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The Pound is falling against the Euro and USD

10th February 2016
Families planning to escape the UK’s wet weather this half-term and Easter may want to budget carefully. In a budget squeezing double whammy, there are just 30 days between the two school holidays and the Pound has sunk by almost 8% against the Euro compared to last summer, according to leading travel money provider ICE […]
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FCA fines former Head of JP Morgan’s CIO International for failing to be open and co-operative

9th February 2016
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today fined Achilles Macris £792,900 for failing to be open and co-operative with the Authority. Mr Macris was Head of CIO International for JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. in London. In the role he was responsible for a number of portfolios, including the Synthetic Credit Portfolio, at the time of […]
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Dunedin investing in Alpha Markets Consulting

8th February 2016
The UK mid-market private equity house Dunedin has announced that it has made an £80 million investment in Alpha Financial Markets Consulting (“Alpha”) which will assist with the consulting firm’s continued growth into new sectors and new territories worldwide. Founded in London in 2003, Alpha is a leading global asset and wealth management consulting firm […]
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Business Insight: Nick England, CEO of VFX Financial PLC

5th February 2016
VFX Financial PLC (VFX) is a UK based provider delivering Foreign Exchange and regulated payment and remittance services to a wide range of customers. The mix of clients is broadly split into Corporate and HNW and Private Clients. Corporate clients include Fiduciary firms (e.g. Offshore Trustees) as well as a broad range of SME’s. Here […]
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Business Insight: Mark Evans, CFO of O2

5th February 2016
In the second edition of our special CFO insight interviews in 2016, Finance Monthly spoke to Mark Evans, Chief Financial Officer of Telefonica UK. Telefonica UK owns the O2 brand, as well as giffgaff and a share of the Tesco Mobile joint venture. He talks to us about his role, O2’s customer retention, and predictions […]
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Fintech underpins the 4th industrial revolution

5th February 2016
In the November edition of Finance Monthly, Grow Advisors explained how the fastest growing application in fintech today is online lending. In this month’s edition they highlight some discussion that took place at the 2016 World Economic Forum in Davos, including fintech’s important role in the 4th industrial revolution. Just days ago at Davos, the […]
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Nick England, CEO of VFX Financial Plc

5th February 2016
VFX Financial PLC (VFX) is a UK based provider delivering Foreign Exchange and regulated payment and remittance services to a wide range of customers. The mix of clients is broadly split into Corporate and HNW and Private Clients. Corporate clients include Fiduciary firms (e.g. Offshore Trustees) as well as a broad range of SME’s.Here Nick […]
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Business Insight: Mark Evans, CFO of O2

5th February 2016
In the second edition of our special CFO insight interviews in 2016, Finance Monthly spoke to Mark Evans, Chief Financial Officer of Telefonica UK. Telefonica UK owns the O2 brand, as well as giffgaff and a share of the Tesco Mobile joint venture. He talks to us about his role, O2’s customer retention, and predictions […]
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Alphabet overtaking Apple as the most valuable public company in the world

5th February 2016
Alphabet, the holding company for Google, has passed Apple as the most valuable company in the world for the first time since February 2010. With an increase of approximately 8% after the company reported its fourth-quarter earnings, Alphabet‘s value is now approximately $568 billion, compared to Apple’s worth of $535 billion. Alphabet, a software company […]
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ECB’s Draghi: Refugee Crisis Is Challenge and Opportunity that Will Change Europe

4th February 2016
Spending by governments in response to the influx of refugees to Europe could prove to be a stimulus for the economy, European Central Bank (ECB) President Mario Draghi told participants at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2016. “One driver of the economy, which still hasn’t deployed its effect, is the probable increasing government expenditure […]
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Cash savers lose £160 billion after 7 years of low interest rates

3rd February 2016
Base rate will have been held at 0.5% for seven whole years, if the Bank of England decides to keep interest rates on hold for February at its next policy meeting tomorrow. Since the financial crisis, cash savers have seen returns on their deposits all but vanish. We estimate they have lost £160 billion in […]
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