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Sterling softens against murky economic backdrop

Sterling softens against murky economic backdrop

LONDON (Reuters) – Sterling fell on Friday against the dollar and the euro as Britain’s darkening economic outlook remaine..

Big fall in euro zone inflation offers little help for ECB

Big fall in euro zone inflation offers little help for ECB

By Balazs Koranyi and Jan Strupczewski FRANKFURT/BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Euro zone inflation tumbled last month but underlying price press..

Green bonds are set to drive corporate ESG debt out of slump in 2023 -Barclays

Green bonds are set to drive corporate ESG debt out of slump in 2023 -Barclays

By Isla Binnie NEW YORK (Reuters) – Global sales of corporate bonds with environmental, social and governance (ESG) targets will..

Stocks sag as hawkish Fed cools China rally; awaits US jobs data

Stocks sag as hawkish Fed cools China rally; awaits US jobs data

By Koh Gui Qing NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. stocks sank on Thursday and brought to a halt a rally in global stocks, as upbeat American jo..

Stocks fall, Treasury yields rise upon final 2022 trading day

Stocks fall, Treasury yields rise upon final 2022 trading day

By Sinéad Carew and Carolyn Cohn NEW YORK, LONDON (Reuters) – Wall Street equity indexes lost ground on Friday, the last tradi..

Four themes will shape investments in 2023: deVere CEO

Four themes will shape investments in 2023: deVere CEO

  There are four over-riding investment themes that investors will be watching and positioning for in 2023 in order to build thei..

What problems are currently facing the Euro and Eurozone?

What problems are currently facing the Euro and Eurozone?

  By Naeem Aslam, Chief Market Analyst at AvaTrade As the pace at which Europe heads towards a recession continues to accelerate,..

LEONARD CURTIS STRENGTHENS DEBT ADVISORY TEAM

LEONARD CURTIS STRENGTHENS DEBT ADVISORY TEAM

  Business solutions group Leonard Curtis has enrolled some of its most experienced and respected personnel to a new debt adviso..

Accounting and accountants can save the world

Accounting and accountants can save the world

  Nature Needs to be on the Balance Sheet if we are to Reverse Biodiversity and Climate Crisis Research paper calls for Nature t..

Financial services firms hiring flexible interims to safeguard earnings

Financial services firms hiring flexible interims to safeguard earnings

As the demand for financial services talent continues apace, CFOs have warned that the spiralling upward wage rises cannot be sustaine..

COP15 comment: Biodiversity Credits that boost conservation financing is significant

COP15 comment: Biodiversity Credits that boost conservation financing is significant

  The new UN study that reported on Monday, prior to the start of the critically important COP15 meeting in Montreal, that biodiv..

Weary Wall Street cheers improved consumer confidence

Weary Wall Street cheers improved consumer confidence

By Lawrence Delevingne and Amanda Cooper (Reuters) -Global stock markets rose on Wednesday, as U.S. consumer confidence rebounded in D..

UK SMEs press pause on innovation and rely on price rises ahead of 2023

UK SMEs press pause on innovation and rely on price rises ahead of 2023

  39% of SMEs have increased their prices over the past 12 months Just 13% of small/medium businesses have not yet had to make a..

Construction firms relying on financial incentives as job applicant numbers tumble

Construction firms relying on financial incentives as job applicant numbers tumble

Skills shortages and the cost-of-living crisis have driven salaries up across construction, despite the demand for staff beginning to ..

Milestone 50,000 users registered and £3million investment gained in pet care app’s first nine months

Milestone 50,000 users registered and £3million investment gained in pet care app’s first nine months

    A start-up pet care app which launched in March this year has reached a milestone 50,000 registered pet owners committed to i..

CapMan Infra invests in solar developer Skarta Energy to transform it into an independent power producer

CapMan Infra invests in solar developer Skarta Energy to transform it into an independent power producer

  CapMan Infra has agreed on a majority investment in Skarta Energy in a joint venture to be established together with its curren..

WTTC unveils world-first global Travel & Tourism climate footprint data

WTTC unveils world-first global Travel & Tourism climate footprint data

    WTTC and Saudi-Based Sustainable Global Tourism Center launch inaugural Environmental & Social Research Between 2010 and ..

Flexible financing provides for technology growth as traditional lending approvals plunge

Flexible financing provides for technology growth as traditional lending approvals plunge

    Business lending approvals have been at a record low in 2022. Not only is the number of business loan applicants down, w..

Sterling holds firm after UK jobs data muddies rate outlook

Sterling holds firm after UK jobs data muddies rate outlook

By Amanda Cooper LONDON (Reuters) – The pound held broadly steady on Tuesday, as gains following UK employment data were offset ..

New “Centre for European Transformation” at Frankfurt School of Finance & Management

New “Centre for European Transformation” at Frankfurt School of Finance & Management

  Frankfurt School of Finance & Management and DWS have announced the establishment of the “Centre for European Transformatio..

UK200Group Corporate Finance – 2022 M&A deal volumes flatline but average deal size decreases £800,000

UK200Group Corporate Finance – 2022 M&A deal volumes flatline but average deal size decreases £800,000

  M&A deal size has fallen in the last 12 months from £7.1 million to £6.3 million. Deal volumes have remained broadly the s..

DeathStalker targeting British legal, financial and travel entities with new Janicab variant, Kaspersky intelligence found

DeathStalker targeting British legal, financial and travel entities with new Janicab variant, Kaspersky intelligence found

    LONDON, 7th December 2022 – Kaspersky experts have identified new functionalities within the Janicab malware, which is being ..

Paul Rabinovitch Joins SmallChange.co Crowdfunding Platform   As Strategic Advisor

Paul Rabinovitch Joins SmallChange.co Crowdfunding Platform  As Strategic Advisor

    Former Head of Real Estate Investments at New Island Capital Considered Pioneer in Impact Investing PITTSBURGH – Decembe..

Capricorn Financial Consultancy joins Fiducia as group’s largest advice and recommendation service

Capricorn Financial Consultancy joins Fiducia as group’s largest advice and recommendation service

    Capricorn continues growth strategy as it joins Fiducia, one of the UK’s leading Financial Advice Networks, as an advice and..

Nucleus Commercial Finance demonstrates appetite for Northern growth with Business Development Hire

Nucleus Commercial Finance demonstrates appetite for Northern growth with Business Development Hire

  Nucleus Commercial Finance (Nucleus), the UK fintech expert, has further highlighted its growth ambitions, strengthening its bu..

Payroll innovation has accelerated in 2022, with expert CloudPay reporting increased demand for Instant Salary Payments

Payroll innovation has accelerated in 2022, with expert CloudPay reporting increased demand for Instant Salary Payments

  The desire for standardisation, speed and cost efficiency, across global payroll and treasury systems has driven a spike in dem..

Shares slip, yields rise as U.S. data sparks rate hike concerns

Shares slip, yields rise as U.S. data sparks rate hike concerns

By Herbert Lash and Elizabeth Howcroft NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) -Global stocks slid and Treasury yields rose on Monday as investors i..

Sterling slips as boost from new China COVID rules fades

Sterling slips as boost from new China COVID rules fades

By Amanda Cooper LONDON (Reuters) – The pound slid on Monday, as an initial jolt of investor enthusiasm over signs of possible l..

BIS warns of $80 trillion of hidden FX swap debt

BIS warns of $80 trillion of hidden FX swap debt

By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) – The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has warned that pension funds and other ‘non..

ECB’s Makhlouf expects 50 bps rate hike in December

ECB’s Makhlouf expects 50 bps rate hike in December

(Corrects first paragraph to say rates ‘may have to move into restrictive territory’, not ‘would have to’) By ..

Stocks fall as strong U.S. payrolls muddies rate bets

Stocks fall as strong U.S. payrolls muddies rate bets

By Sinéad Carew NEW YORK (Reuters) – Equities took a dip on Friday while U.S. Treasury yields climbed as investors bet on a more..

Euro zone bond yields rise after U.S. jobs data

Euro zone bond yields rise after U.S. jobs data

By Alun John LONDON (Reuters) – European government bond yields rose after Friday data showed U.S. employers hired more workers ..

Irish corporate tax boom breaks more records in November

Irish corporate tax boom breaks more records in November

DUBLIN (Reuters) – Ireland took in more corporate tax in November than it used to collect in entire years a decade ago, as a rec..

Over a quarter of consumers want a more affordable approach to debt repayment from banks and credit lenders

Over a quarter of consumers want a more affordable approach to debt repayment from banks and credit lenders

  New research from Sopra Steria shows greater flexibility in the debt management industry is necessary as consumer fears grow ov..

Wall Street seen opening higher but U.S. recession priced in

Wall Street seen opening higher but U.S. recession priced in

By Carolyn Cohn LONDON (Reuters) – U.S. stock index futures rose on Friday, indicating a higher open on Wall Street, as investor..

ECB could slow rate hikes, but bond run-off should start soon, Knot says

ECB could slow rate hikes, but bond run-off should start soon, Knot says

FRANKFURT (Reuters) – The European Central Bank may slow the pace of interest rate hikes but should soon start running down its ..

The impact of the cost-of-living crisis on financial vulnerability

The impact of the cost-of-living crisis on financial vulnerability

By Tim Farmer, Clinical Director at Comentis When considering the impact of the rising cost of living on financial vulnerability, it’s..