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UK international financial services—the future

Sir Winfred BischoffBy Sir Winfred Bischoff
Co-chairman of the FSGC, and Former Chairman of Citigroup

Much has changed recently in financial services, both globally and in the UK. What has not changed is the importance to any economy, not least that of the UK, of industries which are globally competitive...

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MEP Polling Results—Moving beyond the financial storm

European ParliamentA new ComRes/Cicero report on MEPs' views on the financial crisis has revealed the debate on appropriate responses heading in interesting directions...

Government in Crisis

Downing StreetThe odds on an autumn General Election have now narrowed sharply—since the mass resignations from Gordon Brown’s cabinet in the past week...

The Future of Banking

Mike LawrenceBy Mike Lawrence
Head of Capital Markets, 4Most

The current banking model is broken, and the idea of the universal or retail bank is going to die within the next few years...

The financial crisis of today—a rerun of the past?

Lars JonungBy Lars Jonung
Research Adviser, DG ECFIN

The deep financial crisis of today has created an interest in the financial catastrophes of yesterday...

No expenses spared

ReceiptsThe recent furore over MPs’ expenses highlighted the ultimate supremacy of the media over the British institutional fabric...

The credit crunch and changing retirement trends

Retirement PlanThose nearing retirement have been particularly affected by the credit crunch—but how have they responded to the problem?...

European Parliament and the 2009 Elections

European FlagsThe imminent European elections could potentially be the most important in the history of the European Parliament...

The politics of accounting standards

Globe and coinFor a while now pressure has been mounting on the standard setters to move towards a single set of accounting rules. It was the G20 who called for “significant progress towards a single set of high quality global accounting standards”...

Battle lines drawn on the Equality Bill—The case of age discrimination in the provision of travel insurance

Passport and MoneyThe Equality Bill is set to radically change this position in order to make it unlawful to discriminate against someone aged 18 or over because of age when providing services...

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