Financial Institutions / Services

As an enabler for increased competition and customer choice, open banking is transforming the banking sector for consumers, challenger banks, FinTechs and traditional players alike. The UK’s version of the second Payment Services Directive…

How has the wealth management landscape developed recently and what has influenced this? The thing I love the most about our industry is that it is always changing. In addition to changing market conditions, there are new products…

What are the benefits of having a third-party portfolio manager to manage one’s accounts? Ron Medley: Whether using a third party or an in-house portfolio manager, a key benefit is having a relationship with the portfolio manager in…

1. The 1673 Tulip Craze In 1593 tulips were first brought to The Netherlands from Turkey and quickly became widely sought after. After some time, tulips contracted a non-fatal tulip-specific mosaic virus, known as the ‘Tulip breaking…

Amidst a large swathe of planned job cuts at Lloyds, at the beginning of November the bank announced that there was a silver lining - a £3 billion investment programme that will see the country’s biggest high-street lender radically…