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Brown Shipley, a Quintet Private Bank, today announced the appointment of Katrina Johnson as Head of North Region.

Signs of a de-escalation in the Middle East helped calm markets last week, with oil prices falling and market sentiment improving...

The Middle East is still the focus of global markets as the conflict between Israel and Iran continues. The key piece of news is that, over the weekend, the US intervened...

In the last bout of escalation, Israel struck Iran last week, targeting its nuclear programme and military facilities...

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We’re buying gold as we think the US dollar is likely to weaken further. We’re funding this purchase by selling some European government bonds. Valuations for southern European sovereign bonds are expensive, and the increase in bond issuance to finance the fiscal plans of Germany and France is a risk.