07/05/2019

In Brexit Britain, battling home lenders chase risk and pensioners

In the past year, the lender has started offering more high risk loans, targeted borrowers in their 70s and 80s and launched an interest-only mortgage aimed at retirees that lasts up to 55 years — the principal is repaid when the borrower dies or mo

07/05/2019

Macroprudential policy ten years after the crisis

Keynote speech by Luis de Guindos, Vice-President of the ECB, at the CIRSF Annual International Conference 2019 “Financial Supervision and Financial Stability Ten Years after the Crisis: Achievements and Next Steps”, Lisbon, 4 July 2019

07/04/2019

Two Belfast companies acquired in major deals

Grant Thornton's UK chief executive Dave Dunckley said the group's increased focus on audit, tax and advisory services meant its wealth advisory division would be best served by a business focused solely on the financial advice market.

07/04/2019

German prosecutors intensify Deutsche Bank client investigation

The intensified scrutiny of Deutsche Bank, which has said it has no indication of any misconduct, comes at a delicate time as the Frankfurt-based bank seeks to revamp its struggling business and repair a reputation ravaged by a series of scandals