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Saxo Bank publishes its investment outlook for Q1 2014

Having maintained world growth at acceptable levels throughout the current crisis, emerging Asia will become the world’s primary weak spot in 2014.

BofA Merrill Lynch: Greek banks’ changes positive

Regulatory changes should allow Greek banks to increase CT1 ratio prior to the release of the Blackrock review results.

"Weather forecast for tonight: Dark” - George Carlin

ECU's Investment Blog - Shaky Legs and Hidden Strength! - Neil Staines

Jump in City hiring as firms bounce back

Recruiter Astbury Marsden found 1,336 new jobs in December, up 67 per cent on the same month of 2012.

Coutts' commentary - Global View from Asia - Eurozone in the ascendancy

The typical way to get out of debt problems in the past was not to grow your way out, but instead by default or inflation….be warned.

AXA Wealth pinpoints ‘golden boomerang’ generation

The findings suggest there is an opportunity for financial advisers to help investors consolidate their assets or pool savings within a family to get the most out of their investments.

RBS faces fury over bid to smash bonus curbs: Bailed-out bank wants rewards that are worth twice salaries

The bank, 80 per cent owned by the taxpayer following its 2008 bailout, is expected to revamp its pay policies after the European Union imposed a cap on banker bonuses.

Alastair Conway on his first year at James Hay and the anniversary of the RDR

One year on from the RDR and 11 months in his present role, Conway says he is not surprised that the doomsday prediction of advisers deserting the industry en masse failed to materialise.

Rate expectations by Tim Price

Warren Buffett, ‘How inflation swindles the equity investor’, May 1977.

97% of Financial Firms Don’t Think Enough Has Been Done to Prevent Future Crash

Furthermore, just 12 per cent of respondents believe that regulators fully understand how the financial crisis happened in the first place.

Is this the last happy new year for bankers’ bonuses?

The residents of the Square Mile and Canary Wharf are preparing themselves for what, for many, could be the first sizeable bonuses since the start of the crisis.

Asset managers must stand up and be counted Richard Saunders

Asset managers should be adopting a simple New Year’s resolution for 2014. Speak up.

Coutts' commentary - Wealth Watch on Gold - Will 2014 be a better year for gold?

Still plenty of reasons to hold gold

Tis the season for a rally - 7IM

Now that the New Year is here, we can look with hindsight at a festive stockmarket phenomenon: the so-called 'Santa Claus Rally'.

35% of financial services execs support criminal charges for reckless bankers

More than a third (35%) of global financial services professionals working in banks, asset management and hedge funds believe that executives should be held criminally liable for the actions of staff.

Charles Stanley Direct offers 25 per cent dealing discount

Alliance Trust Savings last week announced it would be increasing its fees by up to 87 per cent from February. Its pricing revisions included some dealing discounts for long-term customers.

Why gold bugs should brace for an 'awful' 2014

Gold had a tumultuous run in 2013 but don't expect any respite in the new year

Institutional managers set their sights on the fee conscious European retail investor

Bridging the Gap

Investment Outlook: A good year by Teis Knuthsen, CIO, Saxo Private Bank

The past year has been an extraordinary investment year with exceptional returns on developed markets equities.

A world economy on the brink of fracture by Jeremy Warner

What will happen in 2014? The Chinese economy will slow; the price of oil will sink; Germany will slide into recession; the EU will remain intact and the internet will begin to Balkanise

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