Finance

Selling your business

Selling your business: Are you thinking ahead?

By JOHN FOUNDLING CHOOSING the right time to sell a business can be a challenge. There's often a temptation to wait and see whether organic...
UK currency, pound stering

Autumn Statement wins attention…and some approval

By HAL WILLIAMS BRITISH Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Autumn statement has caused another avalanche of responses in the BV inbox, and there are — unsurprisingly —...
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Car dealers hope for help in Autumn Statement

UK MOTOR dealers are calling for support ahead of the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement — and six in ten say they’re battling rising costs. A study...
Chancellor of the Exchequer, Autumn Statement

Chancellor’s Autumn Statement: What might it hold?

By ROB MORGAN IT’S THAT time of the year again, when policy ideas swirl around the money columns like leaves in the Autumn breeze. How...
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Times are tough, but recession next year ‘unlikely’

THESE are challenging times for the global economy. While activity expanded at a healthy pace in the first half of the year, growth appears...
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Slovenia is Europe’s most ‘crypto-obsessed’ country

A STUDY by cryptocurrency experts has analysed search volumes for popular cryptocurrency terms in European countries — and found that Slovenia heads the list. Searches...
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Are marketers in the financial sector too ‘gung ho’?

RESEARCH has highlighted continuing tensions between the legal-and-compliance and marketing teams across the financial services sector. Perceived problems include archaic approval processes for marketing materials...
Decentralised Finance, DeFi, institutional investment

Regulators eye checks and balances on DeFi market

THE WORLD’S securities regulators are set to crack down on decentralised finance (DeFi) platforms. The International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) has outlined a plan...
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Apple shares fall as China bans iPhone use

By HAL WILLIAMS ISAAC Newton would doubtless see the gravity of the situation: Apple's stock market valuation has fallen by more than six percent. That’s quite...
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Bots enter fintech sector, but watchers are worried

AI AND machine learning (ML) are spreading across virtually every industry, with an increasing focus on fintech and financial services. A McKinsey report found that...