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Entity health checks: the doctor will see you now

Cross-border businesses often find themselves lost in a maze of local company law and regulations governing the management and control of their legal entities.

Does a manager having 'skin in the game' really help investors?

This is common in the US due to SEC regulation, and also a requirement for UK based investment trust boards, although not the fund manager themselves.

Better Investor Risk Profiling gets Everyone Invested, All the Time

There is a lot of potential for improvement in the context of investor risk profiling.

UK's fintech industry becomes less London-centric

The growth in previously underserved areas echoes a theme seen across the world: more than 50 new cities and 20 new countries joined the index for being home to at least ten fintech companies.

Deutsche Bank upgrades St James's Place to 'buy'

In February, St James’s Place announced plans to grow new business by 10% per annum, which would give it £200bn in assets under management by 2025.

Bank with leaving a new vacancy for workers and accepting layoffs

The BCP aims to leave up to 1,000 workers

Paris banking headhunters celebrate record year

Hiring in Paris is certainly very strong and has picked up this year

How European bonds are helping the pandemic recovery

The breadth of the ambition to remake Europe is staggering.

Leveraging financial ecosystems: Five myths debunked

The advantage of this approach is that you’re using the ecosystem to add greater value to customers.

‘Greatest endorsement yet’ for Guernsey’s international insurance centre

The new multi-layered cover will reimburse aggregate payments from the Central Fund in excess of £600 million up to £1.25 billion, which will serve as a key component in Lloyd’s chain of security.

Why Guernsey For Pensions?

The Guernsey pensions industry recognises that international pensions are constantly evolving and therefore takes a collaborative approach to ensure the island stays at the forefront of international pensions.

UK recovery accelerates in May as tourism and recreation leads the way

The tourism and recreation (62.4 in May versus 51.9 in April) and transport (63.2 versus 53.5) sectors reported the sharpest rise in output growth month-on-month.

Prospects for Yorkshire's economy are very bullish, according to CEO of Julius Baer International

he UK is one of the leaders in pharmaceutical and offshore wind, which both have strong links with the region.

Review of the week: Federal foresight - Rathbones

The US central bank’s nod to the surging American recovery frightened markets last week.

Malta faces 'serious harm' if greylisted by imminent FATF decision

A new paper published last month by the International Monetary Fund, set out out how greylisted countries have been hit over the years.

Crypto investment accessibility set to grow ahead of expected inflation rate hikes

Mathew McDermott, Goldman’s head of digital assets, said the bank is also looking to facilitate trades via exchange-traded notes tracking bitcoin.

When things go wrong

In 20 or 30-years’ time when I look back on what Octopus has built, I hope that people will recognise that we always tried to do the right thing, even when no one was watching.

Investors back City’s recovery over European rivals

Global investors are looking to double down on UK operations after a period of uncertainty during the Covid-19 crisis

Petty protectionism will not help European bank prospects

Freezing big groups out of EU Recovery Fund syndication will do nothing to narrow transatlantic investment banking gulf

ECB Says Digital Euro Would Protect Privacy

Privacy was the chief issue that emerged from gauging public interest in European Central Bank digital currency, but developers of a potential ECB digital currency have tested ways to separate the identity of participants in a transaction.

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