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Early Warning for Rating Agencies and Investment Banks

Law firm Corrs Chambers Westgarth has cautioned credit rating agencies, investment banks and investment managers to tread carefully when promoting financial products.

Barclays: Bob Diamond would have resigned today

He was the arch bull when the rest of the world had turned bearish

Cyber security must rise up the Boardroom agenda, says KPMG

Cyber security is central to long-term economic growth

A profitable Prince

Now whatever your political views, whether as a royalist or a republican, the less than edifying television coverage of a blank hospital door for hours on end was astonishing.

Financial institutions increasing their focus and resources on risk management - RESEARCH

There is a divergence when it comes to the spending patterns of different-sized firms.

It's time to leave the EU, says top fund manager

Leading City fund manager has called for the UK to leave the European Union, calling the single market a “flawed model of the past”.

Welby 'embarrassed' by Wonga link

The Church of England's investments are wide-ranging and complex.

companies with women board members may have an edge in performance and stock price

Global trends indicate a gradual increase in the percentage of companies that have women on their boards, with 59% of companies reporting women board members, up from 56% in 2008.

20% shortfall in financial advisers, says Standard Life 20% shortfall in financial advisers, says Standard Life

Standard Life estimates there is currently a 20% shortage of professional financial advisers in the UK

Kleinwort Boss shares Ginger’s view of getting on 'in heels and backwards'

One of the Most Illustrious Names in London Investment Banking has had to Change Its focus to Thrive

America Lives the Dream

Only a few years ago, when the eminent economists Rheinhart & Rogoff produced their much vaunted papers on the financial future of the global economy, the outlook was far from rosy.

266,000 UK jobs for unregulated financial services

MORE than a quarter of a million jobs could be created if the British financial services industry broke free from the dead hand of over-regulation, a report out today forecasts.

OECD tackles tax avoidance – fair to all countries?

The G20 group of developed nations has committed to tackling global tax avoidance by multinational companies.

Performance and risk may be eroded in 2014 as regulation reshapes remuneration - RESEARCH

European banks disadvantaged by pay regulation in competing for talent outside the EU

High-level global coordination needed to manage QE tapering risks, developing market strains - BMO Financial Group

We view the Q2 instability in key Asian and other developing market currencies largely as a healthy correction away from speculative excess, and a tempering of “QE-related” capital flows

Customer complaints about banks rocket

in the past three months compared with the same period last year.

Survey Finds Investors Still Confident In Global Growth Despite China Doubts - BofA Merrill Lynch

Allocations to Equity Rise, Bonds Increasingly Undesired

Update on the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive

The SEI Knowledge Partnership spoke with Barry McGrath, partner at Maples & Calder, and Frank Gannon, partner at KPMG, to consider how the AIFMD will affect the way in which non-EU AIFMs are permitted to market AIFs into the European Union and the mai

Patsies by Tim Price, Director of Investment at PFP Wealth Management

So the OBR reckons that the PPI repayments have done more to help the economy than all the other stuff the chancellor is trying to do put together!

Getting real value out of the Royal Mail

Certain stockbrokers will be licking their lips at such potential volumes of trades if the Royal Mail privatisation actually goes ahead

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