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Here is our weekly heads-up on the stories that may have caught your clients' attention over the weekend...

  The end (may be) nigh Doomsday scenarios for investors are painted in the Telegraph, with the paper warning central banks have lose control and a global market crash is edging closer. The slowdown in China, the collapse of commodity prices and problems in emerging markets are all cited as heralding much stormier times. MORE   Hermes sees potential in UK bank stocks Clients may want to talk about a report in the Telegraph that fund manager Hermes, which manages around £10bn in stocks as part of global investment portfolio of £30bn, is looking to buy back inot the the UK bank...

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