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30 Years Since Black Monday: How Does It Compare To Other Crashes?

19th October 2017
19th October marks the 30th anniversary of Black Monday, when in October 1987 stock markets around the world experienced a flash crash. The FTSE 100 fell 11% on the day, and then fell a further 12% the next day, wiping out more than a fifth of the value of the UK stock market in just […]
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The World’s Top 10 Cashless Countries in 2017

19th October 2017
A recent study from Forex Bonuses finds the countries among the 20 largest economies who are adapting quickest to using cashless systems like phones and contactless cards – revealing that Canada narrowly edges out Sweden for the top position. The economies adopting the most cashless technology have been revealed in new research from global trading site Forex […]
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The Keys to a Successful Merger Completion

19th October 2017
Jumping into a big company merger can be daunting, and while legal and financial steps take place, actual company operations, staff and systems are also a massive part of the merger. Here Ian Currie, ‎Director of EMEA business development, Dell Boomi walks Finance Monthly through some key considerations to make in the internal merger process. […]
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Black Monday 1987 in Numbers

18th October 2017
Today marks the 30th anniversary of the day when the financial bubble, that resulted in the Dow Jones reaching a record peak of 2722 in August, burst in spectacular fashion. Following a fraught Friday on the New York Stock Exchange where the DJIA dropped sharply, the opening bell on 19th October started a selling onslaught […]
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More Than £40 Million 'Lost' Due to Deliberate Tax Avoidance

18th October 2017
As the traditional saying goes: In life, only two things are certain – death and taxes. Whilst death is inevitable, there are those who unfortunately try to avoid paying tax. This is evident from the ‘current list of deliberate tax defaulters’ collated by the Government (Gov.uk). It details 209 separate cases of businesses/individuals who have […]
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The Rise of Lord Alan Sugar

18th October 2017
Lord Alan Sugar is best known for his long tenure as host of the BBC’s hugely successful show The Apprentice. His qualifications to sit across from hopeful candidates in the boardroom have been built up through years of diverse business experience from heading up an early computing giant (Amstrad) to more recently acquiring a lucrative […]
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The Top 10 Greatest Stock Market Trades Ever

17th October 2017
Welcome to Finance Monthly's countdown of the Top 10 Greatest Trades that the trading floor has ever seen.  We take a look at each trader, the audacious move they pulled off and where they are now. Scroll through to see who tops our list. 10. The 1929 Short - Jesse Livermore  Result: $100 million profit […]
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Your Thoughts: Has China’s Economy Hit a Wall?

17th October 2017
According to a report co-authored by Yandong Jia, a researcher at the Research Bureau of the People's Bank of China, alongside Jun Nie, a senior economist at the Kansas City Fed, “analysis indicates that the momentum of Chinese growth is likely to slow in the near term." As the world’s second largest economy, China’s GDP has […]
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How Can Fintech Firms Prove ROI?

17th October 2017
Now that CMOs have a seat at the revenue table, there is also pressure to prove ROI. Since the only true measure of ROI is sales, it’s imperative that the marketing and sales leaders are aligned around key objectives and goals to truly prove their contributions to the bottom line. Here Rishi Dave, CMO at […]
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Monarch’s Collapse Is a Red Flag For Pension Savers

16th October 2017
The collapse of Monarch is “a not-to-be-ignored red flag” for people on the cusp of retirement, warns the boss of one of the world’s largest independent financial services organisations. The warning from Nigel Green, founder and CEO of deVere Group, comes as Chris Grayling, the Transport Secretary, today faces questions over Monarch Airlines, once one […]
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The Latest on FTSE 100 & Bitcoin

16th October 2017
Lee Wild, Head of Equity Strategy at Interactive Investor comments for Finance Monthly: On the FTSE 100 rally: There have been a number of key drivers behind the FTSE 100’s latest rally, among them a weaker pound, likely increase in UK interest rates, government housing policy and a lack of any viable alternatives for investors. […]
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Is it Possible to Survive Solely on Bitcoin?

16th October 2017
Odds are that you’ve been hearing more and more about cryptocurrency as digital tokens like bitcoin and ethereum have become valuable commodities. Converts (and investors) say that cryptocurrencies built on blockchain technology represent the future of money, finance, and commerce. But skeptics say that digital currencies represent crowd-sourced pyramid schemes or are fuel for another […]
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