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Native technology platform and network Adyoulike announces major UK acquisition to create European leader in native advertising

Burden Of Proof In Criminal Tax Cases To Be Shifted Onto The Taxpayer HMRC To Get More Draconian Powers

According to research from global analytics firm Cerulli Associates, advisor migration is projected to grow independent channels to 38% of asset marketshare through 2016.

Penney Frohling, Partner in Financial Services at EY, commenting on the Payments Council's six-month results for the new Current Account Switch Service

Clare Grout has joined the team of RiverPeak Wealth, the new wealth management firm.

Brooks Macdonald Group plc (“the Group”), the AIM listed integrated wealth management group, has announced that Brooks Macdonald Asset Management has acquired DPZ Capital Limited

The UK annuities market could decline by up to 75% after the recently announced changes to compulsory annuity purchase come into effect, according to PwC analysis supported by a new consumer survey.

The public need to be convinced that tough choices on upgrading national infrastructure are necessary, according to a new poll of more than 1000 members of the public by Ipsos MORI for the CBI.

Public procurement of goods and services in 12 key emerging markets will almost triple to £452 billion by 2030 - but the UK will only capture £11 billion of this growth, if its market share stays the same.

The Latin American pension system has grown to more than US$900bn in assets under management, according to new research from global analytics firm Cerulli Associates.

Teams of British accountants will help transform accounting standards and develop professional accountancy institutes in Africa and Asia, International Development Secretary Justine Greening has announced.

Company acquisitions can have a devastating impact on information security and management, with the employees of acquired firms more preoccupied with the potential impact on their role than with the need to effectively integrate the information of both companies.

The wealth and investment management division of Barclays has seen tremendous traction in its Asian structured products business, with volumes tripling from 2010. Asia now accounts for 50% of structured products sales in the private bank globally.

New research from global analytics firm Cerulli Associates, predicts that target-date strategies will capture 63.4% of 401(k) contributions in 2018.

Ameripact today released its latest home-buying efficiency and money-saving tool, the Due Diligence Packet, a lender quality portfolio of information that includes everything a buyer needs to close on a home sale.

Only Six Taxpayers A Month Voluntarily Acknowledge They Have Committed Fraud Using HMRC Facility

The European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA) has published its latest Investment Funds Industry Fact Sheet, which provides net sales of UCITS and non-UCITS for February 2014.

Rapidly expanding foreign exchange consultancy looks to PR to raise profile

In its first half 2014 Technology Value Matrix for Human Capital Management (HCM), Nucleus Research finds leading vendors are increasingly consolidating core Human Resources (HR), talent management and workforce management (WFM) functions onto a single platform.

Citigroup hasannounced that it has reached an agreement with 18 institutional investors regarding the resolution of certain legacy Securities and Banking private-label securitization representation and warranty repurchase claims.

Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) continues to rise from 4.7% in 2013 to a forecasted 5.2% in 2014.

Fitch Ratings views the entry of the International Financial Corporation (IFC) and the Corporacion Andina de Fomento (CAF) as shareholders of Financiera de Desarrollo Nacional S.A. (FDN) positively.

EnterNext has congratulated biotechnology company, Genomic Vision on its successful listing in compartment C of Euronext’s regulated market in Paris.

The Christie Administration today urged the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to grant New Jersey residents and businesses who suffered property damage in Superstorm Sandy an additional six-month extension to file a complete flood insurance claim.

Dubai Islamic Bank (DIB), the largest Islamic Bank in the UAE, has entered into an agreement for an innovative new service with the Emirates Group (Emirates).

One in seven (14 per cent) of those planning to retire this year has made no personal pension provision and will be either totally or heavily dependent on the State Pension, according to research by Prudential1.

Institutional investors view activism as a successful tool used among hedge fund managers to increase returns and stimulate growth in their investments, according to a new survey.

Crossroads Systems has announced that it has received notice from The NASDAQ Stock Market that it had regained compliance with Listing Rule 5550(b)(1).

Bespoke Platform and Exchange for Hong Kong Fine Wine Investors www.wineowners.hk Opens 7th April 2014

Dutch Trading venue, TOM (The Order Machine) now offers best execution in Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs). The product scope now consists of equities, options and ETFs.

A recent survey by Oracle Capital Group, the independent international multi-family office, has shown that more than 55% of people believe that to be deemed wealthy today you need to be worth more than £10 million.

How firms deliver service is the greatest differentiator between the state of the art and the state of the industry in family wealth management, according to a new report from the Family Office Exchange.

The Human Capital Centre of Expertise (HUCACE), a boutique service that offers a range of end-to-end recruitment solutions and HR-related services to employers, has officially launched.

World Bank and the government of the Solomon Islands have reached an agreement that will help to improve power supply, disaster and climate resilience in the country.

Allegro Development Corporation has been named by CIO Review Magazine as one of the top 20 Most Promising Risk Management Solution Providers for the Capital Market.

Ximen Mining Corp is pleased to announce that it has entered into a due diligence agreement with Huldra Silver Inc.