The Eurozone has been experiencing some turbulent times in the past year or so, with the Brexit referendum in the UK last June making speculators wonder whether there was really a future in the union. Brexit came as a shock, however with elections coming up in France, the Netherlands and Germany where parties who have […]
Macroeconomic turbulence is the process that sets in motion change from the largest financial institutions, down to the smallest of back pocket wallets. Here to provide practiced and proven guidance on how to navigate the macroeconomics maze around us, while keeping one step ahead, is Rob Douglas, Vice President of UK & Ireland for Adaptive […]
The below market commentary was written by Eric W. Noll, Convergex CEO. MiFID II, an upcoming piece of legislation from European Union regulators, upends the traditional linkage between trading commissions and investment research in ways both the money management and brokerage industries have yet to fully understand. It will force both the explicit pricing of […]
A new report commissioned by Samsung reveals that by 2020 companies which have not opened their borders to competitors, innovators and a new generation of independent freelancers will struggle to prosper in what Samsung calls the 'Open Economy'. This new Open Economy will be characterised by a deep use of freelance workers, routine embedding of […]
The Consumer Prices Index (CPI) recently measured annual inflation at 1.8% in January, which is 1.6% rise since December’s figure. This represents the fourth consecutive that the inflation rate has seen a rise, and the highest in over two and half years, since June 2014. Alongside this, according to the RAC, fuel prices hit a […]
New figures released by the Finance and Leasing Association (FLA) have shown a large increase in the use of alternative finance solutions. The figures show that asset finance new business (primarily leasing and hire purchase) grew by 13% in November in comparison with the same period last year. This signifies that we’re currently seeing a […]
Outsourcing spend by UK financial services firms reached £769 million in 2016, an 11% rise year-on-year, as businesses boosted investments in back-office transformation, according to the latest Arvato Outsourcing Index. The research, compiled by business process outsourcing (BPO) provider Arvato and industry analyst NelsonHall, revealed that spending on BPO contracts rose sharply across the sector […]
Competition compliance programmes must take account of the FCA’s rules for mandatory self-reporting of existing or potential competition law infringements. Here Finance Monthly benefits from exclusive insight, written by James Marshall and Marieke Datema of Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP), who take a look at the powerful toolkit at the FCA’s disposal and explain what it means […]
The massive wealth of the 20th century was all about the oil boom, but the 21st century is going to be about lithium as electric vehicles move in to replace traditional vehicles. The global economic implications are vast and far-reaching, and for new small-cap miners who have plunged into this game hard and fast, those […]
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