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FINANCIAL CONDUCT AUTHORITY TO INTERVENE IN INTEREST RATE SWAP CASE
The Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") has now applied to intervene in and make written and oral submissions to the Court of Appeal at the appeal hearing of the interest rate swap case of Messrs Green & Rowley v The Royal Bank of Scotland...
Written By Claire Middleton
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London Hosts Major International Finance Forum
City Week 2013, the International Financial Services Forum, started this week (22 April 2013) with representatives from across the global financial sector including senior politicians, regulators and financial practitioners gathering in London to...
Written By Claire Middleton
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Telecom leaders meet in Dubai to assess M&A opportunities across Middle East and Africa
Telecom operators, investment bankers, lawyers and investors are meeting in Dubai on April 23-24 at the annual TMT Finance Middle East North Africa 2013 conference to assess the latest opportunities for investment across the region. The...
Written By Claire Middleton
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Complying with increasing Government HR and Payroll Legislation is Top Priority for UK Organisations in 2013
New research reveals that UK organisations are leaning heavily on technology to help cope with the ever-increasing challenges of complying with complex HR and payroll legislation, such as RTI and pensions reform. This is despite nearly two-thirds...
Written By Claire Middleton
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Technology is the ‘tipping point’ for SME success
The UK’s most ambitious SMEs are hungry for new and affordable technology, with access to the latest tech seen as one of the tipping points for business success. Almost 80 per cent of companies believe that technology plays an essential...
Written By Claire Middleton
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Cyprus Deal Reached
An eleventh hour deal has been struck by Eurozone finance ministers to keep Cyprus in the eurozone and save its banking system from near total collapse. The powers that be have agreed a bailout plan worth10bn euro which will see those with less than...
Written By Rebecca Harris
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PFS hits milestone as Chartered financial planners reach 3,500 mark
The Personal Finance Society (PFS) has revealed that for the first time the number of Chartered financial planners has exceeded the 3,500 mark (3,505 as at 28 February 2013), indicating an encouraging start to the year for the Chartered financial...
Written By Claire Middleton
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Sky to acquire Telefónica UK’s broadband and fixed-line telephony business
British Sky Broadcasting Group plc (Sky) today (March 1) announces that it has reached an agreement with Telefónica UK for the proposed acquisition of its O2 and BE consumer broadband and fixed-line telephony business. The transaction will...
Written By Claire Middleton
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BANKING RESULTS SEASON: WHERE DOES THE UK DIVIDEND INCOME COME FROM? (CAPITA REGISTRARS)
Ahead of this week’s results from RBS and Lloyds Banking Group, Justin Cooper, chief executive of Capita Registrars, authors of the Capita Dividend Monitor highlights the state of the dividends of UK banks. He said: “Investors used to...
Written By Claire Middleton
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Latest Global SWIFT Index Data Forecasts Strong UK Growth in H1 2013
SWIFT, the financial messaging provider for more than 10,000 financial institutions and corporations in 212 countries, has released its latest SWIFT Index data. The Global Index predicts that the UK economy will reach pre-financial crisis levels of...
Written By Claire Middleton
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CBI RESPONDS TO EU RECOMMENDATIONS ON PAY RATIOS FOR BANKS
The CBI today responded to European Union recommendations to introduce fixed-to-variable pay ratios for banks. Matthew Fell, CBI Director for Competitive Markets, said: "These proposals fly in the face of efforts to align pay and...
Written By Claire Middleton
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LUXEMBOURG STOCK EXCHANGE AND ALTUS TO COOPERATE ON A FUND MARKET INFRASTRUCTURE
After the recent announcement of collaboration between the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and SWIFT, the Luxembourg Stock Exchange have now announced its cooperation also with Altus on the development of the market infrastructure for European investment...
Written By Claire Middleton
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Small businesses have their heads in the sand over real time PAYE
Small businesses have their heads in the sand when it comes to Real Time PAYE, according to new research from Intuit, the small business accounting, payroll and payments specialist. Intuit’s national survey of over a thousand...
Written By Claire Middleton
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Optimistic outlook among fund managers for 2013
Fund managers have turned more optimistic about the prospects for equity returns while remaining negative on world growth and medium-term government bonds, according to a global survey of investment managers conducted by professional services firm...
Written By Claire Middleton
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Established businesses going for growth
Far from being the sole preserve of start up businesses, high business growth is also set to come from companies which are at least five years old, according to new figures released today by GrowthAccelerator. An analysis of companies set to achieve...
Written By Claire Middleton
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EU buyouts: Finding a way to exit the boom year deals
Many of the headline-hitting buyouts of the boom era are still sitting in private equity portfolios. Charles Magnay, Partner at Altius Associates, looks at how GPs have adapted to exit large companies in the post-Lehman world. Large European...
Written By Claire Middleton
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Heinz to be acquired by Berkshire Hathaway and 3G Capital
In what is expected to be the largest ever acquisition in the food industry, Heinz is set to be acquired by US billionaire Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway in a $28 billion deal. Buffet’s company is entering into the acquisition...
Written By Claire Middleton
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American Airlines and US Airways to Create a Premier Global Carrier
American Airlines, Inc. and US Airways Group, Inc. have announced that they will be joining forces to create a premier global carrier, with a value of around $11 billion. Operating under the American Airlines name, one of the most recognized...
Written By Claire Middleton
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EIS EXPERTS RESPOND TO FSA ANNOUNCEMENT ON CP 12/19
The FSA’s long awaited policy decision on the controversial CP 12/19 consultation paper is due out in April 2013. The basic premise of the paper – which was released in August last year – is a ban on the promotion of unregulated...
Written By Claire Middleton
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Asset diversification accelerates
Institutional investors continue to diversify their investment portfolios into alternative assets, increasingly via direct funds rather than funds of funds according to global data from Towers Watson. The data shows that in 2012 its clients - which...
Written By Claire Middleton
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LORDS COMMITTEE WARN AGAINST COMPLACENCY OVER EUROZONE CRISIS
The House of Lords EU Committee has today written to Greg Clark MP, Financial Secretary to The Treasury to warn that the biggest threat to Europe is a growing complacency amongst EU leaders that the euro area crisis has been resolved. Commenting...
Written By Claire Middleton
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Visa Launches Mobile Managed Service
Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) today announced the launch of a new plug-and-play mobile money platform that will make it easy and cost-efficient for financial institutions and mobile operators to offer mobile financial services to consumers. The global platform...
Written By Claire Middleton
