The eight most volatile sectors in 21st century economy
S&P Global's fourth most volatile sector was technology, with a 14.8% standard deviation...
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UK tops US for fintech investment, according to KPMG study
A new report states that Britain represents a leading global presence in the market, surpassing the value of investment in US fintech by almost $2 bn...
BTL director resigns from the organisation
Guy Halford-Thompson, who was also a co-founder is now exiting the London-based company...
China’s service sector expands at a rapid pace
Findings of survey by financial information service provider Markit IFM Correspondent November 3, 2016: China’s services sector grew at the strongest pace in four months up to October as new business picked up, encouraging companies to hire more workers, a private survey showed. The Caixin China General Services PMI (Purchasing Managers’ Index) came in at...
Defending the UK’s financial trading sector
The government’s intent ‘is for the UK to remain the top choice for European and global bank headquarters’ Nigel Davies October 17, 2016: Over the past decade, the nature of the threats to society has evolved beyond the physical world in which they traditionally operated. State-sponsored cybercrime and organised criminal hacking has become a threat...
Iran needs FDI to crank up mining sector
So far, the country has retained its 14th rank among steel producers Prof. Keyvan Jafari Tehrani September 12, 2013: The Iran Customs Administration released statistics in connection with the foreign trade during the first four months of the Iranian year 1395 (from March 21st through July 21st, 2016). The statistics show that Iran steel industry...
E-invoicing is the way forward
What Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill means for UK’s public sector Stephen Carter Augudt 25, 2015: Everyone has a stake in the efficiency of local and central government, we all pay taxes. And I for one, dislike paying for someone to process paper invoices. Especially, as there is a better and simpler way of...
Most investment bankers are still male
With a 2% drop in number of women entering the financial sector in the US, gender diversity is a long way off Suparna Goswami Bhattacharya October 7, 2014: While the technology sector is struggling to shrug off the gender-bias tag from its name, there is another industry — the financial services sector — which...