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Diary of a Fund Manager - Dispatches from the Frontline

The Covid frontline quite rightly continues to generate huge interest even though it no longer seems to have the power to move markets.

Views From the Floor – The Increasing Importance of ESG

Could ransomware be the next hot ESG topic?

Innovation to serve the public interest - speech by Andrew Bailey

In our world of finance, things can be more complicated, because dealing with failures itself raises public policy issues.

Inflated Complacency

We agree that some elements of inflation may be transitory.

Germany places third in global ultra-rich ranking

According to the BCG’s Global Wealth 2021 report, these ultra-rich Germans controlled around 1,4 trillion dollars of global investable wealth in 2020, a 6 percent increase on the previous year.

UK house prices have risen by 377% while Queen Elizabeth II has been on the throne

The Queen, along with the rest of the extended Royal Family, boasts a very impressive property portfolio that contains some of the UK’s most historic and beautiful residencies, from Highland castles to Chelsea palaces.

Mission creeps by Tim Price

“Did IQ’s just drop sharply while I was away ?”

Economy returning to health as UK makes up for lost time

The removal of social distancing when the time comes will give an additional turbo charge to the economy.

UK economy 'will never return to how it was': reaction to latest GDP figures

In a year-on-year comparison, GDP in April grew by 27.6% compared to the same month last year.

European banks are in a much better position now than when the pandemic first hit, Goldman says

Non-performing loans refer to credit that the borrower can no longer pay.

The rise of using cryptocurrency in business

Considering the benefits of crypto

Five day office week will return, experts predict

‘I expect we will see three or four days a week in the office as the UK recovers,’ says director of policy and research at Centre for Cities

Total Global Wealth Rose to US$431 Trillion in 2020

Total Global Financial Wealth Reached New Heights in 2020, Rising 8.3% as Strong Stock Market Performance and a Spike in Savings Fueled a Wealth Boom, Says New Report by Boston Consulting Group

Stablecoins: What’s Old is New Again by Christina Segal-Knowles

Speech given by Christina Segal-Knowles Executive Director Financial Market Infrastructure Directorate

The rise of Financial Coaching

This brings us to the investment proposition and the governance process surrounding that proposition.

People power: wealth management’s most valuable commodity, and how technology is holding it back

The wealth management industry wholeheartedly embraced new ways of working, bringing an industry that is notoriously steeped in tradition and the currency of relationships eons into the future in the process.

There’s a lot in the pipeline when it comes to SPACs, says Intertrust Group’s Arno Vink

The wave of IPOs in the US in the past year has had an influence in making SPACs more popular.

P2P lender thrives during pandemic

The results are in contrast to the wider P2P lending market which has seen a number of peer-to-peer lending platforms collapse amid tougher trading conditions during the pandemic.

FCA Mortgage lending statistics

We collect mortgage lending data via the Mortgage Lending and Administration Return (MLAR) which is submitted to the FCA by firms carrying out mortgage lending and mortgage administration.

JPMorgan, UniCredit Gave Germany Wirecard Tips That Went Nowhere

Wirecard seen as biggest financial scandal in recent history

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