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Investment | news 24 Apr 18
Volatility prompts 42% to rethink equity strategy
February’s spike in volatility caused nearly half (42.1%) of investors to adjust their equity market outlook, according to the results of a survey published by BarclayHedge and Markov Processes International (MPI).
Appleby slams ‘absurd’ BBC gangster claims
Paradise Papers law firm Appleby has denied claims made by the BBC that Ukrainian gangsters used its offshore schemes to hide their ownership of London property.
Recruitment woes squeezing Singapore advice firms
Firms in Singapore are under pressure to hire locally, making an already arduous process even more challenging, not to mention expensive!
Paradise Papers expose gangster property owners
BBC reporters poring over the Paradise Papers say they have found evidence that Ukrainian gangsters bought luxury London properties with offshore help, a revelation that could support the media giant’s court defence that publishing the papers was in the public interest.
Forgotten $1.8m cash fortune ‘worthless’
An unlucky heir who discovered a secure vault containing three billion in Italian lira in Switzerland is facing an uphill battle to buy anything with the fortune after the Bank of Italy refused to exchange the stacks of cash for legal currency.