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Facebook Announces Major Transparency Initiative For Ads And Pages

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The past several weeks have been fraught for Facebook as it continues to deal with the aftermath of the Cambridge Analy... Read more

Richard Buxton's Countdown To Brexit: One Year To Go...

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Ahead of the anniversary of the triggering of Article 50 tomorrow, Richard Buxton, manager of the Old Mutual UK Alpha f... Read more

Investors Eye Safe Havens Fearing Trump's 'gunboat Diplomacy' Could Lead To Global Trade War

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Fears of an emerging trade war, sparked by US President Donald Trump's proposed tariffs on steel and aluminium imports,... Read more

'Political Risk Is Back Roaring': Managers Warn Election Result Is 'bad News' For Italy

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Industry experts have expressed concern about the result of the Italian election, warning a hung parliament or an unlik... Read more

Italian Elections 2018: 'The Country Is A Euro-killer'

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Fund managers have said markets are far too complacent about the impact of Italian elections on 4 March, warning the eu... Read more

Funds Congress Backs Mutual Regulatory Recognition Post-Brexit

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The UK and the European Union (EU) must pursue a policy of mutual regulatory recognition (MRR) in financial services po... Read more

M&G's Andrew: Yellen's 'do No Harm' Policy Will Not Be Good Enough For Powell's Federal Reserve

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2017 was a transitional year: for the first time since the global financial crisis, investor sentiment began a gradual ... Read more

WEF Warns Focus On GDP As Economic Performance Indicator Is Fuelling Inequality And Short-termism

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The World Economic Forum (WEF) has developed a new metric of national economic performance as an alternative to GDP - t... Read more

Peripheral European Bond Yields Narrow As Merkel Forms 'grand Coalition' With SPD

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Southern European bond yields have narrowed after Chancellor Angela Merkel finally reached a coalition agreement "in pr... Read more

Hard Brexit Could Cost UK Economy £54bn

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The UK could suffer a £54bn hit to its economy by 2030 in the event of a "hard Brexit" scenario, the first set of taxp... Read more

SocGen's Edwards: The Factors That Could Trigger The Next 2008-style Crash

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Société Générale's bearish strategist Albert Edwards has outlined a number of scenarios which could cause the next ... Read more

'A Labour Government Is Unambiguously Bad For Markets': Experts Warn Of Corbyn-danger Heading Into 2018

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Industry experts have warned a Labour victory with Jeremy Corbyn becoming Prime Minister in the next election is not "b... Read more

Make Your Opinion Heard With This New App

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There’s a new app being built in Belfast to increase public engagement. Cleverly named Sussd, the app has backing fr... Read more

OMGI's Buxton: Govt Needs To Address Demographic Divide Or Risks 'sleepwalking Into Electoral Disaster'

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Richard Buxton, chief executive of Old Mutual Global Investors and manager of its £2.3bn UK Alpha fund, has said the b... Read more

Gallery: Whitechurch's Top Ten Investment Themes Heading Into 2018

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With 2017 providing investors with a supportive 'Goldilocks' environment of global growth and low interest rates, White... Read more

ETF Snapshot: European Large-caps Post Outflows As Merkel Coalition Breaks Down

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In the week ending 17 November, European large caps was the only equity asset class to record outflows, according to da... Read more

Martin Gilbert: What I Would Like To See From The Autumn Budget

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On Wednesday, Chancellor Philip Hammond will deliver his first Budget since the General Election in June, writes Martin... Read more

Update: Davis Promises City Brexit Travel Exception

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UK Brexit secretary David Davis has said that a unique post-Brexit travel regime will be applied to the City of London,... Read more

Brexit Blog: Industry Reaction As Investors Gear Up For Negotiations Outcome

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In this live blog, Investment Week collates the best news, analysis and infographics to help investors digest the Brexi... Read more