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Banking
Why choose the ACA qualification
ICAEW’s client relationship manager Laura Barber discusses the importance of empowering your business with the ACA qualification. She provides testimonials from those who have completed the qualification as well as stats on why it is a good move for your business
Ten tips for keeping your finances safe
In part three of our series on the ethical use of big data, ICAEW shares 10 tips for consumers to help you keep control of your information and how it is applied.
IFRS 9: Six variables to watch in a stress test
The Financial Services Faculty looks at six aspects of the Bank of England stress test and how the interaction with IFRS 9 Financial Instruments may differ in a real stress.
MPs could force banks to keep branches
Banks should be forced by regulators to act in customers’ best interests, a new Treasury Committee report into financial inclusion says.
Insurance
Why choose the ACA qualification
ICAEW’s client relationship manager Laura Barber discusses the importance of empowering your business with the ACA qualification. She provides testimonials from those who have completed the qualification as well as stats on why it is a good move for your business
Ten tips for keeping your finances safe
In part three of our series on the ethical use of big data, ICAEW shares 10 tips for consumers to help you keep control of your information and how it is applied.
Lloyds of London announces radical modernisation plans
The 330 year-old insurance market, Lloyd’s of London, intends to shift a large chunk of its business online, as part of radical measures to modernise and pull in more business.
Avoiding injury
With a change to the Ogden discount rate expected imminently, Mohammed Khan, Sundip Mistry and Andrew Corner look at its potential effects.
Investment management
The gender divide: the gender pay gap in financial services
As financial services firms report further worrying gender pay gap figures, Peter Wilson looks at what they need to do and why.
Building a new life for the future
Against a background of rising populism, crushing austerity and climate change, infrastructure has suffered. Here, Henry Teitelbaum explains how global risks demand sharper focus on the matter.
Vanguard to offer first active ESG fund
Asset management firm Vanguard has announced it will offer its first active environment, social and governance (ESG) fund from mid-2019.
Aidan Millar
Aidan Millar, chief data officer of DNB Bank, explains to Chris Evans how technology and customers are transforming the financial services landscape.
Inspiring confidence
ICAEW's Inspiring Confidence campaign explores the issues affecting consumers and financial services providers in a rapidly changing world.
Banks, insurers and investment managers play vitally important roles within society, to encourage economic development and allow individuals and businesses to save, invest, insure and make payments. We must have confidence in them. Responsible providers, responsible consumers, better regulation and better information underpin this confidence.