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Crowd For Angels Launches First Crowd Bonds For Its Innovative Finance Isa

Crowd For Angels Launches First Crowd Bonds For Its Innovative Finance Isa

Crowd for Angels, one of the UK’s leading crowdfunding companies, has launched its first “crowd bonds”, a specially created secured, h..

Are the US healthcare sector’s frailties treatable?

Are the US healthcare sector’s frailties treatable?

By JaisalPastakia, Investment Manager at Heartwood Investment Management  The US healthcare sector has been a notable underperformer s..

FTSE 100 Record High Comment from InterTrader’s Steve Ruffley

FTSE 100 Record High Comment from InterTrader’s Steve Ruffley

Once again, we wake to the news of more record highs. This time it’s in the FTSE. 9 months ago, we were warned that Brexit may knock t..

Half of Brits fear smart home devices could listen to personal and confidential information

Half of Brits fear smart home devices could listen to personal and confidential information

Brits reveal the things they are most concerned smart home devices could be listening to One in ten Brits use smart home devices to m..

Trustonic device security platform achieves world’s first security certification from Common Criteria

Trustonic device security platform achieves world’s first security certification from Common Criteria

Security certification supports and accelerates deployment of secure services on connected devices Trustonic has become the first vend..

Fed Policy: Still behind the Curve 

Fed Policy: Still behind the Curve 

Even while hiking interest rates today, the Federal Reserve Board maintained its dovish sentiment. In recent weeks, Fed members began ..

Key Take Away of Dutch Elections

Key Take Away of Dutch Elections

What is your take on the electoral result in the Netherlands? After the annushorribilis in which several elections resulted in unexpec..

Evoke Your Emotions With Help To Buy In Brentwood

Evoke Your Emotions With Help To Buy In Brentwood

According to the Land Registry, a first time buyer in England requires £22,689[1] in savings to afford the upfront costs of buying the..

Savvy Parents Invest InHighgate Homes For Children’s Future

Savvy Parents Invest InHighgate Homes For Children’s Future

The average home in the London Borough of Haringey has been increasing in value for 20 years according to Lloyds Bank1. Homes have inc..

Homes For Growing Families Launch In Commuter Town Of Chertsey

Homes For Growing Families Launch In Commuter Town Of Chertsey

Larger new homes are becoming important for families across the UK who want to move due to having children. Family factors, according ..

Change Up Your Commute With Choice Of Transport At Gmv

Change Up Your Commute With Choice Of Transport At Gmv

A shorter commute has been shown to have a positive effect on wellbeing, helping to reduce stress, and the risk of high blood pressure..

Make The Most Of Market Town Life At Crossways

Make The Most Of Market Town Life At Crossways

Idyllic market towns are amongst the most sought-after locations in the UK, with property prices in 70% of market towns being higher t..

Fashion-Forward Renting InShoreditch

Fashion-Forward Renting InShoreditch

The most discerning fashionistas will be spending Spring enjoying the ‘Big Four’ fashion weeks, currently being held in London, Milan,..

Zoho launches Zoho Finance Plus: Unified Finance Platform for Business

Zoho launches Zoho Finance Plus: Unified Finance Platform for Business

Zoho today unveiled Zoho Finance Plus, the industry’s first unified offering of tightly integrated applications, designed to hel..

Anti-money laundering requirements: are the stakes increasing?

Anti-money laundering requirements: are the stakes increasing?

By Colin Bristow, consultant in retail banking at SAS UK & Ireland  Part 504 of the US Department of Financial Services Superinten..

Adaptive Insights extends ease of use, power, and speed of cloud planning solution  

Adaptive Insights extends ease of use, power, and speed of cloud planning solution  

New capabilities target both finance and business users as corporate planning extends across the organisation Adaptive Insights, the o..

Incentives To Invest In Two Bedroom Homes In Hammersmith

Incentives To Invest In Two Bedroom Homes In Hammersmith

For house buyers looking to purchase a home in leafy Hammersmith, one with ‘stamp duty paid’ will work out to be a worthy investment. ..

Buy At Beaulieu For Less Through Shared Ownership

Buy At Beaulieu For Less Through Shared Ownership

The number of shared ownership purchases has increased by over 130% since 2011, according to conveyancing provider My Home Move, with ..

Why the insurance industry must tailor communications strategies

Why the insurance industry must tailor communications strategies

Sam Madden, Director at Wiraya, describes why insurance companies must move beyond batch and blast campaigns to entice bombarded prosp..

The rise of the hand-me-down bank

The rise of the hand-me-down bank

Consumers copy their family members when deciding where to bank, study finds  More than half of consumers (55%) follow their parents a..

What the nation thinks different professions earn

What the nation thinks different professions earn

New research reveals people think solicitors earn 20% more than their actual salary Brits think teachers earn 7% more than they actua..

Will Time Derail ‘Fiduciary’ Delay’s Arrival?

Will Time Derail ‘Fiduciary’ Delay’s Arrival?

DOL FABulously Pledges to “Mind the Gap” on Enforcement On Friday, March 10, the Department of Labor (“DOL” or “Department..

Veeam Participates as ‘Availability Solutions Partner’ at MEFTECH 2017 in Abu Dhabi

Veeam Participates as ‘Availability Solutions Partner’ at MEFTECH 2017 in Abu Dhabi

Veeam® Software today announced that it is participating as ‘Availability Solutions Partner’ at MEFTECH, the largest and most prestigi..

Coinsource Completes Historic Bulk Installation on West Coast

Coinsource Completes Historic Bulk Installation on West Coast

World’s largest bitcoin ATM network becomes leading operator in California with 35 machines Coinsource, the world’s leading bitcoin AT..

2017 – The year of the Internet of ‘SOME’ Things

2017 – The year of the Internet of ‘SOME’ Things

Nassar Hussain, managing director Europe & South Africa, SOTI  2016 has seen IoT continue its meteoric rise through the technology..

Enhancements to Accountex App to help accountants maximise their visit 

Enhancements to Accountex App to help accountants maximise their visit 

New scheduling capabilities enable accountants to plan their day   MyFirmsApp, the world leader in App and mobile technology in the ac..

Sun Park Offers A Bright Light For Homebuyers

Sun Park Offers A Bright Light For Homebuyers

Current homebuyers put off by stamp duty charges now have an excellent opportunity to make their desired move without having to pay th..

Hundreds attend Venturefest South as start-ups pitch for £26m in funding

Hundreds attend Venturefest South as start-ups pitch for £26m in funding

900 sign-ups to organisation and over 500 attendees to event Keynotes from the likes of Uber and Innovate UK 34 innovators showcasing..

Advisers Increasingly Turning To Multi-Asset Funds For Income

Advisers Increasingly Turning To Multi-Asset Funds For Income

39% of advisers have moved income clients from single asset to multi asset income funds in order to achieve more reliable long term i..

How to Navigate the ERP Purchase Decision-Making Process

How to Navigate the ERP Purchase Decision-Making Process

Monzer Tohme, regional vice president, sales, Middle East & Africa, Epicor Software When purchasing a strategic software solution ..

A third of all business owners are not taking measures to make their office eco-friendly

A third of all business owners are not taking measures to make their office eco-friendly

1 in 5 business owners don’t consider how energy efficient equipment is when purchasing it A fifth of UK business owners don’t know ..

PBSA demand at all-time high in “structurally undersupplied student market” – Plymouth 

PBSA demand at all-time high in “structurally undersupplied student market” – Plymouth 

£3.1 billion invested in the UK PBSA market in 2016 (Knight Frank) Student accommodation from Plymouth University caters for just 12%..

Early start to severe weather season takes its toll on US economy in February

Early start to severe weather season takes its toll on US economy in February

Insurers face USD1.0+ billion toll from severe weather events in Australia and the US Impact Forecasting, Aon Benfield’s catastr..

In the driving seat: Reshaping the CFO role in 2017

In the driving seat: Reshaping the CFO role in 2017

Matt Weston, Director, at Robert Half, looks at how digital transformation and automation are shaping the mandate of the CFO and the r..

Stroock’s Tax Practice Adds Noted Transactional Advisor Michelle M. Jewett as Partner in New York

Stroock’s Tax Practice Adds Noted Transactional Advisor Michelle M. Jewett as Partner in New York

Adding a prominent transactional advisor to its tax practice, Stroock announced the arrival of Michelle M. Jewett, an attorney with su..

McDermott Further Expands its Private Equity Practice in Chicago

McDermott Further Expands its Private Equity Practice in Chicago

McDermott Will & Emery is pleased to announce the arrival of Gregory Metz as a partner in the Firm’s Chicago office.  Mr. Metz has..

Cigna Appoints Alison Meckiffe as Chief Marketing Officer for Global IPMI

Cigna Appoints Alison Meckiffe as Chief Marketing Officer for Global IPMI

Cigna have appointed Alison Meckiffe as Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) for their Global Individual Private Medical Insurance business (..