Things we’re reading today include: Central banks must change course if they are to lead us out of the coronavirus crisis Data breach at Bank of America World economic prospects darken, rebound delayed: Reuters poll Speedy action by the Bank of England during Covid-19 is working | Andrew Bailey Billionaire Icahn exits Hertz with ‘significant’…
Things we’re reading today include … Economy on track for rapid V-shaped recovery, says Bank of England chief economist Lloyds Bank postpones redundancies until October Buy now, pay later pulls in Tencent and Alibaba Dimon says no immediate return of share buybacks New York Stock Exchange reopens two months after closing due to Covid-19 France’s…
Things we’re reading today include … This is why we’re proposing a wealth tax in Spain to help us out of this crisis | Pablo Echenique Companies in new investment fund must be ‘made in Yorkshire’ Goldman Sachs ramps up cash management plans despite coronavirus UBS announces global financing team Coronavirus: New York Stock Exchange…
Things we’re reading today include … World Bank warns 60m at risk of ‘extreme poverty’ Central Bank Digital Currencies Need Decentralization Trudeau reaches out to bank CEOs for advice on economic recovery Could you have to pay your bank to save money? Huge rise in hacking attacks on home workers during lockdown Citi investment bank…
The main blog headlines are … Here’s what the new normal looks like There’s lots of talk about civil unrest, an unjust society, the need for a universal basic income, a change in attitude towards everything from capitalism to socialism to democracy to inclusion. Good discussions but hard to know how it plays out. In…
Things we’re reading today include … Tracking the economic recovery What would negative interest rates mean for mortgages and savings? Bank investors rebel over Lloyds’ proposal for executive pay Why interest rates are so high in Africa More than 50,000 RBS staff to work from home until at least September We now have the proof:…
Things we’re reading today include … Bank of England paves way for negative interest rates Britain sells bonds with minus rates Top 1% of British earners get 17% of nation’s income Matalan founder suing PwC for ‘ineffective tax avoidance advice’ Crypto hedge funds struggle to rebound from ‘bloodbath’ Mastercard to allow staff to work from…
Things we’re reading today include … Coronavirus: World Bank warns 60m at risk of ‘extreme poverty’ Fiserv’s First Data pays $40 million to settle FTC charges it aided merchants’ fraud Boom for payments companies as crisis forces shoppers online Covid-19 a ‘wake-up call’ to build fairer society, says billionaire JP Morgan boss Are Britain’s banks…
Things we’re reading today include … Starling Bank struggles to get Bounce Back Loans up to speed Why the UK fell behind European peers on emergency funding Kabbage rebounds after accessing US loan programme Long-lasting global recession likely due to COVID-19, says World Economic Forum report Financial gain trumps espionage as top motivator in cyber…
Things we’re reading today include … Lloyds Bank’s isolation campaign gets frank about mental well-being Alibaba’s Jack Ma resigns from SoftBank board We will need banks to stay healthy and survive the crisis too UBS’s Iqbal Khan on shaking up world’s biggest wealth manager What did eight weeks and $3 trillion buy the U.S. in…
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Chris Skinner - Financial Markets Advisor of the Year - The Finanser - UK 2023
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