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UBS goes under cover

If the news is confirmed in coming days, it marks the withdrawal from "holistic investment banking" of one of the more hallowed names in the world of banking.

Firing on some cylinders - Gary Dugan, Coutts & Co

Financial Markets were mixed last week as investors continue to wait for the US presidential elections on 6th November.

QE not an excuse for inactivity

The overall impact of Quantitative Easing (QE) on pension funds has been exaggerated according to global professional services company Towers Watson.

Coutts: Spotlight Germany

Our view on how Germany’s economic position within the Eurozone remains strong, albeit with leading indicators having turned recently.

Emerging Europe remains resilient to Eurozone crisis - Schroders

Regardless of the well- publicised challenges facing the Eurozone and the negative impact on perceived risk assets, the MSCI EM Emerging Europe 10/40 Net (TR) index has increased in value by 11.4 per cent per annum over the last three years.

Fund investors more positive on stocks, but appetite for bonds still dominates - Morningstar

With policy makers and central banks striving to ease the pain for troubled eurozone economies, European fund investors may be shrugging off the risk of Euro implosion, according to Morningstar’s latest European fund flows data.

Deloitte survey shows deleveraging is reversing single market in banking

Private equity firms and investment firms are expected to be the main buyers of loan books

"Is the global economy close to reaching a tipping point? - Schroders

This is important for investors as the global economy painfully adjusts to new realities and follows a rocky path to normalisation.

Chaos by Tim Price, director of investment, PFP Wealth Management

“The 99% blame the 1%, the 1% blame the 47%, the private sector blames the public sector, the public sector returns the sentiment.. the young blame the old, everyone blames the rich.. yet few question the ideas behind government or central banks.&rd

EIS and VCT fall under the FSA’s gaze – but is this bad news for SMEs? by Tim Smith

With our debt soaring, our population aging and our infrastructure crumbling, we stand at a troubling crossroads. And yet politicians sell us low-tax, no-pain fantasies.

The news of the euro’s death is greatly exaggerated!

Bruno Jacquier comments on the announcements of new quantitative easing by the US Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank and their impact on exchange rates.

The US Raises the Roof - Well Just a Little! by Justin Urquhart Stewart

If you want to spot an encouraging sign in the US economy, then it's probably worth looking at its most decimated sector for the past few years - property.

IMF's epic plan to conjure away debt and dethrone bankers

So there is a magic wand after all. A revolutionary paper by the International Monetary Fund claims that one could eliminate the net public debt of the US at a stroke, and by implication do the same for Britain, Germany, Italy, or Japan.

Have superstar traders lost their magic?

Hedge fund maestro Greg Coffey is retiring at 41 after a glittering career. And, after a distinctly lacklustre performance recently, many of his contemporaries are following suit

Investment strategy and economic and market update - Threadneedle

Threadneedle’s quarterly Economic Background meeting in September reaffirmed our cautious outlook for global economic growth.

HMRC backtracks on proposed changes to withholding tax on interest by Kevin Phillips

Following HMRC’s surprising consultation on reforming the current regime for withholding tax on interest payments earlier in the year, it appears they may now be considering going to the other extreme.

Cautious outlook for global economic growth - Threadneedle

Threadneedle’s quarterly Economic Review meeting in September reaffirmed our cautious outlook for global economic growth.

Coutts reduces exposure to cash and corporate bonds in favour of Global equities

The flow of macro-economic data is moving increasingly in favour of equities and against investment grade bonds.

Banks Temper Job Cutting After Surge in 2011 Reductions: Table

Personnel levels are stabilizing as analysts predict financial results will improve for the six largest U.S. lenders.

Positioning portfolios away from safe haven bonds - HSBC

Conservative portfolios have traditionally relied on bonds to diversify away portfolio risk.

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