CFOs: It’s time to own the business model
By Tyler Sloat, CFO at Zuora CFOs must own the business model. No two ways about it. I’m not talking about the budget. I’m not talking..
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Iran: ‘open for business’ – but caution remains the watchword
Comparable to Australia and Turkey in size, Iran has the second largest economy in the Middle East and North Africa after Saudi Arabia..
BUSINESS
REDEFINING RENTING: TIPI LAUNCHES ‘THE BEST WAY TO LIVE IN LONDON’
A new living experience is coming to Wembley Park, brand new apartments with iconic views and rent inclusive of heating, electricity, ..
LIFESTYLE
100 YEARS OF UK HOLIDAYING HABITS
Brits are famous for being holiday lovers. Every year thousands of us embark on city breaks or longer holidays in search of new experi..
LIFESTYLE
UK BUYERS LEAD INTEREST IN ‘MEGACITY’ ISTANBUL, ACCOUNTING FOR 21.51% OF ALL PROPERTY ENQUIRIES
Istanbul most improved emerging world city in the last five years (JLL) Istanbul now ranked within the top 20 of the world’s mo..
LIFESTYLE
MALLORCA EMERGES AS THIS YEAR’S SUMMER HOTSPOT AS BRITISH BUYERS RETURN TO SPAIN IN THEIR MASSES
British buyers in Spain increase by 367% in January and February compared to last year (Taylor Wimpey España) British and German buy..
LIFESTYLE
DIGITISATION, FOR THE SAKE OF DIGITISATION, IS POINTLESS
Nick Cowlen, Software & Solutions Director at MooD International According to McKinsey, the global management consulting firm, ra..
TECHNOLOGY
TECHNOLOGY IS A TONIC FOR LATE BUSINESS PAYMENTS
Ad van der Poel is senior vice president of financing services for Basware Innovations in payment and financing services are changing ..
BUSINESS
BREXIT: THE RISKS TO THE CITY AND FINTECH HAVE NEVER BEEN GREATER
Erki Kert – Founder and CEO, Big Data Scoring Erki Kert In less than three months, the United Kingdom goes to the polls to answer a v..
BUSINESS
LLOYDS GOES DIGITAL – BUT WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR LOYALTY?
By Christopher Evans, Collinson Group Lloyds Banking Group recently announced the creation of an in-house digital analytics team in th..
TECHNOLOGY
WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU CAN’T GET OUT OF COMPUTE JAIL
By Jon Leppard, Founder and Director. Future Facilities Out of all sectors of business, it’s Finance that has the most unenviable posi..
TECHNOLOGY
UK PLC TO BENEFIT BY £322 BILLION FROM BIG DATA AND IOT – DON’T MISS OUT!
By Mark Wilkinson, SAS Regional Vice President – Northern Europe and Russia/CIS. The value of big data equity in the UK was estimated ..
TECHNOLOGY
PRIVACY VS SECURITY: IS THE CYBERSECURITY INFORMATION SHARING ACT BENEFICIAL?
By David Poole, Business Development Director at myPINpad On 18 December 2015, President Barack Obama signed into law the US budget, a..
TECHNOLOGY
SENIOR MANAGERS REGIME – WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR THE INDUSTRY?
By Ronald Gould, European Chairman of Compliance Science After years of discussion, deliberation, consultation and prep, the long awai..
BUSINESS
AUDITING IN CYBER: HOW ORGANISATIONS CAN KEEP TRACK OF THEIR DATA
By Professor Mark Rodbert, CEO of idax The seemingly never-ending series of data breaches of the last year have pushed cyber security ..
TECHNOLOGY
DIGITISATION KEY IN DRIVING UK EXPORT MARKET FORWARD
By Ian Kerr, CEO, Bolero International www.bolero.net Ian Kerr The ever-fluctuating properties of international trade often leave t..
INVESTING
DESPITE THE HEADWINDS, INVESTORS HAVE IMPORTANT REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL
By Nigel Green, founder and chief executive of deVere Group Nigel Green Since last summer, the global financial markets have been tur..
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TOP TEN BIGGEST MISTAKES BY NOVICE INVESTORS – AND HOW TO AVOID THEM
David Liddell, CEO of IpsoFacto Investor Investment is not necessarily easy and there are all sorts of distractions and hurdles for th..
INVESTING
FORESCOUT AND FIREEYE EXPAND PARTNERSHIP, ENABLING FASTER RESPONSE TO CYBERSECURITY THREATS
ForeScout Technologies Inc., the pioneer in agentless cybersecurity, and FireEye, Inc. (NASDAQ: FEYE), the leader in stopping today’s ..
NEWS
MIFID II: WHY YOU SHOULD NOT SCALE BACK YOUR IMPLEMENTATION EFFORTS
By James Stirton is senior energy consultant, EMEA at Allegro Development. James Stirton The countdown to the arrival of MiFID II in ..
BANKING
TRANSFORMING THE RETAIL BANKING ECOSYSTEM: IT’S ALL ABOUT TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
Steve Walters, national sales director, Ricoh UK Long gone are the days where transferring money, paying bills and setting up direct d..
BANKING
COMPREHENSIVE ARCHIVING IN 2016
By Mike Pagani, Senior Director of Product Marketing Smarsh Archiving solutions have become indispensable for financial firms, and not..
BUSINESS
THE CLUES TO DETECTING FRAUD ARE HIDDEN IN RELATIONSHIPS
Emil Eifrem of Neo Technology explains how graph databases are providing an innovative method for uncovering fraud rings and other com..
BUSINESS
TOMORROW’S WORLD: HOW CLOUD COMPUTING WILL IMPACT THE FINANCIAL SERVICES SECTOR IN 2016
By Ian Stone, Managing Director of Anaplan UK and Ireland Tarred with a brush of traditionalism and conservatism, the Financial Servic..
TECHNOLOGY
How Solvency II transformed itself, the fund industry and regulation
Attributed to John Dowdall, Managing Director at Silverfinch. John Dowdall When policy makers first sat down at the end of the 1990s ..
INVESTING
A BEAR’S GUIDE TO 2016
The US bull market will enter its seventh year in 2016, having restored some $15 trillion to share prices since 2009. At 82 months, th..
BUSINESS
THE TURBULENT ROAD TO INNOVATION
Keith Tilley, EVP, Global Sales & Customer Services Management at Sungard Availability Services Innovate or die. That’s the messag..
TECHNOLOGY
FROM THE EXPERTS: 5 PAYMENT TECHNOLOGY TRENDS TO LOOK OUT FOR IN 2016
The last few years have witnessed a huge change in the way we make payments. At a recent speech at Trinity College Dublin, Tim Cook CE..
TECHNOLOGY
BIG DATA, ANALYTICS & FRAUD PREVENTION IN THE FINANCIAL SECTOR
By Greg Mason, Partner at Forensic Risk Alliance and Frances McLeod, Managing Partner at Forensic Risk Alliance. www.forensicrisk.com ..
TECHNOLOGY
TECHNOLOGY, SKILLS AND SERVITIZATION: A BRIGHTER FUTURE FOR MANUFACTURING?
It has been a turbulent year for the manufacturing sector. EEF, the manufacturers’ association, recently revised down their 2015 forec..
TECHNOLOGY
FROM FRAGMENTED SYSTEMS TO UNIFIED CPM – UNICREDIT PREPARES FOR TODAY’S FINANCE CHALLENGES
By Alice Allegrini is sales director at Tagetik UK Alice Allegrini The finance function is undergoing massive change. Shifting busine..
BANKING
NAVIGATING CONSUMER DATA IN THE FINANCE INDUSTRY
Matt Goulet, chief operating officer at Globalscape. The digital revolution hasn’t missed many industries. The threat from cybercrimin..
BUSINESS
FINTECH INCUBATION: MORE VALUE THAN MEETS THE EYE
Felicia Rosenzweig, partner at Prophet For all of the attendant excitement, FinTech continues to strike fear into the hearts of financ..
BUSINESS
WHO IS THE MODERN DAY CFO?
By Ian Preston, VP of sales UK & I at Adaptive Insights The CFO role has, arguably, transformed more than any other executive role..
BUSINESS
TOP 6 TRENDS EMERGING IN FINANCIAL SERVICES IN 2016
Howard Travers, Chief Strategy Officer, MindLink 2015 has been the year of security breaches and regulatory fines but also the year wh..
FINANCE
MINIMISING SUPPLY CHAIN CYBER RISKS BY ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTIONS
Simon Viney is a director of Security Science at Stroz Friedberg, an investigations, intelligence and risk management company. Simon ..
FINANCE
MITIGATING OPERATIONAL RISK THROUGH CENTRALISING RECONCILIATION
By Eric Werab, Director, Product Portfolio Management, Financial Control Solutions, Fiserv Eric Werab When it comes to increasing ope..
BUSINESS