09/14/2021
What makes a company a climate leader?
Companies with ambitious plans to decarbonise can be climate leaders, no matter what their industry.
Comment, Analysis & Research
09/14/2021
Charity Commission report shows an increase in public trust in charities
The pandemic has likely played a part in this, highlighting the positive difference charities can make in a wide range of areas, such as tackling food poverty and conducting medical research.
09/14/2021
German elections: a chance to further consolidate the EU project ?
Chancellor Merkel has outlasted almost every political peer.
09/14/2021
Britain’s cash homebuyer hotspots revealed
Across Great Britain, just 27% of homes sold so far this year went to cash buyers.
09/14/2021
Why are Traditional Systems Falling Behind?
There have also been significant movements in the percentage of consumers using two or more digital payment methods, which increased from 45% in 2019 to 58% in 2020.
09/14/2021
UK firms bank on London's status as top financial centre
More than two thirds of the UK’s financial firms believe that London will retain its status as one of the world’s leading financial centres after Brexit.
09/14/2021
Fiat money, fifty and frail – Long-Term Asset Return Study 2021
Latest flagship annual report from Deutsche Bank Research questions whether fiat money will survive our investment horizons
09/14/2021
James Barbour CA on the seven essential elements for corporate reform
From the outset of the calls for audit reform, ICAS has advocated a holistic review of corporate governance, reporting and audit (“the corporate ecosystem”).
09/14/2021
New UK guidance for fundraisers dealing with people in vulnerable circumstances
The rules that govern how to deal with people in vulnerable circumstances while fundraising are set out in the Charities Act 2016 and the Code of Fundraising Practice.
09/14/2021
Switzerland trails France, Spain and Chile for percentage of female fund managers
The country has not seen an increase in the number of women managing assets since last year.
09/14/2021
5 Reasons Your Firm Needs a Comprehensive Compliance Strategy
For 21st-century financial services firms, one directive is clear: firms must improve the effectiveness and efficiency of their compliance programmes to out-perform the competition and succeed over the long term.
09/13/2021
Bankers go hunting for UK billionaires to back Spacs
Can rule revamps make the City a magnet for cash shells used to hoover up deals?
09/13/2021
Millionaire property hotspots revealed as Scotland overtakes London
Its new ranking sees it placed behind Scotland, the East of England, the South East and the East Midlands.
09/13/2021
Bigger, broader, faster, stronger? by Andrew Hauser
It’s actually reassuring to see in that crystal ball that central banks have a role at all.
09/13/2021
Almost half of charities sell property and assets amid Covid cash crunch
Over half of the charities we surveyed reported a drop in income of over a third since the start of the pandemic.
09/13/2021
Morning Coffee: Credit Suisse decides some executives may be incompetent too. How to raise a child when you work in finance
The Financial Times suggests that he has already discovered various issues in Credit Suisse's most senior ranks.
09/13/2021
Review of the week: Breathing space
The children have returned to classes and the adults seem to be drifting back to the office. The pandemic still looms large though, affecting travel, spending and taxes.
09/12/2021
The UK’s LIBOR safe harbour legislation: a missed opportunity?
The FSA 2021 makes amendments to the UK Benchmarks Regulation
09/12/2021
Bank of England discussion paper on new forms of digital money
Innovations, such as Digital ID, could be required for a CBDC to operate at scale,
09/12/2021
The Russian banker, the royal fixers and a £500,000 riddle
Dmitry Leus believed funding Charles’s ‘vanity projects’ would buy him an audience with the future king.