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Chris Blackhurst: We should have let banks go to the wall. They don’t care about our wellbeing

They’re pursuing pretty much zero tolerance to anyone caught crossing a line.

Overseas Territories outline road map for the future

They described nationality and immigration as "difficult and sensitive issues," and noted: "International talent can help grow economies and create local employment.

HSBC Private Bank's Top Selector on Tackling New Challenges

‘If I want to go right, I go right, and then it is between me and the weather,’ says Hervé Croset, as he describes the sense of freedom he gets from sailing.

British SME Bosses are Putting the Needs of Their Business ahead of their own

Bosses could be putting their financial security at risk by not considering their own future financial plans.

HSBC Private Bank: Hedge Funds update

Hedge funds have delivered healthy risk-adjusted returns over the last few years, and have been a useful diversifier for portfolios.

Looking ahead: where next for Multi-Asset Investments?

Further economic recovery, underpinned by liquidity from central banks, should support equities

How Martin Gilbert, the City's Original Bogeyman, Pulled it Out of the Fire Again

You wouldn't bet against Aberdeen's controversial Chief Executive Martin Gilbert

Leading in the 21st century: An interview with Société Générale’s Frédéric Oudéa

Société Générale’s chairman and chief executive officer, Frédéric Oudéa, reflects on qualities required to lead in turbulent times.

Investing in Britain by Justin Urquhart Stewart

In the world of twenty four hour news coverage, any snippet of data and information is leapt upon normally as 'breaking news' and its interpretation extrapolated by endless commentators to some ludicrous degrees.

Ethical conduct still not a natural fit for financial services, report finds

53% also say strict codes of conduct would harm their firm’s competitiveness

Europe Risks ‘Disaster’ Without Bank Resolution, Sijbrand Says

The Dutch central bank said Europe must agree on a common mechanism to resolve failed banks or risk discrediting a European Central Bank review of their assets.

Discretionary Performance Criticised

The discretionary management industry has been slammed for delivering dire levels of performance to investors

Schroders creates framework to help overcome fixed income investor paralysis

Schroders Global Strategic Solutions team is today launching its latest in-depth thought piece which is titled ‘Fixed Income, Flexible Outcomes - Getting what you need from your bond portfolio’.

ING IM predicts year of global growth acceleration as US and Japanese economies drive expansion

Emerging markets require structural reform and different growth model to achieve potential

Who wants to join the ‘Naming and Shaming’ Club? by Mike Down

HMRC has been regularly publishing lists ‘naming and shaming’ tax dodgers around the country. But now there are more ambitious plans to ‘name and shame’ promoters of high-risk tax avoidance schemes, and we can expect to hear more d

Winds of Change By: Tom Becket, Chief Investment Officer, Psigma Investment Management

A wise old(er) man congratulated me earlier in the year in an e-mail because we had stayed the course in Japan

Growing Divergence By Neil Staines, ECU

"Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth” John F Kennedy

Schroders Multi-Asset Insights: EMD, Europe and Low Volatility (for now!)

Multi-Asset Insights By Aymeric Forest and Matthias Scheiber, Multi-Asset Fund Managers, Schroders

Regulations pose threat to hedge fund start-ups - Pete Hess, President and CEO, Advent Software

As global regulations begin to take effect, launching a hedge fund from scratch will be even more challenging says Pete Hess, President and CEO, Advent Software.

Barings: Investment update on Russia

With the Federal Reserve having opted to keep policy unchanged at its latest meeting on the basis that the US economy still looks insufficiently strong, in our assessment, to survive without active central bank support, the focus for many investors has sh

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