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What the Regulatory Changes Mean for Peer-to-Peer Lenders

The sheer speed at which peer-to-peer lending has taken off seems to have caught the UK government a...

13th March, 2014

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Banking

TOWARDS A CULTURE OF CHANGE – REFORMING THE BANKING INDUSTRY

By Steve Maguire, Head of Financial Services at North Highland, a global management consulting firm...

12th March, 2014

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Finance

DATA IS REDEFINING FINTECH

Michael Backes, co-founder of innovation laboratory Liquid Labs, discusses how FinTech development i...

11th March, 2014

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Finance

FCA’S NEW RULES FOR CROWDFUNDING MET WITH ANGER AND DISAPPOINTMENT

An announcement from the FCA on new rules for crowdfunding has been met with anger and disappointmen...

11th March, 2014

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SYNAPPS AND COREFILING BUILD POWERFUL REGULATORY DISCLOSURE MANAGEMENT PLATFORM TO HELP FINANCIAL FIRMS MEET CRUCIAL APRIL COMPLIANCE DEADLINE

SynApps partners with CoreFiling to produce a specially tailored, flexible solution to assist financ...

11th March, 2014

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Investing

HAS AIFMD RESULTED IN FORTRESS EUROPE?

By Leonard Ng, Partner, Sidley Austin LLP The Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (“AIFMD...

11th March, 2014

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MORRISON & FOERSTER PROVIDES SHORT ANALYSIS OF SUPREME COURT RULING IN KEY WHISTLEBLOWER CASE

The Supreme Court issued a ruling this week in a closely watched whistleblower case, and Morrison &a...

7th March, 2014

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Technology

ACCREDITATION BRINGS MUCH NEEDED CONFIDENCE TO FINANCIAL CLOUD COMPUTING

Migrating to the cloud is often considered a complex undertaking for financial organisations, especi...

5th March, 2014

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Finance

IMPACT OF NEW REGULATIONS ON EUROPEAN FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS: CRYSTAL BALL GAZING FOR OPPORTUNITIES

Henrik Crone, Director of Client Services, TradeTech Consulting – a Virtusa company The European fin...

5th March, 2014

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DOES THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL COMMUNITY HAVE ITS HEAD IN THE CLOUD?

By Toby Duthie, Partner, Forensic Risk Alliance The chances are you’ll use a cloud based application...

27th February, 2014

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BRUSSELS ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING VOTE WILL REQUIRE UK FAMILIES TO PUBLICLY REGISTER FINANCIAL AFFAIRS

The Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) is disappointed at the outcome of this week’s v...

22nd February, 2014

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Interviews

UNDERSTANDING THE IMPACT OF RING-FENCING

Jim Ford, Partner Consultant at CGI, speaks with us about the ring-fencing measures contained in the...

19th February, 2014