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European Real Estate Assets Remain Attractive Despite Geopolitical Uncertainties

29th November 2019
As a New Year and indeed decade approaches, there is growing consensus that Europe’s real estate market is entering the last stages of the current investment cycle. The US vs. China trade war, Brexit and geopolitical risks in the Middle East have contributed to a slowdown by generating market uncertainty over the last year. Although Europe’s economy may avoid recession, growth is widely expected to remain subdued over the next 12 to 18 months and there are lingering questions about how much further the cycle has to run. Rosanna Woods, UK Managing Director at Drooms, explores the future of the real estate industry in Europe.
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Making Training & Competence Work: What are the Key Differences for SMEs over Corporations?

29th November 2019
Training and Competence (T&C) was introduced into UK financial services back in the 1990s along with requirements around professional qualifications. The purpose of the rules around T&C was to ensure that individuals providing advice to retail consumers were competent to do so, therefore minimising the risk of detriment to the customer, the firm or both. Since then, T&C has gone through a variety of iterations depending on who the regulator of the day was; introduced under LAUTRO in 1993, updated by the PIA in 1997, taken forward by the FSA in 2001 and then subsequently given more prominence by the FCA in 2014.
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Bridging the Gap between the Mainstream Financial Market and the Crypto Industry

29th November 2019
Michael Ou, CEO of CoolBitX, a blockchain security company and creator of the first hardware wallet that enables bluetooth-to-smartphone pairings, shares his thoughts on what needs to be done to bridge the gap between the mainstream market and cryptocurrency industry.
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Current Trends in Card Design

29th November 2019
Emily Lovelock, Head of Sales at allpay.cards delves into the current trends in card design.
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Serena Williams Takes 10 Hours to Earn the Average Salary

29th November 2019
Professional male sports players are notorious for their astonishing annual salaries, with the likes of football, boxing and Formula 1 racers earning players millions of pounds each year.
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Are Business Models Changing Too Quickly for Banks to Keep Up?

28th November 2019
For hundreds of years, banks have been following a simple yet effective business model – they take money in from depositors and lend it out to borrowers. Despite public consensus, there is nothing more complex than that.
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Is Now the Perfect Time to Invest in Bitcoin?

28th November 2019
The wise early investors of bitcoin managed to reap the rewards by cashing in when the digital currency spiked in value in 2017.
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Institutional Investors Putting Financial Integrity Under Due Diligence Microscope

27th November 2019
A global survey of institutional investors commissioned by BlackLine, Inc. reveals that 82% of global investors believe companies in their portfolio often resort to legal but ‘creative’ accounting tactics in order to attract or satisfy investors, causing investors to increase scrutiny over portfolio company financials.
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Why We Can't Forget About 'VAT Carousel' Fraud

27th November 2019
From the characteristics of MITC fraud arrangements to the tangible damage that such schemes can cause, below Jérôme Bryssinck, Head of Government Solutions at Quantexa, talks Finance Monthly through the options for fighting VAT carousel fraud. Europol believes that missing trader intra-community (MITC) fraud (usually known as ‘VAT Carousel’ fraud) costs authorities around €60 billion […]
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FCA Bans Promoting of Mini-Bonds to Small Investors

26th November 2019
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced it is set to ban the marketing of speculative mini-bonds to small investors using its product intervention powers.
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Head of Westpac Bank Quits Following Money Laundering Scandal

26th November 2019
The head of Australia’s second largest bank, Westpac, has quit following a money laundering scandal the bank became involved in.
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Investors Rally to Traditional Assets Amidst Political Uncertainty

26th November 2019
Butterfield Mortgages Limited (BML) recently commissioned an independent survey of more than 1,100 UK-based investors (all with investments in excess of £10,000) to find out what asset classes currently make up their financial portfolios and what factors are influencing their investment strategies in 2020.
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