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The Investing section combines market analysis with expert forecasts and investment strategies. It aims to help readers—from novice investors to professionals—make informed decisions across asset classes, regions and market cycles.

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Upcoming changes to the alternative investment fund law

Further to the issuance of the relevant consultation paper on 22 April, 2016 (CP 2016-03) and to the...

23rd November, 2016

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WHAT DOES BREXIT MEAN TO PROPERTY INVESTORS & DEVELOPERS?

A commentary from Rick Nicholls, Managing Director, Bastien Jack Group Ltd, UK property developer. I...

23rd November, 2016

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MORE RESOURCES AS SIGNATURE TARGETS GROWTH

Expansion of the team at Signature Private Finance, the privately-owned principal lender, shows no s...

23rd November, 2016

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REALPOLITIK AND DONALD TRUMP

By John Wyn-Evans, Head of Investment Strategy at Investec Wealth &Investment ‘Realpolitik’, a s...

16th November, 2016

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UK TREASURY INTERPRETATION OF ARTICLE 36 OF PSD2 – A WELCOME SURPRISE?

Article 36 of the second Payment Services Directive (PSD2) will require the Member States of the Eur...

16th November, 2016

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DRAWDOWN REGRETS ‘PUTTING PENSION FREEDOMS AT RISK’

More than one in five admit they didn’t understand the risks of conventional drawdown and more than...

16th November, 2016

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TRUMP’S DOMESTIC PRIORITIES: GOOD FOR SMALL-CAPS AND INDUSTRIALS

By Michael Stanes, Investment Director at Heartwood Investment Management The US election outcome ra...

16th November, 2016

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INVESTORS CAN ‘SERIOUSLY BUILD WEALTH’ IN THIS WAVE OF ANTI-GLOBALISATION

Investors should not “obsess about the wave of anti-globalisation” projected by many politicians acr...

15th November, 2016

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RISING INFLATION, ‘MARMITONOMICS’ AND THE ROLE OF CASH IN A PORTFOLIO

By Michelle McGrade, chief investment officer of online investment platform TD Direct Investing &#82...

12th November, 2016

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LONDON CHAMPIONS GREEN FINANCE ON THE GLOBAL STAGE

The UK leads the world in Green Finance because of the City’s mix of expertise and innovation, accor...

12th November, 2016

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MARKET IMPACT:  POTENTIALLY POSITIVE IN THE INTERMEDIATE AND LONGER TERM, WITH RISING INFLATION

US and European markets have already recovered today from the sell-off following Trump’s victory. Wh...

12th November, 2016

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ONE IN THREE ‘WOULD CONSIDER TRANSFERING OUT OF THEIR FINAL SALARY SCHEME’

Retirement savers tempted by increased transfer values MetLife warns on need for guarantees in retir...

10th November, 2016