07/15/2014

The rise of the digital bank

As European consumers move online, retail banks will have to follow. The problem is that most banks aren’t ready.

07/15/2014

CFA Institute Calls for Greater Transparency in Bank Reporting

A new study, Financial Crisis Insights on Bank Performance Reporting, suggests that better reporting of risk, timely loan write-downs on balance sheets, and investor access to comparable reporting of information across jurisdictions, will improve transpar

07/14/2014

Happy Bastille Day by Justin Urquhart Stewart

Bastille Day is a day for national celebration and pride, and of course the events that followed the original day led to the imprisonment of the head of state and his eventual decapitation.

07/09/2014

Dirty Cash by Tom Becket, Psigma

I read with interest that Crispin Odey has totally flattened his “book” in recent weeks in anticipation of rocky times for global asset markets; he is considered a predictive genius.

07/09/2014

Cost of SII remains a major concern for insurance industry

A survey conducted by Grant Thornton UK LLP has found that only 6% of respondents believe the costs of Solvency II are 'reasonable'. By contrast, the survey finds that more than three quarters (76%) of respondents consider the costs of Solvency