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Spain says high salaries for bankers ‘unacceptable’

CaixaBank is the largest domestic lender in Spain, and the government owns about 16% because it was Bankia’s largest shareholder.

Inflation reaches turning point, but BoE and investors shouldn't be concerned

Food and non-alcoholic beverages continue to drag inflation down.

The philosophy of water and a greener future

Water is behaving increasingly unpredictably under pressure from climate change.

UBS Global Wealth Management restructures regional business as it prepares to grow

The firm is moving away from its city focus in an attempt to reach more clients

UK Government rolls out measures to boost Brtain's role as a fintech hub in overseas markets

This includes creating a new bespoke Export Academy that will give businesses free advice on issues such as legal, tax, regulatory, accounting and market entry, making their exporting journey shorter and smoother.

Levelling the playing field – innovation in the service of consumers and the market

Speech by our CEO, Nikhil Rathi, to FinTech Week

WEEKWATCH by St. James's Place

While markets were more optimistic last week, the past few months have been characterised by plenty of uncertainty about the outlook of the world economy.

Soaring demand drives gold-backed cryptocurrency listing

Each PAXG token is backed by a piece of London Good Delivery gold bar, kept in Brink’s gold vaults, which is the approved storage company of the London Bullion Market Association.

Who is John Galt? by Tim Price

There are contra-preneurs – who are all the governments and bureaucrats and regulators who try to stop that happening, make it difficult or ban it.

Ambitious plans to boost UK fintech and financial services set out by Chancellor

Ambitious new plans to help fintechs scale up and ensure the UK remains at the cutting edge of digitalising finance were announced by the Chancellor today (19 April 2021).

Diary Of A Fund Manager-Commanding Details

There is plenty of cash in the system and it shows.

Credit Suisse’s New Chair Faces Toughest Crisis Yet

Outgoing Lloyds chief executive to join Swiss lender in May

Vanguard advice launch 'genuinely disruptive'

Existing Vanguard customers are pretty happy with the core investment service

Corporate Europe’s under-appreciated comeback

From the land of autos, fossil fuels and tobacco has emerged a new series of high-growth companies

Top UK Banks Stage Significant Recovery as Markets Eye Sharp Upturn

The unforeseen disruption in the periodic earnings of individuals as well as many of the commercial settings, collectively dismayed the banking and financial services sector.

Europe's wealthy are falling behind — London just dropped out of the top 10 cities for very high net worth individuals

London's drop on the VHNW list is another potential signal of its uncertain future as a financial hub

UK family businesses risk falling behind on ESG, according to PwC survey

he survey reveals 79% of respondents in mainland China, 78% in Japan and 49% globally report ‘putting sustainability at the heart of everything we do’ compared to 39% in the UK.

7% growth in global reinsurance capital, with signs of underlying combined ratio improvement: Willis Re

Willis Re’s Reinsurance Market Report tracks the capital and profitability of the global reinsurance industry.

Professional services firms need to work smarter in ‘new normal’

The net result is that professional services organisations will need to work smarter to survive and thrive and this will require both defensive and attacking measures: that is, both efficiencies and new, often technology-enabled offerings.

Don’t Call It A Fad - Behavioral Finance Is The Future Of FinTech

Eric Clarke, Founder & CEO at Orion looks at the intersection of FinTech and behavioral finance and how it’s evolving the advisor-client journey

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