Finance Monthly January 2020 Edition

WELCOME - CONTENTS 7 www.finance-monthly.com 8. THE MONTHLY ROUND-UP FRONT COVER STORY 2020 – The Year of Sustainable Finance? 10. FINANCE & BUSINESS 3 Reasons Why P2P Lending is a Viable Alternative to Stocks and Shares Delivering Successful IT Systems Through the Power of Partnerships What Does Asia’s Tax Transformation Mean for Global Authorities? 5 Key Trends that Will Shape the Financial Services Industry in 2020 Expert Insight: Investment Services Beyond Borders: Moving Money Changes Lives Could Banks Have Handled the PPI Scandal More Efficiently 16. 18. 20. 22. 24. FINANCIAL INNOVATION & FINTECH 32. Will the 2020s be the Decade the Stock Exchange Dies? Banking on Change: How Generation Z is Demanding a Step Forward in Security The Migration from Legacy IT Systems to the Cloud The Financial World Will be Completely Reliant on Big Data Within Five Years 36. 38. 40. FINANCE CAREERS 44. The Wisdom of the Hack – Too Busy to Meditate? Meditate Like the Masters Using This Hack 60. EVENTS CALENDAR TRANSACTIONS 50. SharpCloud Secures £4.5m Series A Investment from YFM Equity Partners Consorcio Urvaseo’s $402 Million Award for Solid Waste Collection Services in Guayaquil Stora Enso has Completed the Divestment of its Stake in The Dawang Paper Mill CORPORATE TRAVEL & LIFESTYLE GUIDE 55 26. 51. 51. 28. Conrad London St James A Chic London Escape 56.