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German payments provider outgrows country's biggest bank

Wirecard, based in a the Munich suburb of Ascheim, overtook Deutsche Bank by market value on Monday

Lloyds, RBS and HSBC among worst performers in customer survey, CMA reveals

RBS came joint last with Clydesdale Bank while Lloyds was ranked the same as TSB, which was hit by an IT crisis in April

What's it like to be an Ascot Lloyd IFA after £6bn Bellpenny merger?

What is it like to be an adviser at the firm?

Good governance in a changing environment

As governance is multifaceted and affects various areas, ECB Banking Supervision has developed a comprehensive approach to assess the design and implementation of good governance within institutions.

Commerzbank’s Digital Innovation Strategy in Germany’s Cash-Heavy Economy

“The frightening thing for me as the head of an R&D unit is cash usage went up, instead of going down,” Spitz said.

Pictet-Robotics manager ups cash stack

The Pictet-Robotics fund returned 58.6% in US dollar terms over the three years to the end of July 2018.

Private equity funds paying out more than they spend, study shows

The high net level of distributions also indicated that the size of private equity portfolios could be shrinking

How Family Businesses Can Beat Brexit

The first step is to review all existing contracts

Not All Should To Clear Student Debt - LEBC Group

The Group advises that only those whose earnings are likely to be well above the £25,000 income threshold, and consistently so over the next 30 years, should consider clearing their student debt.

Elon Musk says he's hired Goldman Sachs to help take Tesla private — even though the bank's analyst is one of the most bearish on Wall Street

Even Goldman's most optimistic scenario for Tesla doesn't even reach Musk's tweeted goal of $420.

Euro Star of the Day: Vegard Søraunet, ODIN Fund Management

He runs two equity funds for Odin and follows a value-based investment strategy, a philosophy he has not changed over his tenure in charge of the funds.

Brits show distrust in Blockchain - almost half of Brits wouldn’t trust an organisation using it

As businesses double down on their security in the GDPR age, many are considering how they can use Blockchain to provide an additional layer of security, in part due to the technologies incorruptible nature.

Best European cities to live in

Manchester in particular has shown resilience in the city’s recovery from a recent, high-profile terrorist attack, which previously shook up stability.

Endangered: the pensions industry

One pension industry representative who lobbied against the levy described a bruising encounter with the minister to Michelle Maher, a doctoral student at Maynooth University.

Speaking truth to power by Tim Price

Informed and disciplined capital allocation – whether of unitholders’ funds, or of disparate corporate revenues – is the bedrock of our portfolios and moreover the heart of the modern free enterprise economy.

Governments Around The World Must Rethink Their Structure In The Face of Disruption

Rising Citizen Expectations, Rapid Technological Change, and Increasing Complexity Are Putting Major Pressure on Government—and Making the Traditional Hierarchical Public-Sector Structure Dangerously Outdated

Investors favour green and community schemes

This underlines the true motivations of such investors who want to feel more personally connected to their investments

Irish domiciled funds’ assets surpass EUR2.5tn

These figures reflect the underlying development of the fund industry in Ireland.

UniCredit Eyes Growth Again as Mustier Clean-Up Nears Completion

The 57-year-old Frenchman, who took over two years ago and has pledged to build a leading pan-European lender, is among the few bank executives to be able to prioritize growth again.

HSBC: Earth is running out of the resources to sustain life

A group of analysts at HSBC said in a note that cited research from the Global Footprint Network (GFN) that the world spent its entire natural resource budget for the year by August 1

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