03/14/2017
UK faces relegation battle in fight for digital dominance
Germany leads the rankings in three out of four major areas when it comes to data adoption.
Comment, Analysis & Research
03/14/2017
Banks Start to Cut Back Lending to Riskier European Real Estate
For the first time the equity targeting real estate investments in the Americas exceeded Europe
03/14/2017
Balancing performance against growth: 60% of banks plan to invest in new technologies as market challenges persist
The survey of senior executives at almost 300 banks across Europe, the Americas, Africa and Asia-Pacific identified two priorities for growth in the sector: recruiting and retaining talent
03/14/2017
Mark Tucker’s five big challenges at HSBC
Investors hope he will bring the fresh ideas needed to solve the bank’s problems
03/14/2017
Metro Bank CEO: There’s a ‘golden number’ of bank branches Britain needs
Craig Donaldson, CEO of Metro Bank, the only high street bank currently opening stores, has a perfect number of branches per British bank in mind.
03/14/2017
European Bank Lobbyists Find New Lease on Life
Donald Trump’s vow to tear up US regulations imposed after the 2008 crash has already made reaching an agreement more difficult
03/14/2017
St. James’s Place – “A light touch from the chancellor as Europe faces firebrands”
“There is a genuine fear that far-right Wilders may do much better than the polls suggest and end up with by far the largest party in parliament” says Stuart Mitchell of S. W. Mitchell Capital, but “Mark Rutte should be able to comfortab
03/14/2017
Berenberg sets its sights on aggressive U.S. recruitment after London build-out
Berenberg has rolled out a consistent message over the past two years – we are hiring.
03/14/2017
Platforum: Why the FCA will be keeping an eye on the use of research agencies
According to the FCA, some fund providers are concerned that research agencies will not rate their funds if the fund groups don’t purchase marketing licenses.
03/14/2017
Chubb research shows high-net-worth individuals worry about underinsurance and look for service excellence
A commitment to superior service is the cornerstone of our high-net-worth proposition.
03/14/2017
FCA asset management challenge ‘way bigger’ than RDR
Ferguson said neither advisers, nor their clients, gain advantage from their supposedly advantageous collective buying power
03/13/2017
The Turn of Spring by Penny Lovell
It was great to see an entire section of the BBC’s “Key points at-a-glance” dedicated to women, highlighting £5m of funding to support people returning to work after a career break and £20m to support the campaign against fem
03/13/2017
Telephone calls from HMRC
Do not engage with these fraudsters.
03/13/2017
Life after 50 is sex, adventure and martial arts in debut SunLife TV campaign
Insurance brand SunLife is taking on ubiquitous stereotypes of older people in its first above-the-line campaign.
03/13/2017
Why does everyone love to hate SJP?
It is not always only young adults who can be characterised in such terms.
03/13/2017
Strong growth for top Chinese investments in UK
Revenues at China’s top-performing businesses in Britain soar 174% on average
03/13/2017
Malta Scoops Up Gold Award at Leading Industry Convention
The success of this new win for Conventions Malta follows on from the MTA London Office collecting the award for the Best Tourist Board of the Year at the UK TTG Awards in September 2016.
03/13/2017
Higher interest rates point to more bank profits
The flipside of bigger margins for lenders is the risk of more loan defaults
03/13/2017
Deutsche Boerse boss: LSE merger should go ahead
Chief executive Carsten Kengeter expressed his disappointment over the LSE’s decision not to placate regulators by selling its Italian bond trading platform.
03/13/2017
BayernLB CEO: One Third of Europe’s Banks Likely to Disappear
Johannes-Jörg Riegler, head of German regional bank BayernLB, warns that Europe’s financial institutions are facing a fight for survival.