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Northern Ireland economy returns to growth as lockdown eases - Ulster Bank PMI

Review of the week: One-track mind

Inflation is all investors can think about right now, causing stock markets to wobble a bit. More focus should be on the steady march to recovery. There’s fun to be had.

DBRS Morningstar: Open Banking May Improve Credit Scoring, but Risks Treating Borrowers Unequally

The commentary explores how this new product works and whether lenders that use it to make lending decisions are still considered to be treating customers fairly.

Listed consulting firms a standout beneficiary of the pandemic

In its latest bi-yearly Consultancy Services Tracker, the international M&A advisory found that the consulting sector has gone from strength to strength over the past six months.

Help to Buy stats point to a well-meaning but flawed scheme

Due to the extended stamp duty holiday, first time buyers are now having to compete in an overheated property market populated with more buy to let investors with far more equity to sweeten a deal.

Protecting access to cash and banking services

Speech by Sheldon Mills, Executive Director, Consumers and Competition, delivered at Which? Cash Summit 2.0 – Cash access and acceptance

Our EMpower Ethnic Minority Role Models

Peers and colleagues nominated the 2021 Ethnic Minority Role Models based on their experience and influence.

DWP gives pension schemes more powers to block scams

The government will need to work closely with the pensions industry to get the finer details of the legislation right.

2020 Global Survey Report: The impact of a digital workforce on business agility & survival

RPA and automation play a critical role in managing human and digital capital in the future of work

The last thing the industry needs is another UK equity fund

Sanlam head of asset management on why the firm is building its thematic and specialist investment capability

It's not just New York - HSBC traders are leaving in London too

Cheesman, who previously worked for Goldman Sachs and Barclays, left for crypto exchange FTX, where he'll reportedly be head of OTC institutional sales.

Investing in our natural capital.

The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) valued Earth’s oceans at at least $24 trillion, over two-thirds of which is dependent on healthy conditions to maintain its current output3.

Capital market liquidity in the 2020 coronavirus crisis

This paper examines how UK equity markets and bond Exchange Traded Funds managed the period of stress caused by the coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis.

Descending safely: Life after Libor

Speech by Andrew Bailey

Platform inflows soar to 2018 levels

The inflows saw advised assets under administration soar to £514bn, an increase of 4 per cent on Q4 2020 and 30 per cent on Q1 last year.

The best family office services providers

Spear’s publishes annual rankings of the top private client advisers and service providers to HNWs.

Ex-Prudential adviser sets up UK wealth management firm

Being made redundant forced him ‘to take the leap’

A home office in an Italian haven

Business leaders are snapping up properties in the country so they can WFH in luxury

Cryptocurrencies: should they still be viewed as uninvestable?

Long viewed as uninvestable by many, rising demand from retail investors is driving some financial advisers to reassess the validity of cryptocurrencies as an alternative asset class

Chinese investment into EU has hit €79bn, report says

The news comes after a recently agreed EU-China investment deal was effectively put on ice due to concerns over China’s human rights record and a recent suite of sanctions against MEPs and EU institutions.

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