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How will austerity-averse Europe affect Asia?

In elections in France and Greece, Europeans have voted against biting austerity measures.

Good news (?) for London property prices Hollande has won

In France, and in Greece, the anti-austerity backlash has achieved a double victory this weekend, bringing closer the point at which the euro breaks asunder.

‘Sell in May and stay away’ adage is too simplistic - Coutts & Co

The old stock-market adage – “sell in May and stay away until St Ledger Day” – is coming up against what we believe is a compelling case for equities this year.

Confusion and uncertainty remain for Venture Capital Trust funds

The European Commission have still not approved the annual investment, gross assets and employee limits proposed in the Finance Bill 2012 to be effective for issues after 5 April 2012.

World’s largest 1,000 banks’ assets grew, challenges remain, TheCityUK says

European banks in a particular have a long way to go in deleveraging and are inextricably bound up in the Eurozone sovereign debt issues, which will continue to be a brake on growth for some time to come.

Some South China Sea Sores x 3 by Justin Urquhart Stewart

Arguments with the Spratlys and the Paracels may sound like a tiresome family membership dispute at a local Surrey golf club.

All Women Need to Do is Push Back

Rezvani also wrote the book "The Next Generation of Women Leaders: What You Need to Lead but Won't Learn in Business."

Spain's woes dominate as euro crisis lingering threat to investor sentiment - Rothschild Wealth Management

Reality is slowly returning to the eurozone. After the wave of enthusiasm that accompanied the ECB’s flood of cheap money to eurozone banks, tensions are now rising again, as the ECB’s tonic wears off.

Stronger BRIC versus weaker PIGS

We expect no hard landing in China, no double-dip in the US, no collapse in the eurozone (yet!)

After the storm, a glimmer of light?

As a case study in how not to make a Budget presentation, 21 March 2012 seems set to go down in history.

Party on! (Or not.) by Tim Price, Director of Investment, PFP Wealth Management

One may be doomed, but one can still party on

The High Lords of Google

The informal corporate motto of Google was originally 'Don't be Evil' - reflecting the young, fresh and enthusiastic tone of the business blowing away the cobwebs of dark corporate halls.

The charitable giving debate by George Bull

We may therefore see a transition from lifetime giving to legacies on death, to take advantage of the new inheritance tax relief.

Government is right to cap charitable tax relief

Those with sufficient income who gain tax relief by donating to charity also gain the unique privilege of choosing how their tax is spent.

Fresh EU concerns prompt move to 'risk off' - survey

Growth Expectations Ease While Prospects of QE Return

Nicola Horlick: having it all – again?

I'm not just a finance person, you know," says Nicola Horlick, the fabled City "superwoman" and mother of six.

Feeding the Dragon by Justin Urquhart Stewart

The Year of the Water Dragon, whilst normally providing good joss for those followers of Chinese astrology, is also proving to be a challenging one on various fronts.

Women break into the City's old-boy network

The number of women trading the stock market is on the rise, according to City Index, one of the UK's leading providers of spread betting and foreign exchange trading.

Austerity measures will remain for UK: Arbuthnot

In this Perspective Ruth Lea, Economic Adviser to the Arbuthnot Banking Group, discusses the renewed turmoil in the Eurozone and the UK’s public spending data in the light of the latest OECD report on fiscal consolidation.

George Soros: eurozone crisis has entered a 'more lethal phase'

Soros, known as the man who broke the Bank of England by betting that the UK would be forced to devalue the pound during the 1992 currency crisis, said that "far from abating, the euro crisis has recently taken a turn for a worse".

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