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The world is in 'gigantic asset bubble': Faber

Marc Faber, The Gloom, Boom & Doom Report, shares his views on how inflation has impacted global wealth.

Ethical funds: good investments or emotive marketing?

Britain’s army of five million private investors was last week the target of a marketing blitz to promote “ethical” funds – despite a number of flaws tainting this industry.

How to manage risks and grow family wealth

Wealth owners have come to associate risk with volatility.

I’m a (taxpaying) celebrity – get me out of here? by Gary Heynes

Much has been made in the press this week about celebrities looking to avoid paying tax in the UK by becoming ‘tax exiles’.

Looking to the future: Increased investment and activity planned - KPMG

According to our survey, hedge fund managers are convinced that the costs and resources associated with regulatory compliance are only set to increase over the next five years.

Investors Concerned That Global Economic Recovery Could Falter - BofA Merrill Lynch

European and Japanese Equities Retain Positive Sentiment

Follow The Money: How UK Fund Flows Changed After Buxton's Exit

Richard Buxton’s decision to leave Schroders for Old Mutual Global Investors in March has helped boost a number of UK equity funds as investors switched holdings.

Credit Suisse introduces administration and trading service to iCPPI platform

Credit Suisse has integrated a new administration and trading service to its iCPPI hedging platform.

Global Asset Managment Sales and Marketing Demands Central Coordination and Local Action

Senior employees at corporate headquarters seek to exert more control across all the firm's offices, while local teams hold on tight to their autonomy

Kennox fund with new Ucits status likely to target Switzerland

Kennox Asset Management is likely to target high end investment managers, and single and multi-family offices in Switzerland for the Ucits version of its Strategic Value Fund.

Coutts' commentary - Global View from Asia - "Return to the safety of income"

The problems in the US are only symptomatic of the trials and tribulations being seen in many G-7 countries as they attempt to cut the burden of government debt.

Hope and history - St. James's Place

History is not a guide to future performance, but that rarely stops financial markets and investors from glancing back in the hope of gleaning what might lie ahead.

Most Wonderful Time of the Year By: Tom Becket, CIO,Psigma

Market timing, although scoffed at by many as impossible or pointless, has taken on far greater importance in the last few years

Bank boss's break shows stress needs to be taken seriously

The latest high-profile victim of stress and exhaustion comes just days after the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development /Simplyhealth annual absence survey

UK Start-Ups, Japanese Kick Starts by Justin Urquhart Stewart

Bravo start ups

How Credit Suisse underwent painful bond surgery -and survived

Credit Suisse has been among the most aggressive banks in paring back its fixed income, currency and commodities trading business after the financial crisis.

Companies lack trust in forecasts, warns study

Less than half of all finance professionals at UK companies think the forecasts they rely on are reliable

Advisors Obsessed With Asset Allocation Are The Real Dinosaurs Of Wealth Management

Stock and fixed-income ETFs have made this relatively easy.

Europe's economy..... "the last great recovery trade" - Argonaut Capital Partners

Norris “positively enthused by the potential for a positive earnings surprise amongst a select number of stocks in the banking sector”

Tax debate shifts from avoidance to evasion by George Bull

With the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development now working on plans to tackle international tax avoidance by multi-national corporations, and summer rapidly turning to autumn in the UK, we expect to see a change in emphasis in the Great Ta

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