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European finance firms increase open banking spend

Financial services firms are increasing investment in open banking capabilities, with improvements to payment initiation and onboarding capabilities expected

Beneath the surface, dispersion and uncertainty loom

The volatility of returns offers one interpretation of market risk: that volatility tends to be negatively correlated to equity performance.

Funds forum – key takeaways

The speed, impact and breadth of innovation that we will see in the next decade will be greater than in the previous history of humanity.

Shortcuts are about embracing patterns and processes that can be repeated easily to save you time, or reusing someone else's learned experience to make sure you don't repeat the same mistakes or can progress through the basics quicker, they are

Swiss office property market: Pandemic leaves its initial marks

Although many tenants are facing considerable uncertainty over their future need for office space, the market has also seen a number of rental contract extensions and new signings – particularly for reasons of location optimization or workforce conc

60% of asset and wealth managers view reconciliations as the greatest challenge to their business

More than 25% of firms said that their budget for delivering operational improvements greatly increased as a result of the pandemic, making it even more likely that firms will begin to action automation.

Waverton awarded Premium ratings by Dynamic Planner

They then award a Premium rating to those portfolios that can consistently exceed benchmarks over a five-year period.

Its No Longer Transitory

The reaction in the high yield market is more likely to be one of the broad risk concerns expressed by investors.

Trust is everything – tech and media predictions 2022

This prediction is not limited to the technology sector but in large part it is likely to be technology that enables brands to step up and deliver on ESG and other goals, to reflect the values they claim to live by.

A time for hope: Consumers’ outlook brightens despite headwinds

December 2021 Global Consumer Insights Pulse Survey

Advisers warned to beware of concentration risk

“The problem is there’s a significant concentration risk.”

Lags, trade-offs and the challenges facing monetary policy

Speech given by Ben Broadbent, Deputy Governor, Monetary Policy

Two-thirds of advisers say Covid variants pose the biggest threat to market stability in 2022

A further 19% saw the biggest risk to be higher than expected inflation, while around one in eight (12%) were most concerned about strong economic growth failing to materialise or being very short lived.

Global open banking market set to hit $43.15bn by 2026

The report comes as financial regulators, experts and officials gather at the 2nd Open Banking Forum to be held in Dubai from December 6 to 7.

95% mortgage guarantee scheme well-meaning but could be flawed

The new statistics today show that over 80% of people using the scheme were first time buyers

Mission Impossible by Tim Price

“Three groups spend other people’s money: children, thieves and politicians. All three need supervision.”

Trying to sound smart is stupid

The problem is that frequently, when fund managers try to display their “smartness”, they can end up pushing investors away from their fund rather than reeling them in.

Outrageous Predictions 2022: Revolution

As culture wars rage across the world

Investors’ Outlook: Anything for Christmas but coal

The black stuff, originally useful as heating material around Christmas, has long become a signifier of naughty behavior when stuffed in a kid’s stocking near the fireplace.

Directors' Remuneration Trends 2021

Economic disruption caused by the pandemic has accelerated a number of existing trends.

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