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Europe’s banking union could reignite cross-border bank mergers

From 2000 to 2007, Europe’s big banks pulled off deal after deal across the single currency area.

“Good on many fronts, too good on some” - Gary Dugan, Coutts

Check that you are not overexposed to bonds

Katherine Nixon: 'Decent' Outlook for Stocks in 2013

Katherine Nixon is chief investment officer for the personal financial services business at Northern Trust.

Regulations making UK banks 'uninvestable'

The Government’s mission to create a safe financial system is “unrealistic” and is making the banks “uninvestable”, a group of Britain’s biggest investors has warned.

Britons Spend Big on Luxury Without Covering the Basics

The figures collected by LV suggest that British households do have plenty of room to manoeuvre in terms of cut-backs and financial management, but the professionals advocate a wholesale change of attitude with relation to life insurance in order to avoid

A UK sovereign wealth fund?

The UK's pension fund industry is fragmented: there aren't that many huge pension funds with the resources

Tax Dodgers and cowboys beware – the tax man cometh… by Mike Down, Baker Tilly

HMRC surprised us all with the announcement earlier this week that more funding had been found for additional resources to clamp down on the tax dodgers.

$31 Billion Revenue Opportunity With Younger, Tech-Savvy Investors - RESEARCH

Wealth Management Survey Reveals Financial Firms Can Avoid Significant Wealth Attrition by Courting Younger Investors With Preferred Technology and Services

Memo to Starbucks: UK open for business - Coutts

We believe Wednesday’s Autumn Statement from UK Chancellor George Osborne leaves the UK on the right path, although with the economy stuck in the doldrums, a credit-rating downgrade remains a threat.

Only 2% of financial service organisations believe they’re “very effective” at retaining future leaders

The financial services sector scores lowest on both counts in the Right Management survey that reviewed performance in three key sectors

2013: Fleming Family & Partners identify winning and losing strategies

Wealth Manager Fleming Family & Partners (FF&P) has picked what it calls five winning and five losing strategies for 2013. Notably, the firm sees opportunities in US mortgaged-backed securities, emerging markets debt and gold.

Ethical investment takes root

New research shows that awareness of ethical investments is growing, and almost half of us are likely to opt for them in the future

French bank governor Christian Noyer calls for City of London to be sidelined as Europe's financial hub

London should be stripped of its status as Europe's main financial hub and sidelined to allow the eurozone to “control” transactions within the 17-nation bloc, the governor of the Bank of France has said.

2013: A year in multi-asset investing - Schroders

“What many investors currently perceive as safe haven assets could turn out to be the snake lurking in the grass next year.”

Advisers look to platforms for support in post-rdr world - Aviva

According to the latest Adviser Barometer research from Aviva, in the final quarter before the Retail Distribution Review is implemented in January 2013, over a third of advisers (34%) say they are contemplating changing their main platform in the next 1

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