04/23/2021
FCA chairman says regulator needs to change
He said: “The review into London Capital & Finance highlighted the risks from firms which exploit the 'halo effect' of FCA authorisation.
Comment, Analysis & Research
04/23/2021
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.
04/22/2021
Inflation reaches turning point, but BoE and investors shouldn't be concerned
Food and non-alcoholic beverages continue to drag inflation down.
04/22/2021
The philosophy of water and a greener future
Water is behaving increasingly unpredictably under pressure from climate change.
04/22/2021
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
04/21/2021
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.
04/21/2021
Levelling the playing field – innovation in the service of consumers and the market
Speech by our CEO, Nikhil Rathi, to FinTech Week
04/20/2021
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.
04/20/2021
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.
04/20/2021
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.
04/20/2021
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).
04/20/2021
Diary Of A Fund Manager-Commanding Details
There is plenty of cash in the system and it shows.
04/19/2021
Credit Suisse’s New Chair Faces Toughest Crisis Yet
Outgoing Lloyds chief executive to join Swiss lender in May
04/19/2021
Vanguard advice launch 'genuinely disruptive'
Existing Vanguard customers are pretty happy with the core investment service
04/16/2021
Corporate Europe’s under-appreciated comeback
From the land of autos, fossil fuels and tobacco has emerged a new series of high-growth companies
04/16/2021
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.
04/16/2021
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
04/15/2021
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.
04/13/2021
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.
04/13/2021
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.