressive pace with new family offices opening every month and the value of assets increasing.

Guernsey: are Asian clients missing out? by Fiona Le Poidevin

When seeking solutions for structuring their wealth, Asian investors are fairly open to placing their assets in offshore locations. But there is a tendency for Asian clients – and advisers – to stick to what they know, and for this reason, the

Lloyds in gender target pledge for senior staff

Lloyds Banking Group will this week set out ground-breaking commitments to elevate more women into senior jobs

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