Financial Services Faculty events and webinars
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Banking
Digital currencies: the battle to challenge the dollar
20 November 2020: In these challenging times, all bets are off when it comes to the structure of our post-COVID economies.
LIBOR Transition: taking a market-led approach
Navin Rauniar, Partner – LIBOR Transition at Tata Consultancy Services, covers off the major impacts on LIBOR transition due to the pandemic and other factors.
Has the pandemic created a two track housing market
The UK housing market has had problems with accessibility and affordability for over a decade. Laura Miller surveys how the pandemic is reforming the divide.
BBLs and the second wave
Nick Levine considers the extension of the government’s SME lending scheme and considers what the fallout may be for lenders and businesses.
Insurance
IFRS 17 Insurance Contracts for non-insurers
Entities, despite not being insurers, may have contracts that fall in scope of IFRS 17 Insurance Contracts. Find out more with this webinar.
Technical news in brief
ICAEW's Audit and Assurance Faculty brings you the latest technical updates on developments in auditing and assurance, financial reporting and ethics.
Tackling the loyalty penalty
Dominic Lindley covers how old pricing practices for general insurance are being levelled to reward customer loyalty.
What is Run-Off Insurance and do you need it?
There’s no great mystique to run-off insurance. The key to understanding this cover is getting to grips with the “claims made” nature of the protection.
Investment management
How to handle the City hiring freeze
Hiring in the asset management industry is on pause while the uncertainty about Brexit and the pandemic spreads.
Lombard Odier launches $400m natural capital equity fund
A new fund to invest in companies that seek to harness the power of nature using 'circular bioeconomy' has been launched by the asset management firm Lombard Odier.
2020 Financial Services Climate Change Conference
Brought to you by ICAEW Financial Services, this conference enables banks, insurers and investment managers to understand where other organisations are in the process of managing their climate change related financial risks.
Target-date funds are too risky for savers
The author gives a criticism of target-date funds, believing that they are too aggressive with their equity allocations which can lead to panic in bear markets.
LIBOR - what you need to know
The use of LIBOR as a reference rate in loan agreements or derivatives will no longer be allowed from 2021. We outline the things all businesses need to do now to prepare for the end of LIBOR.
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.
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