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Articles by Jacob Mallinder

How to Avoid (Being) the Delusional Investor

31st August 2017
Mark Homer is a financially-free multi-millionaire property investor and entrepreneur, and below details the kind of mind to adopt when investing, when to cut your losses and how to manage losses. Some people delude themselves that something is working to save face (or hard work), or because they don’t want to feel (especially publicly) that […]
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The FCA Focuses the Spotlight on Senior Managers (Again)

31st August 2017
The FCA has finally released its long-awaited consultation paper[1] (CP) on its planned extension to the Senior Managers and Certification Regime (SM&CR) to the vast majority of those firms regulated by it. The FCA intends introducing this new extended regime on a proportionate basis and having regard to the plethora of activities undertaken by regulated […]
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North Korea US Tension is a Timely Warning for Investors

30th August 2017
The latest increase in tension between North Korea and the US over North Korea's nuclear missile programme is a timely warning for investors to remain diversified, affirms a leading analyst. The warning from Tom Elliott, International Investment Strategist at deVere Group, one of the world’s largest independent financial services organisations, comes as the tensions contributed […]
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The World’s Top 10 Most (Un)Affordable Places to Live

30th August 2017
People are paying more for their homes around the world, with average house prices up 6.5% in the last 12 months. But, where have house prices grown faster than the average income? Assured Removalists have combined data on average annual salary, income tax and house prices to produce a ratio that shows the measure of […]
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Facial-Recognition Technology: Safe or Scary?

29th August 2017
Police now hold more than 20 million facial recognition images. Included on the databases are the faces of hundreds of thousands of innocent people - which the Government says don't need to be deleted. Sky's Technology correspondent Tom Cheshire reports.
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Financial Services Sector Drives Outsourcing to Record Period

29th August 2017
The UK outsourcing market recorded its strongest half year performance since 2012 between January and June as financial services companies ramped up activity, according to the Arvato UK Outsourcing Index. The research, compiled by outsourcing provider Arvato and industry analyst NelsonHall, revealed outsourcing deals worth £5.2 billion were agreed in the first six months of […]
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Snap Back: Why Are Tech Shares So Volatile?

29th August 2017
After Bitcoin fork, and a huge tech sell-off in July, Snap – the company behind Snapchat - has now joined the circus that is tech giant share prices. In one day in August, Snap Inc. dropped 4%, before bouncing back 6% 24 hours later. What is it about tech shares? Andrew Amy is Investment Manager […]
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Here’s Why Insurers Can’t Get It Right With Consumers

25th August 2017
Customer satisfaction isn’t something that resonates when we think about insurance companies, so what are they getting wrong? Karen Wheeler, Country Manager and Vice-President of Affinion UK, here presents for Finance Monthly 4 ways insurers can improve customer fulfilment. The insurance industry didn’t have much cause for celebration when the Institute of Customer Satisfaction released […]
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Blue Chip FTSE 100 Firm Falls £1.7 Billion Down in a Day

23rd August 2017
Following a 66% share drop, hundreds of thousands of families that lend off Provident Financial have been placed in limbo, as the firm collapses due to a glitch. According to reports, a software bug made it impossible for Provident Financial, a blue-chip FTSE 100 company, to collect debts from clients. This resulted in a 66% […]
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Mortgage Sales Plummet by £1.8 Billion in July

25th August 2017
Mortgage sales for the UK decreased by £1.8 billion in July, down 10.8% on the previous month, according to Equifax Touchstone analysis of the intermediary marketplace. Buy-to-let figures were resistant to the general decline, down by just 0.2% (£3.9 million) to £2.6 billion, while residential sales dropped by 12.8% (£1.8 billion) to £12.2 billion. Overall, […]
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Did You Think Late Payments Was Just Small Business Issue?

24th August 2017
Late payments are an even bigger challenge for those medium-sized companies, with 94% of businesses employing over 50 people reporting that the issue is causing cashflow problems for them. This is according to new figures from Ultimate Finance. In partnership with BDRC Continental, Ultimate Finance conducted research into the impact of late payments on the […]
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By 2020 Fraud is Expected to Have Resulted in Losses of £28,5 Billion

24th August 2017
Card fraud has increased 19% year on year, according to The Nilson Report, accounting for losses of around $16.3 billion, in 2015. France has seen an 8.9% increase in card fraud and the US, which has the largest fraud/loss ratio, currently accounts for 47.3% of the world’s payment card fraud losses. The threat to banking is at least […]
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