Regulation

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Banking

HOW ISLAMIC BANK MANAGERS ARE LEVELLING THE PLAYING FIELD IN THE COMPETITION WITH CONVENTIONAL BANKING

There are now more than 300 Islamic financial institutions spread across 70 countries – includ...

4th December, 2013

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Banking

ACCOUNT SWITCHING: CHALLENGE OR OPPORTUNITY?

Tony Virdi, Vice President and Head of Banking and Financial Services in the UK & Ireland, Cogni...

3rd December, 2013

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Finance

CAN’T PAY, WON’T PAY: THE PROMPT PAYMENT BATTLEGROUND

Andrew Jesse, VP at Basware UK The prompt payment code was put into place to encourage speedier paym...

3rd December, 2013

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Finance

MODEL B CLEARING. HOW AN OLD CLEARING ARRANGEMENT CAN HELP NAVIGATE A CHANGING FUTURE

by Charles Lek, Managing Director of Lek Securities UK Limited Firms look to outsource beyond counte...

2nd December, 2013

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Investing

FORTIFYING THE CYPRIOT FUNDS’ LEGAL FRAMEWORK

The Cypriot funds industry has been developing in recent years and is now making significant strides...

26th November, 2013

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Banking

RETAIL BANKING: LEAN AND KEEN BANKING IN AN INTERNET AGE

By Danny Molhoek, general manager at Lexmark for the UK and Ireland Although the economy is showing...

15th November, 2013

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Top Stories

GIVING THE CONSUMER CREDIT – A BEST PRACTICE APPROACH

by Mark Dunleavy, senior vice president financial services, Software AG Although it does not formall...

12th November, 2013

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Interviews

UNDERSTANDING THE PRINCIPLES FOR EFFECTIVE RISK DATA AGGREGATION AND RISK REPORTING (PERDARR)

The Principles for Effective Risk Data Aggregation and Risk Reporting (PERDARR), proposed by the Bas...

8th November, 2013

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Finance

WHAT BANKING AND FINANCIAL SERVICES COMPANIES MUST LEARN FROM THE US EXPERIENCE OF WHISTLEBLOWING

David Lawler, Partner, at Forensic Risk Alliance Whistleblowing: The disclosure by a person, to thos...

1st November, 2013

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Investing

FUND MANAGERS’ P&L WOULD BE HIT HARD IF THEY HAVE TO COVER THE $5 BN COST OF EQUITY RESEARCH CURRENTLY PAID BY INVESTMENT BANKS

Tighter focus on research spending is prompting fundamental change at Investment banks’ research dep...

30th October, 2013

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TOP EUROPEAN REAL ASSET INVESTMENT FIRM CHOOSES TALIANCE FINASSET

Bouwfonds Investment Management says solution will ‘add value for clients through transparency’ The...

30th October, 2013

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Finance

EMIR, AND THE CONVERGENCE OF OPERATIONS AND COMPLIANCE

By Jonathan Mott , Managing Consultant and Tom Lucey , Monitoring Consultant at Cordium Late last mo...

29th October, 2013