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Tony Armour, managing director of Business Process Solutions, DST, comments on the changes to the consumer credit market regulation.

The winners of the 21st Annual Mutual Fund Industry Awards have been announced at New York's Mandarin Oriental.

Abundance Generation has been named as the winner of the Sustainable Finance category of the Sustainable City Awards 2013-14.

ING Group has published its 19th Sustainability Report 'Simpler, stronger, sustainable', which provides an overview of the company’s sustainability approach, actions and performance in 2013.

ACPI Investment Managers, the independent, innovative provider of asset management solutions for institutional and individual investors, has appointed Daniel Moreno as Head of Emerging Markets.

The Certified Gold Exchange is warning investors about the correlation between computerised trading of gold derivatives investments and the value of physical gold.

Standard Chartered has launched its 2013 Sustainability Review, which captures the progress and commitments it has made in supporting social and economic development across the markets in which it operates.

Amundi and Tikehau has announced a strategic asset management partnership.

The Council of the Islamic Financial Services Board (IFSB) has admitted Bank of Korea into its membership.

Global high-yield bonds gain popularity in Thailand, but retail investors so far sidelined

CIBC Mellon has announced that Horizons ETFs Management has selected CIBC Mellon to provide fund administration, custody and exchange-traded fund services for 38 leverage and inverse ETFs.

Art is the ultimate symbol, the ultimate luxury item. But is it a wise investment?

As part of LuxCSD’s initiative to support the dematerialisation of securities of all types, LuxCSD announces custody fee cuts for equities by 50%

The EVCA welcomes the European Commission’s Communication on the Long-term Financing of the European Economy.

GE Capital International has provided a US$300M cross-border financing facility to Accolade Wines.

Too many managers are robotically following rules rather than making decisions with their hearts and minds, according to new research published today by CMI.

Charteris Treasury Portfolio Managers Limited is pleased to announce the appointment of the highly experienced multi-manager, Tony Yousefian.

The people of Preston in Lancashire are being urged by their council to join Move your Money in a bid to create a better financial system.

Kinetic Partners has appointed Iain Pickard to its London-based consulting team.

Data on the European Venture Capital sector points to a healthy environment for investment and return opportunities in European technology start-up businesses.

The budget's pension changes have been slammed as “style over substance” by the chief executive of one of the world’s largest independent financial advisory organisations.

The European leveraged finance market is set to undergo a shift this year, as private equity sponsors veer back towards loans to finance leveraged buyouts.

2013 was a record year from a transaction perspective with €64bn of Europe’s non-core loans sold as part of portfolio transactions last year.

Chelverton Asset Management has confirmed that it has appointed Richard Bucknell as Investment Director in its unquoted equities team.

Changes to how VAT is taxed may mean an end to digital stores like iTunes and Google Play offering 99p music downloads.

Interest in so-called ‘alternative property assets’, such as healthcare, hotels, student accommodation, privately rented housing, and infrastructure has never been so pronounced.

Businessmen give their views on what they want to see in the forthcoming Budget, which is to be announced by Chancellor George Osborne on Wednesday 19th March, 2014.

As returns on sovereign bonds sink to their lowest, opportunities proliferate for managers to do business for the general accounts of insurance companies.

Foreign direct investment (FDI) into China increased 10.4% year on year in the first two months of 2014, the government has announced, while the country's outbound investment slumped.

The Chancellor’s likely move not to give relief on the 40p tax rate in his Budget

London Stock Exchange has welcomed seven new retail companies to its markets, raising £2.1bn, in the first few months of the year - a clear sign that investor appetite for retail companies is strong.

Ahead of Sainsbury’s full year results, Michael Hewson takes a critical look at its performance and how the new kids on the block Aldi and Lidl are affecting the big supermarkets market share.

Societe Generale has agreed to sell to DBS its private banking activities in Singapore and Hong Kong, representing a total of US$12.6bn of assets under management.

New research from global analytics firm Cerulli Associates finds that traditional broker/dealers are considering a direct model.

Following the recent sell-off in emerging markets, there is a view developing that now is the time to invest.

The European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA) has today published its latest Investment Funds Industry Fact Sheet